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NEWS ABOUT: Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia stories: 8 news summaries

Karadzic to Appear at Genocide Trial, Seeks Delay

Prosecutor: Serb's only regret was that some survived Srebrenica

Nov 3, 09 4:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Radovan Karadzic will show his face at his war crimes trial for the first time since it began last week—but only to request more time to prepare his defense in the 1995 indictment, Reuters reports. A hearing today will address how to proceed if the former Bosnian Serb leader,... More »

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Bosnia • genocide • war crimes • The Hague • Srebrenica • Yugoslavia • ethnic cleansing • Radovan Karadzic • war crimes tribunal

BUBBA LOVE

 In Adoring Kosovo, 
 Clinton Gets Statue 


Nov 1, 09 12:41 PM CST
(AP) - Thousands of ethnic Albanians braved low temperatures and a cold wind in Kosovo's capital Pristina to welcome former President Bill Clinton today as he attended the unveiling of an 11-foot statue of himself on a key boulevard that also bears his name. Clinton is celebrated as a hero by Kosovo's... More »

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NATO • Bill Clinton • Kosovo • Yugoslavia • Ethnic Albanians

OPINION

 Karadzic Arrest
 Shows the Hague's Value

Even warrants can hurt bad actors

Jul 23, 08 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - For all those who doubt the effectiveness of an International Criminal Court warrant, just look at Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic. Samantha Power imagined the arrest differently when she was reporting from Sarajevo in 1995, but his diminished circumstances now show just how crippling and demeaning it is to run... More »

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Bosnia • Serbia • Yugoslavia • Radovan Karadzic • Sarajevo • Samantha Power • International Criminal Court

UN Official: Guerrillas Killed Serb Prisoners for Organs

Former UN war crimes prosecutor alleges organ-harvesting happened during 1999 war

Apr 12, 08 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kosovan guerrillas killed Serb prisoners and harvested their organs for profit during Balkan fighting nearly a decade ago, according to the former UN prosecutor for war crimes in Yugoslavia. Carla del Ponte alleges that guerrillas trucked 300 captured Serbs over the border to a makeshift clinic in Albania, removed their... More »

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organ harvesting • war crimes • Kosovo • Albania • organ trafficking • Yugoslavia • Balkans • Serbs

Kosovo
Eager for
Freedom's Ring

New nation resents being stuck with Serbian dialing code

Mar 27, 08 10:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kosovo has won recognition as an independent state from three dozen countries, but a call to the world's newest nation is a reminder of its history. Telephone numbers in Kosovo still begin with the old Serbian dialing code, and the breakaway republic now wants its own international prefix. It's not... More »

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Serbia • Kosovo • independence • Yugoslavia • telecommunications • Kosovar independence • dialing code • country code

UPDATED

Body Found After Embassy Riot

Protesters upset over Kosovo set fire to US mission in Belgrade

Feb 21, 08 5:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Serb protesters angry about Kosovo independence set the US embassy in Belgrade on fire today, and at least one charred body has been found, the Los Angeles Times reports. The victim apparently is a protester because all US personnel have been accounted for. The fire, now under control, came after... More »

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Serbia • Kosovo • protests • Belgrade • Yugoslavia • US Embassy • Kosovar independence • Tomislav Nikolic • Vojislav Kostunica

Noah's Flood Transformed Agriculture

Melting glaciers inundated Black Sea, scattered farmers

Nov 19, 07 10:33 AM CST
(Newser) - The real-life inspiration for the biblical flood may have been responsible for the widespread adoption of agriculture in Europe, according to a new study. About 8,000 years ago, at the end of the last Ice Age, ice sheets melted, causing massive flooding in the Black Sea basin. That forced... More »

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Turkey • agriculture • farming • Europe • France • Italy • Noah's Ark • flood • Black Sea • Yugoslavia • Balkans • Bosphorus

Surrealist Simic Named Poet Laureate

15th national bard known for his dark humor and irony

Aug 2, 07 12:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Charles Simic, a surrealist poet whose style gleams with dark imagery and ironic humor, will be named the United States' 15th poet laureate today. The 69-year-old, who replaces fellow New Hampshirite Donald Hall, has published more than 20 volumes of poetry as well as essay collections, translations and a memoir. More »

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literature • Pulitzer Prize • humor • America • Charles Simic • poet laureate • poetry • irony • creative writing • Yugoslavia • Library of Congress

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