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 Karadzic: Poet Turned Monster 

'Butcher of Bosnia' saw himself as an intellectual and guardian of his people

Times (UK) Times (UK) Jul 22, 08 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Serbian strongman Radovan Karadzic viewed himself as a high-minded intellectual but his hardline nationalism drove him to become responsible for Europe's most bestial atrocities since the Nazis, writes the Times of London. The former Bosnian leader, now captured after 12 years on the run, was a poet and author and worked as a psychiatrist for years before entering politics. More »

More about:  Serbia • war crimes • Bosnia • Radovan Karadzic • Sarajevo • ethnic cleansing • Serbs

Brits Bust
Quiet Locksmith Suspected in
'91 War Crimes

Serb linked to brutal Balkan war massacres

Times (UK) Times (UK) Mar 26, 08 2:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - A locksmith living quietly in northern England has been arrested for involvement in one of the most notorious massacres of the Balkan wars, reports the Times of London. Milorad Pejic, an ethnic Serb who now holds a British passport, faces trial for war crimes during the 87-day siege of Vukovar, the Croatian town where hundreds of men were tortured, murdered, and buried in mass graves. More »

More about:  Serbia • war crimes • Croatia • ethnic cleansing • Balkans War • Vukovar

Odinga Calls Off Rallies, Will Try Negotiating

Kikuyu tribe flees western Kenya as death toll tops 600

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Jan 7, 08 12:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Kenyan opposition leader Rail Odinga called off his protest rallies today, trying to calm the nation as busloads of ethnic Kikuyu fled the western part of the country. So far at least 255,000 have been displaced, and 600 have been killed in ethnic-cleansing-style violence. Odinga today agreed to try quelling the bloodshed by negotiating a power-sharing deal with President Kibaki, the Guardian reports. More »

More about:  Kenya • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga • Kikuyu • ethnic cleansing

Iraq Blasts Toll Rises to 500

Deadliest terror attack since fall of Hussein

Time Time Aug 16, 07 12:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The death toll from Tuesday's series of suicide truck bombings in northern Iraq may exceed 500, with scores more lying injured in hospitals, CNN reports. The attacks were reportedly launched by al-Qaeda against the Yazidi, a pre-Islamic sect, spotlighting the religious warfare that US troop surge sought to quell. More »

More about:  Iraq • Iraq war • al-Qaeda • terrorism • Islam • insurgents • troop surge • Sunni • sectarian violence • Iraq death toll • ethnic cleansing • Yazidi

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