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Serbia sentences Muslims for terrorism

Saturday, July 4, 2009
Serbia sentences Muslims for terrorism

A Serbian court on Friday sentenced 12 Muslims from a tense southern region of the Balkan country who planned attacks on police and Muslim officials to up to 13 years in prison for planning terrorist attacks, including the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade. The Special Court in Belgrade ruled that the defendants, alleged adherents of the Wahhabi »

Bosnia terror convict transferred to Sweden

Saturday, July 4, 2009
By Wires

A 21-year-old man has been transferred to a prison in his native Sweden after serving a four-year sentence in Bosnia on a charge of plotting a terror attack. Mirsad Bektasevic was born in the Balkans but later obtained Swedish citizenshipHe... »

Al Jazeera probes organ traffic in Kosovo

Saturday, July 4, 2009
By Wires

Al Jazeera’s correspondent investigates allegations Kosovan fighters kidnapped Serbs during the Kosovo war, removed their organs in Albania and sold them. We’re deep in the mountains of Albania, driving slowly up a very bumpy mud track. Looking up the valley ahead,... »


Serbia signs nuclear weapons non-proliferation

Saturday, July 4, 2009
By Wires

Serbia and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) signed here on Friday an additional protocol to the agreement on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. The protocol was signed by Serbian... »

Bosnia jails Serb on warcrimes

Saturday, July 4, 2009
By Wires

A Sarajevo court has sentenced a former Bosnian Serb police officer to 14 years in prison for killing 200 Bosnian non-Serb civilians in 1992. Damir Ivankovic, who admitted he was... »

Kosor to form new Croat gov’t

Saturday, July 4, 2009
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Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on Friday evening authorized Jadranka Kosor to form a new government after Prime Minister Ivo Sanader tendered his resignation on Wednesday. “Ms. Kosor has presented evidence... »

Albanian opposition plans protests

Saturday, July 4, 2009
By Wires

Albania’s opposition Socialists charged Saturday that the ruling Democrats were improperly trying to influence the country’s lengthy vote count by declaring victory before all ballots from last week’s national... »

Bomb explodes in Greece

Saturday, July 4, 2009
By Wires

A time bomb exploded outside McDonalds restaurant in central Athens early Friday, causing extensive damage in what Greek authorities suspect was an attack by resurgent far-left terrorists. Police said the... »

Roundup: Muslims arrested for raping boy

Monday, May 11, 2009
By Wires

Police in the eastern city of Novi Pazar have arrested two men on evidence that they have raped a local?boy. Two nineteen year old Muslims, Ersan M and Selver... »

Slovakia urges pro-EU policy on Balkans

Monday, May 11, 2009
By Wires

Slovakia has expressed support for a pro European policy for the Balkans and has said that, in addition to not recognizing Kosovo, any new international conference on Bosnia will... »

Colombia expels Kosovo Albanian terrorist

Thursday, May 7, 2009
By Wires

Colombia’s domestic security agency has expelled former ethnic Albanian separatist gunmen commander Agim Ceku because of the Interpol warrant for war crimes. Ceku was a commander of a separatist ethnic... »

Colombia detains Kosovo war crimes suspect

Thursday, May 7, 2009
By Wires

Colombia has detained but released an ethnic Albanian war crimes suspect who was once a so-called prime minister of Kosovo. “According to their law, acts committed before 2005 they cannot... »

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