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Serbia sentences Muslims for terrorism

Saturday, July 4th, 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... »

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Bosnia terror convict transferred to Sweden

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

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 was convicted with three other people in 2007 for planning to blow up an unidentified... »

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Al Jazeera probes organ traffic in Kosovo

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

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, we can see a pretty white farmhouse, built of stone, surrounded by trees, and fields... »

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Serbia signs nuclear weapons non-proliferation

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

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 Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic and IAEA Director-general Mohamed El Baradei. Addressing a press conference after the signing ceremony, Djelic said that once the Serbian parliament... »

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Bosnia jails Serb on warcrimes

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

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 guilty of war crimes charges, was sentenced by the Bosnia-Herzegovina court in Sarajevo for taking part in the shooting of more than 200 Bosnian Muslim... »

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Kosor to form new Croat gov’t

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

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 showing that in the present make-up of the Sabor (national parliament) she has the backing of the required majority,” Mesic was quoted as saying by... »

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Albanian opposition plans protests

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

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 election were tallied. Albania joined NATO in April and has been under intense international pressure to ensure the June 28 vote was free of the fraud... »

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Bomb explodes in Greece

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

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 bomb went off at 4:37 a.m. (0147 GMT) in the central Ambelokipi district, when the fast food restaurant was closed. Anonymous warning calls made to... »

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