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Why Serbians Are Angry At Trump's Family Over Site Of 1999 Nato Strikes
A bombed-out building in Belgrade, which has stood as a national symbol of the 1999 NATO strikes on Serbia, might soon become a luxury hotel financed by Donald Trump's son-in-law -- much to the anger of locals.
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India's Two-Time Olympian Footballer SS Narayan Dies At 86
Former Indian goalkeeper SS Narayan, who was the part of 1956 and 1980 Olympics football team, died in Thane on Thursday.
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Pele's Last Brazil Jersey Sells For 30,000 Euros In Italy
The jersey worn by Brazilian football legend Pele during his final match for the five-time world champions has sold for 30,000 euros (USD 33,000) in an action in Italy.
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Convicted War Criminal Kills Himself With Poison At UN Court
A Bosnian Croat leader convicted of war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia died after drinking poison as he was declared guilty in court.
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UN Prosecutors Urge Life Term For 'Butcher Of Bosnia'
Prosecutors urged UN judges on Wednesday to jail Ratko Mladic for life, accusing the former Serb commander of a ruthless campaign of ethnic cleansing to create a Greater Serbia in the 1990s Balkans wars.
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Faded Royals Hold Rare Serbian Wedding
At the wedding of his grandfather, King Aleksandar I of Yugoslavia, nearly a century ago, more than 100,000 people thronged Belgrade's streets in heavy rain to celebrate.
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Former Yugoslav Spy Chief Marries Aged 96
One of former Yugoslavia's top spies and ex-Croatian prime minister Josip Manolic has married aged 96 -- tying the knot with a woman 36 years his junior, local media reported Tuesday.
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Former UN Chief Boutros Boutros-Ghali Dies At 93
Former U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, whose term was marked by war in the former Yugoslavia and famine and genocide in Africa, has died, the president of the Security Council said on Tuesday. He was 93.
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UN Divided on Calling Srebrenica 'Genocide' 20 Years On
The UN Security Council has postponed a vote recognising the Srebrenica massacre as genocide after Russia threatened to veto the draft text, even as Serbia's prime minister called for reconciliation 20 years after the slaughter.
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Russian Spymaster-Statesman Primakov Dies at 85
Former Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov, who helped restore stability after an economic crash in 1998 and shifted the focus of foreign policy away from the West, has died at the age of 85 after a long illness.
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Serbia Arrests 7 Over 1995 Srebrenica Massacre
Serbian police today arrested seven people suspected of taking part in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia, in which around 8,000 Muslim and boys were killed, the war crimes prosecutor's office said.
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International Court of Justice Absolves Croatia, Serbia of Genocide
The United Nations' highest court ruled on Tuesday that neither Croatia nor Serbia had committed genocide against each other's populations during the wars that accompanied the violent breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
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International Court of Justice to Hand Down Balkan Genocide Judgement Today
Genocide, of which Croatia and Serbia have accused each other before the UN's highest court, is the gravest crime in international humanitarian law - and also the most difficult to prove.
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Rescuers Recover Last Body of Five Miners Killed in Bosnia Accident
Rescuers recovered late on Sunday the body of the last of five Bosnian miners who were killed after an earthquake triggered a collapse at the central Raspotocje mine and trapped 34 miners half a kilometre below the surface.
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Sarajevo Recalls the Gunshot That Sent the World to War
Sarajevo marked 100 years on Saturday since the murder of an Austrian prince lit the fuse for World War One, with a concert by Vienna's premier orchestra trying to send a message of unity to a divided country and a continent facing new faultlines.
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Why Serbians Are Angry At Trump's Family Over Site Of 1999 Nato Strikes
A bombed-out building in Belgrade, which has stood as a national symbol of the 1999 NATO strikes on Serbia, might soon become a luxury hotel financed by Donald Trump's son-in-law -- much to the anger of locals.
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India's Two-Time Olympian Footballer SS Narayan Dies At 86
Former Indian goalkeeper SS Narayan, who was the part of 1956 and 1980 Olympics football team, died in Thane on Thursday.
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Pele's Last Brazil Jersey Sells For 30,000 Euros In Italy
The jersey worn by Brazilian football legend Pele during his final match for the five-time world champions has sold for 30,000 euros (USD 33,000) in an action in Italy.
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Convicted War Criminal Kills Himself With Poison At UN Court
A Bosnian Croat leader convicted of war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia died after drinking poison as he was declared guilty in court.
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UN Prosecutors Urge Life Term For 'Butcher Of Bosnia'
Prosecutors urged UN judges on Wednesday to jail Ratko Mladic for life, accusing the former Serb commander of a ruthless campaign of ethnic cleansing to create a Greater Serbia in the 1990s Balkans wars.
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Faded Royals Hold Rare Serbian Wedding
At the wedding of his grandfather, King Aleksandar I of Yugoslavia, nearly a century ago, more than 100,000 people thronged Belgrade's streets in heavy rain to celebrate.
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Former Yugoslav Spy Chief Marries Aged 96
One of former Yugoslavia's top spies and ex-Croatian prime minister Josip Manolic has married aged 96 -- tying the knot with a woman 36 years his junior, local media reported Tuesday.
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Former UN Chief Boutros Boutros-Ghali Dies At 93
Former U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, whose term was marked by war in the former Yugoslavia and famine and genocide in Africa, has died, the president of the Security Council said on Tuesday. He was 93.
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UN Divided on Calling Srebrenica 'Genocide' 20 Years On
The UN Security Council has postponed a vote recognising the Srebrenica massacre as genocide after Russia threatened to veto the draft text, even as Serbia's prime minister called for reconciliation 20 years after the slaughter.
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Russian Spymaster-Statesman Primakov Dies at 85
Former Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov, who helped restore stability after an economic crash in 1998 and shifted the focus of foreign policy away from the West, has died at the age of 85 after a long illness.
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Serbia Arrests 7 Over 1995 Srebrenica Massacre
Serbian police today arrested seven people suspected of taking part in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia, in which around 8,000 Muslim and boys were killed, the war crimes prosecutor's office said.
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International Court of Justice Absolves Croatia, Serbia of Genocide
The United Nations' highest court ruled on Tuesday that neither Croatia nor Serbia had committed genocide against each other's populations during the wars that accompanied the violent breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
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International Court of Justice to Hand Down Balkan Genocide Judgement Today
Genocide, of which Croatia and Serbia have accused each other before the UN's highest court, is the gravest crime in international humanitarian law - and also the most difficult to prove.
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Rescuers Recover Last Body of Five Miners Killed in Bosnia Accident
Rescuers recovered late on Sunday the body of the last of five Bosnian miners who were killed after an earthquake triggered a collapse at the central Raspotocje mine and trapped 34 miners half a kilometre below the surface.
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Sarajevo Recalls the Gunshot That Sent the World to War
Sarajevo marked 100 years on Saturday since the murder of an Austrian prince lit the fuse for World War One, with a concert by Vienna's premier orchestra trying to send a message of unity to a divided country and a continent facing new faultlines.
