Bosnian Serb ex-army chief Ratko Mladic’s war crimes trial enters its second day, with prosecutors focusing on the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.

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Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic intended to “ethnically cleanse” Bosnia, the opening day of his war crimes trial hears.

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Mladic ‘headed ethnic cleansing’

Mladic seemed to taunt victims in court, pretending to slice his throat, staring and growling. The ex-Bosnian Serb general is on trial for war crimes stemming from Yugoslavia's civil war.

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Mladic ‘slices throat,’ growls at victims

Bosnian Serb accused of ethnic cleansing.

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We’ve seen these images before. Photographs of victors posing with the corpses of their enemies. Photographs of the vanquished subjected to posthumous humiliation. We’ve seen these images before. From Iraq and Afghanistan. From Bosnia and Berlin. Rwanda and Darfur. Okinawa and Vietnam. Read full article > >

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Essay: We’ve seen photos before like ones of U.S. soldiers with Afghan corpses

Ceremonies in Sarajevo mark the 20th anniversary of the start of the war in Bosnia-Hercegovina, in which 100,000 died and millions were displaced.

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Allan Little recalls horrors of Bosnia war, 20 years on

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Grief of Bosnia war lingers on

Bosnia’s Muslim, Croat and Serb leaders agree the formation of a central government, ending 14 months of political paralysis.

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When discussing his amazingness, Newt Gingrich sometimes exaggerates somewhat, as when, discussing Bosnia and Washington, D.C., street violence, he said, “People like me are what stand between us and Auschwitz” [Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jan. 16, 1994]. What primarily stands between us and misrule, however, is the Constitution, buttressed by an independent judiciary. Read full article > >

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Gingrich, the anti-conservative

We are coming up on bad times. Nationalism is surging throughout Europe. In the Arab world, spring is suddenly winter and the sects, the tribes, the clans, the religious, the very religious and the military are taking a step back, eyeing one another for the coming rumble. Now comes a strong and wholly gripping film by Angelina Jolie about the 1990s’ ugly war in Bosnia. I do not know if it’s about what has passed or what is coming. I fear the latter. Read full article > >

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Angelina Jolie’s movie, reminding us this is no time to turn inward

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic cross-examines a survivor of the Srebrenica massacre during his war crimes trial in The Hague.

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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — A man armed with hand grenades and an automatic weapon opened fire outside the U.S. Embassy in Bosnia Friday in what authorities called a terrorist attack. A policeman and the gunman were wounded, but the embassy said none of its employees was hurt. Sarajevo Mayor Alija Behmen said the gunman “got off a tram with a Kalashnikov and started shooting at the American Embassy.” Witnesses told Bosnian television that the man urged pedestrians to move away, saying he was targeting only the embassy. Read full article > >

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Bosnian Serb war crimes defendant Ratko Mladic is being treated in hospital, with reports suggesting he is suffering from pneumonia.

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Ex-Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic appears at The Hague war crimes trial, saying he will not enter a plea to the “monstrous” charges.

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Appearing at a war crimes tribunal, the ex-Bosnian Serb commander said the charges contained big words, and he demanded extra time to review them.

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Mladic calls charges ‘obnoxious’