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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Man with grenades, automatic weapon opens fire in terror attack outside US Embassy in Bosnia

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’

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Ratko Mladic defiantly refused on Friday to enter pleas to what he called “obnoxious” allegations that as the Serb military chief during the Bosnian war he orchestrated the worst atrocities of a conflict that claimed 100,000 lives. He claimed he was defending “my people and my country.” Appearing in a U.N. courtroom shielded by bulletproof glass 16 years after he was first indicted, Mladic told the Dutch presiding judge he was “gravely ill,” but would only give details of his health out of earshot of the public. Read full article > >

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Mladic tells war crimes court does not want to enter pleas to ‘obnoxious charges’ against him

Former Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic made his first appearance before the Hague war crimes tribunal, while relatives of victims of the Bosnian war gathered outside the courtroom. Initially he asked the judge not to read the charges out loud, but…

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Mladic Appears Before Hague

Former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic files an appeal against his extradition to the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague.

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Ratko Mladic’s lawyer has requested a new medical examination, arguing the former Bosnian Serb general is not healthy enough to face genocide charges.

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Lawyer: Mladic too ill for trial

Former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic is to file an appeal against his extradition to the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague.

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Even though his men slaughtered nearly 8,000 Muslim boys and men in a bout of “ethnic cleansing” during the July 1995 Srebrenica massacre, and established “rape camps” in eastern Bosnia for women, thousands of supporters of accused war criminal Ratko…

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Thousands Protest Arrest of Ratko Mladic

Serbian police step up security as ultra-nationalists prepare to protest over the arrest of ex-Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic, charged with war crimes.

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