Posts Tagged ‘kosovo’

EU names Kosovo organ probe chief

Monday, August 29th, 2011

US prosecutor John Clint Williamson is to head of a task force investigating claims that serving leaders committed crimes, including organ-trafficking, during the 1999 Kosovo war.

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Serbia and Kosovo to hold talks

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

Serbia and Kosovo are due to hold their first high-level talks, brokered by the EU, since Pristina declared independence three years ago.

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2 U.S. troops slain at Germany airport

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

A 21-year-old man from Kosovo is in custody after two American troops were fatally shot on a U.S. military bus at Germany’s Frankfurt Airport, authorities said.

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EU studies Kosovo ‘organ traffic’

Friday, January 28th, 2011

The EU mission in Kosovo begins investigating claims that Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) rebels trafficked human organs.

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China paper rejects stealth claim

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

A Chinese state newspaper dismisses reports that technology for Beijing’s J-20 stealth jet came from a US fighter downed in 1999 during the Kosovo war.

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Report Says Kosovo Prime Minister Led Organ Trafficking Network

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

An inquiry has concluded that Hashim Thac led a clan who presided over an organ-trafficking network that extracted kidneys from Serbian prisoners.

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Kosovo PM Accused of Organ Harvesting

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

It doesn’t get much more grisly than this: A new report on European organized crime accuses Kosovo’s prime minister, Hashim Thaci, of smuggling human organs, among other crimes. The report says Thaci’s gang would murder Serbian prisoners and then sell…

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Kosovo PM organ trafficking link

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

Former Kosovo Liberation Army commanders are accused of organ and drug trafficking in a draft report from the human rights body, the Council of Europe.

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Fraud claims in Kosovo election

Monday, December 13th, 2010

EU observers monitoring Sunday’s election in Kosovo receive “serious allegations of fraud” in two districts.

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Kosovo medics ‘trafficked organs’

Friday, November 12th, 2010

EU prosecutors accuse seven people including doctors and a health official of trafficking kidneys through a Kosovo clinic.

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EU ‘must end Kosovo Roma return’

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

EU countries should end the forcible return of Roma and other minorities to Kosovo, Amnesty International says in a new report.

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Kosovo president quits in job row

Monday, September 27th, 2010

The president of Kosovo, Fatmir Sejdiu, resigns after being found in breach of the constitution by also being leader of a political party.

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Kosovo clash after sport defeat

Sunday, September 12th, 2010

Mobs of Albanian and Serb youths clash in Kosovo following the defeat of Serbia by Turkey in a basketball championship game.

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Nine Serbs to face Kosovo charges

Saturday, September 11th, 2010

Serbian prosecutors have charged nine Serbian ex-paramilitaries with killing 43 ethnic Albanians in Kosovo in May 1999.

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UN urges Kosovo and Serbia talks

Friday, September 10th, 2010

The UN adopts a resolution calling for direct talks between Serbia and Kosovo, in a move seen as a breakthrough in the long-running dispute.

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