Karadicz boycotts opening of war crimes trial

Radovan Karadicz war crimes trial was scheduled to start today in The Hague, Netherlands. The trial was stopped abruptly when Karadicz failed to show up for the trial.  Karadicz is representing himself at...

Women Find Common Ground At Srebrenica Gravesite

July 17, 2009, Srebrenica, Bosnia and Washington, DC : Serbian and Bosnian women joined hands last week at the scene of Europe's worst modern-day massacre, in an attempt to transcend the nationalism and bitterness that has hampered recovery from the Bosnian war.More than...

Srebrenica Massacre Anniversary: 534 New Victims Identified

On July 11, 2009, the people of Srebrenica marked the anniversary of the 1995 Srebrenica Massacre--later deemed the Srebrenica Genocide--in which Bosnian forces invaded the town in eastern Bosnia and killed...

Victimization of Tamil Peopel must stop - Elie Wiesel

Holocaust surviver, Jewish icon, and Nobel laureate, Professor Elie Wiesel stated that victimization of Tamil people must stop, and they should be able to live in peace in their homeland. " TAMIL PEOPLE STATEMENT:...

Memorial Quilt Puts a Human Face on Srebrenica Massacre

Srebrenica Memorial Quilt Visits US, Puts a Human Face on the Massacre March 24, 2009, Washington, DC: For the past three weeks, scores of Bosnians who died in the notorious 1995 massacre at Srebrenica, Bosnia,...

Balkans: A Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (ptsd) Study

peter.reardon on the ‘scars of war’:- This study is but one outcome of the Bosnian war, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, (ptsd), it was welcome news personally that this emotional disorder is being...

Rats!

Many of us have an aversion to rats while they are revered in some cultures.  Now even those who are sworn enemy of these rodents have to modify our stance.  The African pouched rat is currently being...

10 hurt at Bosnia's first gay festival

As the former Yugoslavia members enjoy independence, the gay community in Bosnia and Serbia has been targeted for attacks recently. It is unclear what is behind such homophobic attacks. Some have argued it could be cause by the underling and still present right...

Serbian Village Unveils Monument to Bob Marley

Perhaps not internationally known for its penchant for reggae music, the Serbian village of Banatski Sokolac has, in a bid to promote "peace and tolerance" in the region, unveiled a monument to Bob Marley that is...

Thatcher's struggle with dementia

Dementia strikes people around the world from any background and no matter what one's politics are it is sad to see Margaret Thatcher being, like Ronald Reagon before her, afflicted by it. Dementia and it's causes...

Monster Radovan Karadzic pictured clean-shaven for first time since capture

Clean-shaven Radovan Karadzic appears for first time in UN court after 13 years on the run, facing charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. " THIS is monster Radovan Karadzic clean-shaven for the first...

Karadzic's War Crime Victims Relive their Ordeal

OBSERVER reporter Ed Vulliamy exposed the Bosnian concentration camps.  In the wake of Radovan Karadzic's arrest this week, Muslim figurehead Fikret Alic, whose image was imprinted on the world's media...

Tuareg! Hope in Mali! Despair in Niger!

By, Uwe Paschen.Bamako, Mali! The Government in Mali has agreed to a peace accord and meeting the Tuaregs demand under the mediation of Algeria. Niger has always refused mediation or OUA Peace keeper since unlike...

Women in Bosnia and Serbia Hail the Arrest of Radovan Karadzic, July 22, 2008

News Bulletin 149 July 22, 2008 ***** July 22, 2008, Tuzla, Bosnia and Belgrade, Serbia: Advocates for women's rights in Bosnia and Serbia have greeted Monday's arrest of Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian...

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