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UN: 50 peacekeepers punished for sex abuses
- At least 50 peacekeepers have received punishments ranging from reduction in military rank to eight months imprisonment for committing sexual abuses on United Nations missions since 2007, the U.N. said Thursday.
Prosecutor blames Karadzic for Srebrenica massacre
- Radovan Karadzic orchestrated the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys and his only regret was "that some Muslim men got away," a U.N. prosecutor said Monday at the former Bosnian Serb leader's war crimes trial.
- Radovan Karadzic orchestrated the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys and his only regret was "that some Muslim men got away," a U.N. prosecutor said Monday at the former Bosnian Serb leader's war crimes trial.
Karadzic to continue trial boycott
- Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will boycott his genocide trial again Monday but will attend a hearing Tuesday on how to get the case back on track, one of his legal advisers said.
- Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will boycott his genocide trial again Monday but will attend a hearing Tuesday on how to get the case back on track, one of his legal advisers said.
Former Border Patrol chief dead at 70
- Former U.S. Border Patrol chief Gustavo De La Vina, who worked to tighten the flow of illegal immigrants into the country, has died at the age of 70.
US diplomat resigns to protest Afghan war
- A former Marine who fought in Iraq and became a diplomat in a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan has resigned in a high-profile protest of the Afghan war.
First US official resigns to protest Afghan war
- A former Marine who fought in Iraq and became a diplomat in a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan has resigned in a high-profile protest of the Afghan war.
Genocide trial begins, Karadzic fails to show up
- Even in his absence, Radovan Karadzic's hate-laced words urging the destruction of Bosnia's non-Serbs rang out in a courtroom Tuesday from speeches and intercepted phone calls as U.N. prosecutors opened their genocide and war crimes case against him.
- Even in his absence, Radovan Karadzic's hate-laced words urging the destruction of Bosnia's non-Serbs rang out in a courtroom Tuesday from speeches and intercepted phone calls as U.N. prosecutors opened their genocide and war crimes case against him.
Karadzic again fails to show up for genocide trial
- U.N. prosecutors opened their genocide case against Radovan Karadzic on Tuesday - despite his continued boycott of the case - calling him the "undisputed leader" and "supreme commander" of Serbs responsible for atrocities throughout Bosnia's brutal four-year war.
- U.N. prosecutors opened their genocide case against Radovan Karadzic on Tuesday - despite his continued boycott of the case - calling him the "undisputed leader" and "supreme commander" of Serbs responsible for atrocities throughout Bosnia's brutal four-year war.
Karadzic boycotts opening of his war crimes trial
- His chair was empty, his headphones lay idle on the desk. In Courtroom One at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal, outraged survivors of Bosnia's bloody war gasped in disbelief Monday as judges adjourned the opening day of Radovan Karadzic's trial after just 15 minutes.
- His chair was empty, his headphones lay idle on the desk. In Courtroom One at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal, outraged survivors of Bosnia's bloody war gasped in disbelief Monday as judges adjourned the opening day of Radovan Karadzic's trial after just 15 minutes.
Bosnian Serb boycotts opening of war crimes trial
- U.N. judges abruptly adjourned Radovan Karadzic's war crimes trial Monday after the former Bosnian Serb leader boycotted the opening day to protest his lack of time to prepare his defense.
- U.N. judges abruptly adjourned Radovan Karadzic's war crimes trial Monday after the former Bosnian Serb leader boycotted the opening day to protest his lack of time to prepare his defense.
Karadzic trial set to start without Karadzic
- The trial of Radovan Karadzic starts Monday - one of the most significant war crimes cases to emerge from Europe's bloodiest conflict since World War II. The Bosnian Serb leader is boycotting the opening in a defiant gesture against what he considers a rush to justice by the U.N. court prosecuting him.
- The trial of Radovan Karadzic starts Monday - one of the most significant war crimes cases to emerge from Europe's bloodiest conflict since World War II. The Bosnian Serb leader is boycotting the opening in a defiant gesture against what he considers a rush to justice by the U.N. court prosecuting him.
Sweden OKs release of Bosnian Serb ex-president
- The Swedish government has approved the early release of former Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison by a war crimes tribunal.
France to face Ireland in World Cup playoffs
- France will face Ireland in a two-leg playoff for a spot at next year's World Cup in South Africa, while Portugal was drawn Monday to play Bosnia-Herzegovina.
- France will face Ireland in a two-leg playoff for a spot at next year's World Cup in South Africa, while Portugal was drawn Monday to play Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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