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Islamic Extremist Gets Life for Killing 2 US Airmen

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:52:05 CST

An Islamic extremist who killed two US airmen bound for Afghanistan at Frankfurt airport last year and injured two others was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison today. The state court in Frankfurt convicted 22-year-old Arid Uka of two counts of murder. It also found him guilty...

No Motive Yet in Killing of US Airmen in Germany

John Johnson — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:07:16 CST

Hours after a gunman killed two US airmen on a bus outside the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, more questions than answers are in play. Some wire highlights: The suspect: He's identified as 21-year-old Arif (or Arid) Uka, a Kosovo citizen who worked at the airport. His relatives tell AP that...

Kosovo PM Linked to Organ Trafficking

Rob Quinn — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 02:39:24 CST

Kosovo Liberation Army leaders—including Prime Minister Hashim Thaci—ran a Mafia-style crime ring that trafficked in drugs and harvested organs, according to a Council of Europe probe. The human rights watchdog's 2-year inquiry found that men under Thaci's command shot civilians after the 1999 Kosovo war so their kidneys...

Kosovan Mass Grave Unearthed in Serbia

Rob Quinn — Tue, 11 May 2010 04:27:09 CDT

The bodies of hundreds of people believed to be ethnic Albanian victims of atrocities in the late '90s have been found buried under a parking lot in Serbia. The site near the Kosovan border is believed to contain the bodies of 250 Kosovo Albanians, according to Serbian authorities. The bodies—...

In Adoring Kosovo, Clinton Gets Statue

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:41:27 CST

Thousands of ethnic Albanians braved low temperatures and a cold wind in Kosovo's capital Pristina to welcome former President Bill Clinton today as he attended the unveiling of an 11-foot statue of himself on a key boulevard that also bears his name. Clinton is celebrated as a hero by Kosovo's...

Bulgaria Detains Kosovo's Ex-PM on War Crimes Charges

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:05:09 CDT

Bulgarian authorities have detained a former Kosovo prime minister on an international arrest warrant issued by Interpol at Serbia's request, reports the AP. Agim Ceku, PM between 2006 and 2008, is wanted for war crimes allegedly committed during the 1998-1999 war when he was military chief of the Kosovo Liberation...

60 Years On, NATO Faces Identity Crisis

Jason Farago — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 06:19:59 CDT

Barack Obama is in Strasbourg for a NATO summit, but on the 60th anniversary of the alliance's founding, its future seems increasingly muddy. Founded on a mutual defense pact against the Soviet Union and its satellite states, NATO now stretches as far as Turkey and provides most of the peacekeeping...

UN Acquits Serb Leader

Nick McMaster — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:46:02 CST

A UN tribunal acquitted former Serbian president Milan Milutinovic today of war crimes during the late-1990s conflict in Kosovo, the BBC reports. Milutinovic, the titular leader of Serbia in 1997-2002, did not have direct control of the Yugoslav army during the campaign of violence committed against Kosovar Albanians, the tribunal...

Kosovo Mediator Wins Nobel

Jason Farago — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:44:22 CDT

This year's Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Martti Ahtisaari, the former president of Finland who mediated peace talks in Indonesia and Kosovo. Ahtisaari has also mediated conflicts in Namibia, Northern Ireland, and Iraq, often working on behalf of the United Nations. In its citation the Norwegian committee praised his...