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Karadzic to Appear at Genocide Trial, Seeks Delay

Rob Quinn — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:39:00 CST

Radovan Karadzic will show his face at his war crimes trial for the first time since it began last week—but only to request more time to prepare his defense in the 1995 indictment, Reuters reports. A hearing today will address how to proceed if the former Bosnian Serb leader,...

Karadzic Caught Discussing Genocide on Wiretap

Kevin Spak — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:09:36 CDT

Radovan Karadzic was caught on tape ordering the slaughter at Zepa and Srebenica, prosecutors revealed today at the war crimes trial of the former Bosnian Serb leader. “It will be a black cauldron,” Karadzic says on the tape, “where 300,000 Muslims will die.” But prosecutor Alan Tieger was forced...

'Death-Squad' Serb Was CIA Spook

Mary Papenfuss — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:00:00 CST

A Serbian leader facing trial for organizing "ethic cleansing" death squads was a key CIA aide, reports the Los Angeles Times . Jovica Stanisic, head of intelligence for brutal Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, secretly fed information to CIA agents desperate for dirt on factions in the former Yugoslavia. While Stanisic was...

Karadzic: Poet Turned Monster

Rob Quinn — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:00:00 CDT

Serbian strongman Radovan Karadzic viewed himself as a high-minded intellectual but his hardline nationalism drove him to become responsible for Europe's most bestial atrocities since the Nazis, writes the Times of London. The former Bosnian leader, now captured after 12 years on the run, was a poet and author and...

Brits Bust Quiet Locksmith Suspected in '91 War Crimes

Jason Farago — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:38:01 CDT

A locksmith living quietly in northern England has been arrested for involvement in one of the most notorious massacres of the Balkan wars, reports the Times of London. Milorad Pejic, an ethnic Serb who now holds a British passport, faces trial for war crimes during the 87-day siege of Vukovar,...

Odinga Calls Off Rallies, Will Try Negotiating

Kevin Spak — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:20:00 CST

Kenyan opposition leader Rail Odinga called off his protest rallies today, trying to calm the nation as busloads of ethnic Kikuyu fled the western part of the country. So far at least 255,000 have been displaced, and 600 have been killed in ethnic-cleansing-style violence. Odinga today agreed to try...

Iraq Blasts Toll Rises to 500

Dustin Lushing — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:35:58 CDT

The death toll from Tuesday's series of suicide truck bombings in northern Iraq may exceed 500, with scores more lying injured in hospitals, CNN reports. The attacks were reportedly launched by al-Qaeda against the Yazidi, a pre-Islamic sect, spotlighting the religious warfare that US troop surge sought to quell.