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Israel Arrests Serb Accused of Killing Muslims in 1995 Massacre

JERUSALEM -- Israel today arrested a Bosnian Serb immigrant from the former Yugoslavia whom Bosnia wants to try for alleged involvement in the Srebrenica massacre 15 years ago. The Justice Ministry of Serbia welcomed the Israeli move, although officials here say extradition could be a long process. A spokesman for the...

Bosnian Rape Victims Protest Angelina Jolie Movie

(Nov. 30) -- Bosnian rape victims from the 1990s want Angelina Jolie stripped of her title as a "goodwill ambassador" for the United Nations because of rumors that a new film she's directing tells the story of a Muslim woman who falls in love with her Serbian rapist. A group called Women Victims of War, which represents...

For World's Women, Some Highs and Many Lows

UNITED NATIONS (Oct. 24) -- The practice of female genital mutilation is declining, but violence against women is still rampant across the world. More women are taking up work traditionally done by men, but they still don't have access to jobs of status and power. Two U.N. reports, out this week, describe some progress...

Clinton Urges Reform in Ethnically Divided Bosnia

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (Oct. 12) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday challenged all sides in ethnically divided Bosnia to embrace political reform needed for European Union and NATO membership. Speaking in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, Clinton told university students they should push...

No Punishment for 'Puppy River Throw' Girl

(Oct. 6) -- The infamous "Puppy River Throw" girl is getting off scot-free. In what may (hopefully) be the last episode of a bizarre saga, Gawker reports that Bosnian authorities will not charge the girl who, as evidenced by disturbing viral-video footage, hurled multiple puppies into a river. It turns out that the girl...

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06/01/12 Bosnia leader slams Serbia's Nikolic on Srebrenica Source: The West Australian The Muslim chairman of Bosnia's tripartite presidency criticised Serbia's new rightist president, Tomislav Nikolic, on Friday for playing down the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of up to 8,000 Muslims, Europe's worst atrocity since World War Two.
06/01/12 Syrian conflict similar to Bosnia, says Clinton Source: The Independent - London - UK Mr Clinton is not the first to make the comparison and what he says about it twelve years after leaving office is more or less immaterial, except, of course, for two things.
05/30/12 Pentagon consolidates control over Balkans Source: Media Monitors Network (MMN) Ahead of, during and after the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's 25th summit in Chicago on May 20-21, the Pentagon has continued expanding its permanent military presence in the former Yugoslavia and the rest of the Balkan region.
05/30/12 Minimising Massacres Source: Standpoint Last month a distinguished gentleman from the English upper-middle class came as close as he could to uttering an apology.
05/29/12 German rescued from Bosnia captivity wants to find... Source: Expatica A young German woman recently rescued after being allegedly held captive by a Bosnian couple for years told police that she wanted to find her father in Germany, a local daily reported Tuesday.

Background on bosnia

Bosnia and Herzegovina (; Bosnian, Croatian and , Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина), sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina, or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southeastern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula.

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