Slobodan Milosevic

Serbs began voting on Sunday in an election that will show whether the lure of European Union membership outweighs their anger over the Western-backed secession of Kosovo. The country is divided and the two frontrunners, the nationalist Radical Party and the pro-Western Democratic Party, will have to woo smaller parties to form a coalition.

By Ljilja Cvekic

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/ 12 April 2008

Kosovan army ‘harvested organs from Serb prisoners’

Carla del Ponte, the former chief prosecutor for war crimes in former Yugoslavia, has unleashed a storm of recrimination with allegations of a trade in human body parts in Kosovo and Albania after Nato bombed Serbia in 1999. Del Ponte’s claims are based on what she describes as credible reports and witnesses.

By Ian Traynor

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/ 7 March 2008

UN human rights chief to step down

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Canadian jurist Louise Arbour, said on Friday she will step down when her current term in office expires on June 30. ”It is very much for personal reasons. I’m not prepared to make this commitment for another four years,” said Arbour in Geneva.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 22 February 2008

Storming of embassy in Serbia sparks US outrage

Serb rioters enraged by Kosovo’s secession stormed the United States embassy in Belgrade and set it on fire, leaving one person dead and drawing swift condemnation from Washington and the United Nations Security Council. The US State Department said the lack of protection for its mission was intolerable and demanded the Security Council respond.

By Richard Meares

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/ 21 February 2008

Diana inquest hears of ‘Dracula royals’ and spy plots

At the inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi al-Fayed, Britain’s royals were branded the ”Dracula family” and a former spy chief was made to sweat in the witness box, pledging that assassinations were not part of the ethos of Her Majesty’s Secret Service.

By Anna Tomforde

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/ 19 February 2008

Bush recognises Kosovo, says will bring peace

United States President George Bush on Tuesday recognised the independence of Kosovo from Serbia and said it would bring peace to the Balkans. Bush said during an African tour in Dar es Salaam that the United States would soon establish full diplomatic relations with the majority Albanian country.

By Deborah Charles

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/ 4 February 2008

EU’s favoured candidate wins Serbia poll

From Monday morning Serbia faces up to a bruising battle over how to react to the looming secession of its southern province of Kosovo, after President Boris Tadic, a pro-Western liberal, won a renewed five-year term in a close election on Sunday night.

By Staff Reporter

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/ 2 February 2008

‘Undertaker’ close to power in Serbia

A former cemeteries manager known as the ”Undertaker” stands his best chance of becoming head of state when Serbia votes on Sunday in a fateful presidential election. To his many critics, the extreme nationalist Tomislav Nikolic will be digging Serbia’s grave if he repeats his first-round victory.

By Ian Traynor

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/ 26 November 2007

Serbia won’t give up ‘an inch’ of Kosovo

Serbia will not give up ”an inch” of Kosovo, Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said on Monday as talks on the breakaway province’s future entered a critical phase before a United Nations deadline next month. ”Serbia will not let an inch of its territory be taken away,” a defiant Kostunica told reporters.

By William J Kole

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/ 16 November 2007

Kosovo votes ahead of independence showdown

The breakaway province of Kosovo holds a parliamentary election on Saturday, ahead of a showdown with Serbia over the ethnic Albanian majority’s demand for independence. Prime Minister Agim Ceku is stepping down, so the election will bring in new leadership.

By Matt Robinson

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A decade after war, missing still haunt Kosovo

Nato cluster bombs still threaten Serbs

Karadzic to defend himself, mirroring Milosevic

Serbs weigh pride against prosperity in key election

Kosovan army ‘harvested organs from Serb prisoners’

UN human rights chief to step down

Storming of embassy in Serbia sparks US outrage

Diana inquest hears of ‘Dracula royals’ and spy plots

Bush recognises Kosovo, says will bring peace

EU’s favoured candidate wins Serbia poll

‘Undertaker’ close to power in Serbia

Serbia won’t give up ‘an inch’ of Kosovo

Kosovo votes ahead of independence showdown

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