Oslo trial for Bosnia war suspect Aug 28, 2008
Mirsad Repak, now a Norwegian citizen, is accused of having mistreated civilian detainees during the Bosnian conflict in 1992. At the time he was a member of the paramilitary Croatian Defence Forces. (BBC News -- Europe)
Daughter reveals Thatcher's dementia Aug 27, 2008
They began discussing the Bosnian conflict of the 1990s when, to Carol Thatcher's dismay, it became clear that her mother was confusing that crisis with the Falklands war of the 1980s. Today in Europe. (International Herald Tribune)
Emigre film wins Sarajevo prizes Aug 25, 2008
A Croatian film about two men from opposing sides in the Bosnian conflict has scooped the main prizes at the Sarajevo Film Festival ... The movie sees its two protagonists forced to spend 24 hours in each other's company, in which mutual accusations are dredged up from the Bosnian conflict. (BBC News -- Europe)
Tadic vows hunt for war criminals Aug 4, 2008
He faces 11 counts of war crimes including genocide for his alleged role during the Bosnian conflict of the early 1990s. The UN says Mr Karadzic's forces killed up to 8,000 Bosniak men and boys from Srebrenica in July 1995 as part of a campaign to "terrorise and demoralise the Bosnian Muslim and Bosnian Croat population". (BBC News -- Europe)
Karadzic in U.N. custody Jul 31, 2008
He has been indicted on charges of crimes against humanity and genocide relating to the Bosnian conflict of the 1990s. . (MSNBC -- International)
Karadzic due in war crimes court Jul 31, 2008
Mr Karadzic was indicted on 11 counts of war crimes in connection with the 1990s Bosnian conflict, but the exact charges will only be revealed in court. He will be asked to enter a plea, but he is under no obligation to do so. (BBC News)
Karadzic flown to Hague tribunal Jul 30, 2008
He has been indicted for crimes against humanity and genocide during the Bosnian conflict of the 1990s. It comes hours after clashes at a rally attended by at least 10,000 supporters to protest about his arrest. (BBC News)
Newsweek: Arrest rekindlestensionsin Belgrade Jul 23, 2008
From the Inside FlapThe Bosnian conflict of 1992 to 1995 has been largely misrepresented in the West ... Schindler exposes how Osama bin Laden exploited the Bosnian conflict for his own ends and the disturbing level of support the U.S. government gave to the Bosnian mujahidin. (MSNBC -- International)
'A smart, rather vain man' Jul 23, 2008
Former BBC chief news correspondent Kate Adie reported extensively on the Bosnian conflict in the early 1990s. She met Radovan Karadzic, whom she calls one of the conflict's "great architects", several times - and witnessed the often violent results of his policies. (BBC News)
Still Playing Jul 13, 2008
Five years after the end of the Bosnian conflict three journalists hit on a crazy scheme to hunt down notorious war criminal the "Fox". Simon Hunt (Gere) has been eking out a living as a freelancer ever since an on-air meltdown ended his network career. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
41 Muslim Bosniak war victims buried after being found in mass graves May 12, 2008
8 million driven from their homes during the Bosnian conflict, which pitted Muslim Bosniaks, Catholic Croats and Orthodox Serbs against each other. . (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
foreign affairs...Mufti pleads for U.S. political and cultural support Apr 3, 2008
Bosnian Serb leaders boasted openly about their intention to expel Muslims from Europe, and current estimates of lives lost in the Bosnian conflict range from 100,000 to 200,000. An estimated 8,000 men were massacred in Srebrenica in the open view of U.N. soldiers in July of 1995, and current attempts to locate the deceased and as well as to resettle displaced persons continue at a painfully slow pace. (Ithaca Times, NY)
Clinton admits Bosnia trip error Mar 26, 2008
Clinton made the trip during the Bosnian conflict in the mid-1990s [AFP. Hillary Clinton, the US Democratic presidential candidate, says she "misspoke" last week when she said she had come under sniper fire during a 1996 trip to Bosnia. (Aljazeera.Net)
Winter Books Feb 1, 2008
Unlike Brooks' previous works, however, equal space is given to two lead characters: Hanna Heath, a hard-edged Australian books conservator, and the Sarajevo haggadah, a 15th-century Hebrew codex that went missing in the Bosnian conflict. When the haggadah unexpectedly turns up, Heath travels to Bosnia to examine it. (Slate)
Karadzic family passports seized Jan 11, 2008
Mr Karadzic, Bosnian Serb leader during the 1992-95 Bosnian conflict, is wanted on genocide charges in The Hague. His wife Ljiljana Zelen Karadzic, son Aleksandar, daughter Sonja Karadzic Jovicevic and her husband Branislav Jovicevic are suspected of helping him evade capture. (BBC News -- Europe)
UB, Iraq university sign deal Nov 30, 2007
During the Bosnian conflict of the 1990s, UB established a similar agreement with the University of Sarajevo. The international law center's focus is strengthening independent judicial systems, said its director, Mortimer Sellers. (Sunspot.net -- Business)
Rwandan portrait wins photo prize Nov 9, 2007
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High-tech trackers: extra eyes for US forces in Iraq Oct 31, 2007
First fielded in 2000 during the Bosnian conflict, BFT is now pervasive. The military doesn't have hard data, but developments such as miniaturizations and soft- and hardware upgrades have made BFT a "significant combat multiplier that adds to situational awareness," says Col. James Adams, deputy commander, 2nd Brigade 3rd Infantry Division. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Iraqi PM rejects US federal plan Sep 29, 2007
" Oil revenues The resolution proposes separating Iraq into Kurdish, Shia and Sunni entities, with a federal government in Baghdad in charge of border security and oil revenues. The plan, which was inspired by the settlement that ended the Bosnian conflict in the 1990's, offers Sunnis a share of oil revenues, boosts reconstruction aid and debt relief. Critics, however, said Iraqis should shape their future and that partitioning Iraq could encourage sectarian killings. The plan's advocates say it... (Aljazeera.Net)
US federal Iraq plan approved Sep 28, 2007
The plan, which was inspired by the settlement that ended the Bosnian conflict in the 1990's, offers Sunnis a share of oil revenues, boosts reconstruction aid and debt relief. Critics, however, said Iraqis should shape their future and that partitioning Iraq could encourage sectarian killings. (Aljazeera.Net)
Terrence Howard's busy vacation Sep 21, 2007
" Another decidedly "Hollywood" touch is Richard Shepard's frenetic, jazzed-up directorial style. Shepard's last film, the critically well-received The Matador, similarly struck a dizzy balance between black comedy and drama. That 2005 film starred Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear as an over-the-hill hit man and a failing businessman, respectively, who form an unlikely alliance. The Hunting Party also is about mismatched male characters who bond under intense circumstances, the major differences... (Houston Chronicle)
The challenge of catering to the ultra-rich Sep 13, 2007
Homesaway invests in finding and training people whose background is as sophisticated as their clients for example, their Istrian local host is a British woman who learned to speak Croat when she was a UN documentary maker in the Bosnian conflict over a decade ago. Legault also talks about the local hosts having not only passion and judgement, but "peerness" the ability to act as an equal in producing a 'brilliantly great time instead of just a very good time. (Globe and Mail)
'The Hunting Party' chooses elusive prey: laughter Sep 7, 2007
Shepard wants us to experience the Bosnian conflict as a black comedy for which Simon's reckless goofiness is the only sane response. This dramatic ploy has been far better utilized in, say, "Dr. Strangelove," "M*A*S*H," or "Catch-22" (the book, not the movie). (Christian Science Monitor)
Weapons given to Iraq are missing Aug 6, 2007
During the Bosnian conflict, the United States provided about $100 million in defense equipment to the Bosnian Federation Army, and the GAO found no problems in accounting for those weapons. Much of the equipment provided to Iraqi troops, including the AK-47s, originates from countries in the former Soviet bloc. (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)
Report may unveil Australia's most calamitous day Jul 24, 2007
" The 400 troops were known to be among the dead because their bodies were recovered by the Germans and their names and personal belongings passed to their families via the Red Cross. However, their final resting place remained a mystery. The latest discovery was prompted by the work of Lambis Englezos, who arrived in Melbourne with his Greek family in 1954, met survivors from Fromelles and developed an obsession with the battle. He began with aerial photographs of the area, taken in 1916 by the... (The Age)
Under the fields of fire Jul 24, 2007
Englezos recruited Richard Wright, Emeritus Professor at Sydney University, who led the United Nations team that exhumed mass graves from the 1990s Bosnian conflict. After the panel reconsidered Englezos's approach last December, the Australian Army, through the assistant Defence Minister, Bruce Billson, commissioned a study by historians from Glasgow University's Archaeology Centre for Battlefield Studies. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
U.S. raids in Iraq kill 4 suspected insurgents May 12, 2007
Gen. William L. Nash, a veteran of the Bosnian conflict who is now an analyst with the Council on Foreign Relations. "I suspect the new Defense secretary has told general officers to speak their minds," Nash said. (Yahoo News -- Iraq)
Sailors' behavior in captivity probed Apr 6, 2007
Analyst Steven Glover wrote that Britain was likely to lose prestige in the Middle East "as a result of the on-screen admissions by several of the hostages that they had illegally strayed into Iranian waters, as well as their profuse and seemingly supine statements of gratitude to their captors." Another who said he was troubled by the images was Col. Bob Stewart, a commander of British peacekeeping forces during the Bosnian conflict. "In the old way," Col. Stewart told British Broadcasting... (Washington Times)
Hillary's War Mar 31, 2007
The other had been the 1995 campaign of airstrikes to bring an end to the Bosnian conflict. Her memoir recounts hearing a speech by Elie Wiesel in April 1993 in which he invoked the Holocaust as he pleaded with the president to take action in the former Yugoslavia. (Ocnus.net)
Milosevic's last waltz Mar 12, 2007
In 1993, Bosnia sued Serbia in the International Court of Justice, sometimes known as the World Court, for planning, abetting and committing genocide in the Bosnian conflict. Bosnia argued that the Serbian militias' sniping and bombardment of civilian enclaves, torture and assassination of detainees, and ultimately, slaughter of more than 7,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica, amounted to genocide. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Bill Harley wants to play Mar 9, 2007
He creates kinship with his live performances, recordings (26 to date), work in schools, commentary on NPR, and writing (five children's books, including the recent "The Amazing Flight of Darius Frobisher," and one very serious play about the Bosnian conflict called "My Sarajevo" that had a reading at Trinity Rep in 2000). "It's a function of my brain chemistry that I've got my hands on a half-dozen different things because I'm interested," says Harley of a schedule that has him zigging and... (Boston Globe)
Ismail Cem; Turkish official worked for ties with Greece Jan 25, 2007
His brief spell as culture minister in 1995 ended before he could achieve his dream of organizing a mass pop concert to benefit survivors of the Bosnian conflict. He was elected to Parliament in 1995 and reelected four years later. (Boston Globe)
Bush's choice of McConnell said to revive 'career' model Jan 7, 2007
He also allowed research and development efforts to stall, said Aid, who did give McConnell credit for a strong performance in the Bosnian conflict. McConnell has spent the last 10 years at the consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, where he is credited with expanding the intelligence practice. (SunSpot.net)
The neocons will ride again Nov 27, 2006
To traditional conservatives, the Bosnian conflict, however tragic, did not affect narrowly defined US interests and therefore could not justify the expense of American blood and treasure ... Neocons and liberals were mostly of one mind on the need to do something to stop the Bosnian conflict; we parted company on what that something should be. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Mostars Bridge Over the Neretva Nov 21, 2006
You might know Mostar from TV reports during the Bosnian conflict, but visiting Herzegovina's main city and crossing its symbolic bridge is better in person ... During the Bosnian conflict, the bridge was damaged twice, first by a Serbian bombing in 1992 and later completely destroyed by a Croatian attack in November 1993. (Suite101.com)
In more fluid Mideast, what now for the US? Nov 11, 2006
That was three years into the Bosnian conflict, about the same stage Iraq is at. Smith had a point - and acted on it. (New York Times)
After Rumsfeld Nov 11, 2006
It was a British general, Rupert Smith, then wearing the blue helmet of the United Nations, who, on a particularly grim day in Sarajevo in 1995, commented to me that, "There's just no point hanging around in the midst of somebody else's war." That was three years into the Bosnian conflict, about the same stage Iraq is at. Smith had a point - and acted on it. (International Herald Tribune)
Bosnian conflict continuing with election Oct 1, 2006
United Press International - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper. Updated: Sunday, October 1, 2006 02:00 AM EDT United Press International. (Washington Times)
* New war footage shows `crimes' against Serbs Aug 11, 2006
BOSNIAN CONFLICT: Atif Dudakovic is seen telling his forces to burn homes in a Serbian village during the 1995 Storm offensive THE GUARDIAN , ZAGREB Friday, Aug 11, 2006,Page 6. Advertising A Bosnian war general considered a hero by Bosnian Muslims for withstanding a three-year Serb siege in the 1990s could face war crimes charges after video footage emerged apparently showing him ordering Serb homes to be burned. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Full text: External ombudsman report May 25, 2006
Thus the Terms of Reference from the Scott Trust to me made it clear that my task was to judge the adequacy and fairness of how the complaint was handled not the complex underlying historical debate which surrounds the Bosnian conflict ... " No question in that form was put to Professor Chomsky'.The correction made it clear that the headline was not justified by the text. It related to Professor Chomsky's support for Diana Johnstone (not Diane as in the original interview) over the withdrawal of... (Guardian Unlimited)
Utahn gets 'rush' as bodyguard May 19, 2006
They were sent to Djibouti to prepare for action in Afghanistan; they waited on a Navy ship in the Adriatic Sea during the Bosnian conflict for a mission to seize dictator Slobodan Milosevic; they waited on a ship off the coast of Iran for another mission to seize Osama bin Laden's brother. They never saw action. (Deseret News)
Bosnian Deported after Lying on Immigration Paperwork May 10, 2006
Due to the atrocities committed during the Bosnian conflict in the early 1990s, some people from this region who claim refugee status in the United States hide the details of their military service. Ninkovic was one of 13 Bosnians in the Phoenix area indicted last year on federal criminal charges for failing to disclose on their immigration paperwork that they previously served in the Serbian military. (KPHO.com, AZ)
Journey to the dark side of the mind May 6, 2006
Inspired by the Bosnian conflict, the experimental work depicts scenes of rape, cannibalism and extreme brutality. The Daily Mail described the play as a disgusting feast of filth, and Kane was immediately labeled a playwright who immaturely relied on vulgarity and shock. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Bosnians welcome case against Serbia Feb 25, 2006
The Netherlands-based International Court of Justice (ICJ), will begin hearings on Monday in a case that is expected to define the nature of the 1992-95 Bosnian conflict, which claimed tens of thousands of lives. At the centre of the case are claims by many Bosnians that the leaders of a crumbling Yugoslavia controlled and financed Serb forces during the war in an attempt to maintain a grip on the territory. (Aljazeera.Net)
- Has today's theatre lost its fighting spirit? Feb 22, 2006
The Bosnian conflict led to another revival of the Greek greats, particularly as the real horror for their original audience was (after invasion) civil war. The sight of macho, gun-toting amateurs burning, massacring and pillaging in former Yugoslavia encouraged new English-language versions of plays featuring angry women - the peace-loving, sex-withdrawing heroines of Aristophanes' bawdy Lysistrata, or Euripides' Hecuba, showing the queen of Troy turned by grief into a bloodthirsty avenger of... (Guardian Unlimited)
Berlinale Day 10: Bosnian rape drama nabs Golden Bear Feb 19, 2006
A low-budget Bosnian film about the trauma of systematic war rape in the aftermath of the Bosnian conflict has beat out critical picks to win the top gong here today. First-time feature film-maker Jasmila Zbanics Grbavica won the bear over critics faves, and. (ABC Online)
In Serbia, pressure is on to find fugitive Jan 28, 2006
Pressure on Serbia to locate Mladic, along with Radovan Karadzic, the wartime leader of the Bosnian Serbs during the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict, has intensified since the arrest last year by Croatia of its last remaining war crimes suspect, Ante Gotovina. Gotovina was tracked down in November in the Canary Islands in Spain, with the help of the Croatian authorities. (International Herald Tribune)
Bosnia lab to test Katrina bodies Jan 1, 2006
The ICMP was set up by the international community in 1996, in the aftermath of the Bosnian conflict, to identify about 30,000 people missing from the wars in the former Yugoslavia. Hurricane Katrina put the lives of many people in extreme danger. (BBC News -- Americas)
