Court imposes lawyer on Karadzic Nov 6, 2009
During his time in power, Mr Karadzic was president of the self-styled Bosnian Serb republic, and commander of its army during the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict, which left more than 100,000 people dead. He was indicted in 1995, and faces two charges of genocide, nine of war crimes and crimes against humanity. (BBC News -- Europe)
Karadzic attacks war crimes tribunal Nov 4, 2009
The 1992-95 Bosnian conflict was the longest of the wars spawned by the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. Backed by the government of then-Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, Bosnian Serb forces seized control of more than half the country and launched a campaign against the Muslim and Croat populations. (CNN)
Talks try to end Bosnian deadlock Oct 21, 2009
The talks, involving Bosnian Serb, Muslim and Croat leaders, are being described as the most important initiative since the 1995 Dayton peace accords, which brought an end to the Bosnian conflict. The country is struggling to stay together, says the BBC's Mark Lowen in Belgrade. (BBC News -- Europe)
Wars of the future may use mind-altering drugs Aug 21, 2009
In the past 20 years, modern warfare has changed from predominantly largescale clashes of armies to messy civil strife, wrote Dando, citing the Bosnian conflict of the mid-1990s and current fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Chemical agents and even gene therapy being developed in civilian life science laboratories are particularly suited to this style of warfare; it is not hard to find people in the military world who think they would be useful, Dando declared in the article. (India Times, India)
Expert: New Mind Drugs Eyed by Military Aug 21, 2009
"In the past 20 years, modern warfare has changed from predominantly large-scale clashes of armies to messy civil strife," wrote Dando, citing the Bosnian conflict of the mid-1990s and current fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Chemical agents and even gene therapy being developed in civilian life science laboratories "are particularly suited to this style of warfare; it is not hard to find people in the military world who think they would be useful," he declared. (Newsmax)
Bosnian Serbs guilty of burnings Jul 21, 2009
WHITE EAGLES Paramilitary group in Bosnian conflict in early 1990s Accused of ethnic cleansing of Muslims near Visegrad Worked with Bosnian Serb police and army units Also known as the "Avengers". He herded about 130 women, children and elderly men in to two houses - both in or near the eastern Bosnian town of Visegrad - before setting fire to them. (BBC News -- Europe)
Karadzic has 'proof' of US immunity deal May 20, 2009
Karadzic, 63, claims he struck a deal in July 1996 with Holbrooke, the architect of the Dayton peace accords which ended the Bosnian conflict. In return for disappearing from the public eye, he would be protected from prosecution by the ICTY, Karadzic says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Peacekeepers search Mladic haunts Feb 11, 2009
He is wanted by the UN to face war crimes charges in connection with the Bosnian conflict of the 1990s. Local police and Nato troops joined the latest search, raiding homes belonging to the former general's sister and sister-in-law near Sarajevo. (BBC News -- Europe)
