(Reuters) – Fighting raged in and around the capital of Georgia’s breakaway South Ossetia region on Friday as Georgian troops and warplanes pounded separatist forces in a bid to regain control of the territory. The separatists have Moscow’s political and financial backing.
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(Reuters) – Georgia, where government forces fought pro-Russian separatists on Friday, is an energy highway to the West with two major pipelines routed via the capital Tbilisi.
Read More »FACTBOX: Who is Radovan Karadzic?
(Reuters) – Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appeared before a U.N. war crimes judge for the first time on Thursday to answer genocide charges after his dramatic arrest that ended 11 years on the run.
Read More »FACTBOX: What happens now with war crimes suspect Karadzic?
(Reuters) – Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has been extradited to The Hague to face charges of genocide at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia over his actions during the 1992-95 Bosnia war.
Read More »FACTBOX: U.N. court readies for Radovan Karadzic
(Reuters) – Bosnian Serb wartime President Radovan Karadzic was transferred on Wednesday to the custody of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague to face charges of planning and ordering genocide in the 1992-95 Bosnia war.
Read More »TIMELINE: What happened during the war in Bosnia?
(Reuters) – War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday to face trial at The Hague on charges of genocide for his actions in the 1992-95 Bosnia war. Karadzic spent 11 years on the run before his arrest in Serbia.
Read More »FACTBOX: Suspects on run from Yugoslav war crimes tribunal
(Reuters) – War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday to face trial at The Hague on charges of genocide for his actions in the 1992-95 Bosnia war. There are now only two men on the run from the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague.
Read More »FACTBOX: Five facts about Radovan Karadzic
(Reuters) – War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday to face trial at The Hague on charges of genocide for his actions in the 1992-95 Bosnia war. Here are some key facts about Karadzic:
Read More »TIMELINE: Recent attacks in Turkey
(Reuters) – At least 13 people died and up to 100 were wounded on Sunday when two bombs exploded in a shopping district in Istanbul, on the eve of Constitutional Court hearings that could end with the closure of Turkey’s governing AK Party.
Read More »FACTBOX: Key figures in Turkish AK Party court case
(Reuters) – Following are brief descriptions of the main protagonists in the Turkish court case in which the ruling AK Party is charged with Islamist activities: TAYYIP ERDOGAN, PRIME MINISTER
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