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Belgrade Mosque Still Stands In Ruins

Five years since it was burned and devastated in demonstrations inspired by Albanian violence against Kosovo Serbs on March 17, 2004, the 16th century Bayrakli Mosque in Belgrade still is not fully repaired. The mosque was heavily damaged by angry youths who broke all its windows and furniture and then …

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Serb Police Protest Against Arrests

Over 1,000 war veterans and policemen from various parts of Serbia protested Tuesday in Leskovac demanding the release of four policemen arrested over suspicion that they committed war crimes in Kosovo in 1999. Protesters gathered near police headquarters in Leskovac under a banner saying: ”Who’s Next”.

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More Lay Offs Announced In Serbia

Serbian vehicle tyre producer ”Trayal Corporation” from Krusevac plans to fire about 400 employees, the company told the local BETA news agency on Wednesday. The number of employees at the factory will decline from 2422 to 2042, adding to the economic woes being felt in this industrial part of north …

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Turkey Detains 5 After Bone Fragments Found

Police investigators found 20 bone fragments on Monday during a dig at a site near the town of town of Cizre. Turkish police detained five people on Tuesday after finding bone fragments detectives think may be the remains of victims of extrajudicial killings in the mainly Kurdish southeast, state-run Anatolian …

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Russia`s Medvedev Urges Action Against Child Abuse

Medvedev said 1,914 under-age children had died as a result of violent attacks in 2008 and another 12,500 were missing. President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday Russia should take urgent action to protect children from violent crime and sexual abuse, in order to prevent them from joining a growing army …

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Georgia Separatists Say Russian Aid Has Dried Up

A separatist official said the economic slump was slowing the reconstruction effort. South Ossetia’s separatist administration said on Monday Russia was failing to honour a pledge to spend millions of dollars repairing the devastation from last year’s war in the breakaway Georgian region. A separatist official said the economic slump …

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