July, 2008

• 30 July

  Russian railway troops leaving Abkhazia: spokesman

  SUKHUMI, Georgia (Reuters) – Russia has started to withdraw soldiers it sent to repair railways in Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia, a spokesman for the troops said on Wednesday.

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• 30 July

  Militants kill woman “U.S. spy” in Pakistan

  MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) – Militants shot and killed an Afghan woman accused of being a U.S. spy in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region, and dumped her body in a sewer, a witness and intelligence officials said on Wednesday.

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• 30 July

  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.

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• 30 July

  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.

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• 30 July

  Australia to offer military advisers to Pakistan

  CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia will offer military advisers to Pakistan to train security forces to fight Taliban and al Qaeda militants taking sanctuary there from neighboring Afghanistan, the government said on Wednesday.

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• 30 July

  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.

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• 30 July

  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.

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• 30 July

  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:

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• 29 July

  Hamas, Fatah pursue war of words over detentions

  RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Hamas warned its Fatah rivals on Tuesday that a crackdown against the Islamist group by forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas could spark a revolt in the occupied West Bank.

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• 29 July

  Afghans must command foreign troops: state newspaper

  KABUL (Reuters) – To defeat Taliban militants, foreign troops led by NATO and the U.S. military in Afghanistan should come under the command of the Afghan government, otherwise the war will drag on, a government-owned newspaper said on Tuesday.

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