The land rush for the .Me domain is underway and the usual domain name shenanigans are here–especially with speculation that Apple is hoarding these digital monikers to rebrand its .Mac service. This speculation perked up earlier this month. Jason O'Grady tried to land a few Apple.me-ish domains...
[4] THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic recently showed up before the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia looking dapper in a dark suit and tie--minus the flowing white hair and ponytail, he wore while he was on the lam as alternative healer...
Below are some key words used in this issue of Current Events. The Bosnian war (page 3) On Feb. 29, 1992, the republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina voted to become independent from Yugoslavia. A civil war immediately broke out among Bosnia's three major population groups: Croats, Serbs, and...
[A History of Political Trials: From Charles I to Saddam Hussein, John Laughland, Peter Lang, 315 pages] IN 300 YEARS OF TRIALS of former sovereigns, not one has ever been acquitted. This striking observation lies at the heart of John Laughland's well-argued and beautifully written survey of political...
WHENEVER A PROTESTER wins the fulsome praise of politicians, the media, and especially the radical's own mother and father, I get suspicious. In 1993, as an angry 19-year-old, I marched against police racism in East London, coming nose-to-nose with truncheon-wielding, hot-blooded coppers. In 1994, I joined an irate...
THE HAGUE AFP — The war crimes trial of Serbian ultra-nationalist Vojislav Seselj has been adjourned as judges await a decision on his right to defend himself, the UN war crimes tribunal said Wednesday. "It was an oral order given by the judges yesterday Tuesday at the audience,"...
THE HAGUE AFP — The UN war crimes court said Wednesday it has charged a former court spokeswoman with divulging confidential information over the trial of late Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic. Florence Hartmann, a French national, has been ordered to appear before the International Criminal Tribunal for the...
BANATSKI SOKOLAC, Serbia AFP — Musicians from the former Yugoslavia have unveiled a statue of late Jamaican reggae icon Bob Marley as a symbol of peace. Several thousand gathered at a rock festival in the tiny Serbian hamlet of Banatski Sokolac for the uncovering of the statue, which...
World News IN BRIEF *AMSTERDAM Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will have his case heard by a new group of judges. The United Nations tribunal for the former Yugoslavia reassigned his case after prosecutors said they were no longer trying to combine it with that...
BELGRADE AFP — Serbia's Football Federation on Wednesday appointed Radomir Antic as its new coach in the hope the former Real Madrid chief can lead the "White Eagles" to World Cup 2010. Antic replaces Miroslav Djukic who was sacked after failing in his dual role as coach of...
1948: Boris Stankovic of Yugoslavia went into the record books as the first footballer to be sent off at Wembley. 1995: Colin Montgomerie lost a play-off for the US PGA Championship in Los Angeles to Australian Steve Elkington. 2004: Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez confirmed Michael Owen would sign for Real...
Died on this day 1962: Herman Hesse. German author. Nobel Prize winner in 1946. 1969: Sharon Tate. American actress. Murdered by member of Charles Manson's family. 1978: James Gould Cozzens. American writer and Pulitzer Prize winner, whose works...
THE HAGUE AFP — Radovan Karadzic challenged the legality of his pending genocide trial Wednesday, urging a UN war crimes court to order evidence from former US diplomat Richard Holbrooke about an alleged secret deal. In an updated submission to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia...
Home News IN BRIEF *A Michael Palin documentary on eastern Europe has been censured by the BBC's governing body. In Michael Palin's New Europe, the former Monty Python star visited 20 countries that were once behind the Iron Curtain. A viewer complained that the first episode,...
BELGRADE AFP — Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic was protected by the United States until a CIA phone bug caught him breaking the terms of his "deal", the Serb newspaper Blic reported Saturday, quoting a US intelligence source. The newspaper claims Karadzic was secretly granted immunity in...
THE HAGUE AFP — The United States promised Radovan Karadzic that he would avoid trial at the UN war crimes court if he withdrew from public life, the Bosnian Serb wartime leader claimed in court documents seen Friday. "Mr Richard Holbrooke undertook on behalf of the USA that...
THE HAGUE AFP — Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic claimed Friday the United States wanted him dead after reneging on a deal to shield him from trial by the UN war crimes court. In a submission to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ICTY, Karadzic...
The Monster Loves His Labyrinth Charles Simic Ausable Press 1026 Hurricane Road, Keene, NY 12942 9781931337403, $14.00 www.ausablepress.org 1-800-283-3572 Yugoslavia-born U.S. Poet Laureate Charles Simic presents The Monster Loves His Labyrinth: Notebooks, an amalgamation of his notebook entries over the...
THE HAGUE AFP — Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic stood before the UN war crimes court Thursday to face genocide charges, in his first public appearance since his arrest after nearly 13 years on the run. Shorn of the beard and long hair he had used as...
THE HAGUE AFP — Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic made a combative first appearance Thursday at the UN's war crimes court, waiving his right to defence counsel and claiming he had been kidnapped and that his life was in danger. Declining to enter a plea immediately, he...
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