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Poll goes to run-off
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Bosnian Serbs hand over suspect Bosnian Serbs have for the first time handed over a war crimes suspect to the international tribunal
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Mesic takes victory The liberal pro-Western President won a second mandate in an election runoff with a landslide victory
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Premier indicted, resigns A U.N. tribunal has indicted Kosovo Prime Minister Haradinaj for war crimes against Serbs
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Sprinters cleared in doping case
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| Mar.29 |
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Romanian journalists missing
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Bodies found after C-130 crash
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| Apr.22 |
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Serb general set for surrender
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| May.10 |
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Athens anarchists release hostages A group of hooded anarchists took 150 hostages in a 6-hour standoff with police
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| May.11 |
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Dutch to open Srebrenica hearings
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| May.22 |
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Romanian journalists freed 3 Romanian journalists and their Iraqi-American translator were freed after 2 months in captivity
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| Jun.2 |
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Serbia holds video 'executioners'| The prime minister has announced the arrest of soldiers shown in a video carrying out executions in 1995 | |
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| Jun.9 |
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Mladic 'will soon be in custody' Washington will resume aid to Serbia amid hopes that war crimes suspect will soon be in custody
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| Jun.14 |
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Powell breaks world 100m record Jamaican set a new men's record of 9.77 seconds at the Athens Olympic Stadium
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| Jun.25 |
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Socialists claim victory Socialists defeated the centrist ruling National Movement of Simeon II in national elections
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Karadzic 'hiding in Montenegro'
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3 blasts jolt downtown Pristina
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| Jul.11 |
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50,000 mourn Srebrenica dead In 1995 Serbs overran the U.N.-protected Muslim enclave during the war in Bosnia and killed 8,000 men and boys
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Climber rescued from major peak
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Cypriot jet crashes; 121 dead| Air traffic controllers lost contact while Boeing 737 was approaching Athens | | |
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| Aug.15 |
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Victims died before crash
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| Aug.20 |
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Attendant's blood found in cockpit
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| Aug.24 |
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Floods cause havoc across Europe| Torrential rains across central and eastern Europe are killing up to 34 people, 25 in Romania alone, 11 in Switzerland | | |
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| Aug.27 |
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Europeans begin flood clear-up
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| Sep.25 |
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First final for Croatia
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| Oct.4 |
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Srebrenica massacre list compiled The Bosnian Serb government has drawn up a list of 19,473 Serb soldiers who operated in the region in 1995
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| Oct.7 |
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Kosovo set for 'breakaway' talks
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Bird flu village isolated
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| Oct.12 |
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Kezman strike puts Serbia through
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Turkey victory sees Greece bow out
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| Oct.15 |
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Romania has deadly bird flu virus| The deadly H5N1 strain that has infected humans in Asia has spread to Europe | |
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Romania works to contain bird flu strain Health officials were spraying disinfectant on the tires of vehicles to contain a deadly strain
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| Oct.21 |
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Croatia confirms first cases of bird flu
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| Oct.22 |
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Maze victorious in opening slalom
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UN tribunal jails Kosovo Albanian
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| Dec.2 |
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Onassis heiress to wed in Brazil
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Croatia edge towards Davis Cup win
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Ancic win gives Croatia Davis Cup Croatia won the Cup for the first time on a day of drama in Bratislava. Ancic beat Mertinak 7-6 6-3 6-4
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Croatian war suspect flown to Hague Ante Gotovina was flown out of Spain to the U.N. war crimes tribunal
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| Dec.11 |
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Massive rally for war crimes suspect
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| Dec.20 |
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Serbs tried over Srebrenica video The former commander of a police unit called the Scorpions accused of shooting 6 Bosnian Muslims dead
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Serbia warns fugitives' helpers
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Libya to hear 'HIV medics' appeal Supreme court is to hear an appeal by 6 foreign health workers facing death sentences
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'HIV medics' sentence lifted| Supreme court has overturned death sentences on 6 foreign health workers | |
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Ukrainian, Bulgarian troops left Iraq Poland would reduce troop levels in March, from nearly 1,500 to 900
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Bosnia lab to test Katrina bodies The laboratory ICMP pioneered new techniques to identify victims of the Balkan wars
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Serb jailed over Srebrenica video Former paramilitary Slobodan Davidovic has been jailed for 15 years for his part in the massacre in Bosnia