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Karadzic due for plea hearing at Hague tribunal

THE HAGUE, Aug. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is being asked for a second time on Friday to enter a plea at a U.N. tribunal for charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the 1992-95 Bosnian war. ...  > full story

Russia faces diplomatic isolation on Georgia

DUSHANBE/PARIS, Aug. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Russia faced diplomatic isolation over its military action against Georgia on Thursday, with its Asian allies failing to offer support and France saying EU leaders were considering sanctions. ...  > full story

New judges assigned to Karadzic trial

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 21, 2008 (Reuters) — Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic got his wish for a different judge on Thursday when the U.N. tribunal for former Yugoslavia assigned his war crimes case to a new chamber on procedural grounds. ...  > full story

South Ossetia independence rally blasts Georgia

TSKHINVALI, Georgia, Aug. 21, 2008 (Reuters) — South Ossetia will ask the Kremlin to recognize its independence from Georgia, the leader of the breakaway region told a rally including widows and mourning mothers in his war-ravaged capital on Thursday. ...  > full story

Georgia refugees make home in ex-Russian army base

TBILISI, Aug. 21, 2008 (Reuters) — Leila Inauri laughed grimly at the irony of her situation. ...  > full story

Australia says WW2 war crime suspect can be extradited

CANBERRA, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — An alleged World War Two war criminal living in Australia was eligible for extradition to Hungary to face justice, an Australian court ruled on Wednesday. ...  > full story

Defiant Bashir rejects Darfur genocide charges

ISTANBUL, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, on his first trip abroad since the International Criminal Court moved to indict him for war crimes, on Tuesday denied that his forces had committed genocide in Darfur. ...  > full story

Karadzic wants pre-trial judges replaced

AMSTERDAM, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic has asked the United Nations tribunal in The Hague to replace the judges who are overseeing the preparatory stage of his trial for charges including genocide. ...  > full story

Sudan warns "consequences" over Bashir warrant: U.N.

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 18, 2008 (Reuters) — Sudan has warned the United Nations of "serious consequences" for its staff and facilities if the International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for President Omar Hassan al-Bashir over Darfur, a U.N. envoy said on Monday. ...  > full story

Rebels accuse Sudanese army of new Darfur attacks

KHARTOUM, Aug. 16, 2008 (Reuters) — Darfur rebels accused Sudan's government of more attacks on Saturday, saying Khartoum was not serious about peace and was pursuing a military solution to the conflict. ...  > full story
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