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02 Mar 12 Wikileaks: The IMF’s Fault for Balkan Wars

The International Monetary Fund is partly to blame for wars in former Yugoslavia, according to Stratfor document published by Wikileaks.

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02 Mar 12 Klecka War Crimes Case Interrupted

Behlul Limaj, one of the defendants in the Klecka Case, was taken ill during the court session on Thursday and sent to hospital. The trial should resume on Monday.

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serbia-requests-un-convention-on-organ-trafficking
01 Mar 12 Serbia Requests UN Convention on Organ Trafficking

Serbia has called on the UN to establish convention that would treat organ trafficking as a crime against humanity and a war crime.

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un-set-new-court-instead-the-icty
01 Mar 12 UN Appoints the Head of the ICTY's Successor

The UN announces members of the new judicial system that will replace the ICTY.

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eulex-zogaj-signed-documents-he-didn-t-understand
01 Mar 12 Zogaj Signed Documents in English

The key witness in the Klecka Case has never signed his testimony in his native Albanian. The defence requests the withdrawal of all the testimonies of Agim Zogaj.

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defence-team-accuses-salustro-of-abusing-the-past-witness-x
29 Feb 12 Limaj's Defence Accuses Salustro of Abusing Witness X

Defence lawyers in the Limaj case have accused Salustro, the EULEX prosecutor, of inhuman treatment of the now deceased key witness, Agim Zogaj.

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accused-claims-jackals-had-two-fomrations
24 Feb 12 Accused Claims Jackals Had Two Formations

The leader of the Jackals formed two divisions of this military group, one regular and another for the robberies and killings, claims one of the accused.

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jacklas-in-front-of-belgrade-court
23 Feb 12 Defendant Claims Jackals Were Not Paramilitaries

Jackals were not a paramilitary group, but a regular formation of the Yugoslav army, claims one of the accused.


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two-kosovo-albanians-witnessed-jackals-crime
21 Feb 12 Two Kosovo Albanians Witnessed Jackals Crime

Two residents of Kosovo village Cuska testified on Tuesday in front of Belgrade Special Court in case against members of Serbian paramilitary group Jackals for war crimes committed in 1999.

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jackals-trial-continues
20 Feb 12 Jackals Trial Continues

A witness says one of the accused members of Serbian paramilitary group was at work at the time the crimes were committed in Kosovo village in 1999.

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a-kosovo-albanian-found-guilty-of-ethnic-hatred
16 Feb 12 A Kosovo Albanian Found Guilty of Ethnic Hatred

Esmin Hamza, a Kosovo Albanian from Prizren, has been found guilty of spreading hatred and intolerance against the Kosovo Serbs.

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serbia-demands-explanations-on-kosovo-organ-trafficking-evidence-destruction
14 Feb 12 Serbia Asks about Evidence Destruction in Organ Trafficking Case

Serbian authorities have asked the Hague tribunal to clarify reports about the destruction of evidence linked to allegations of organ trafficking in Kosovo.

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kosovo-lawmaker-testifies-in-medicus-case
14 Feb 12 Kosovo Lawmaker Testifies in Medicus Organ Trafficking Case

A former health adviser to Kosovo's prime minister testified on Monday in the so-called Medicus case, which centres on allegations of organ trafficking and organised crime.

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new-trial-starts-in-case-against-members-of-kosovo-liberation-army
13 Feb 12 New Trial Starts in Case Against KLA Members

Belgrade's Special Court held a preliminary hearing on Monday in a new trial for nine Albanian men accused of war crimes against civilians in Kosovo in 1999.

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eu-prosecutor-will-not-testify-in-limaj-s-case
10 Feb 12 EU Prosecutor Will Not Testify in Limaj Trial

Court confirms that EULEX Special Prosecutor Maurizio Salustro is not obliged to testify in the case against Fatmir Limaj and nine other former KLA fighters suspected of war crimes.

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Background

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Profile

Hashim Thaci 'From 'Snake' to Prime Minister

Thaci, born in 1968, joined the Albanian independence cause as a student, becoming one of the leaders of the protest movement in the early 1990s. As the Serbian crackdown intensified, he left for Switzerland, studying history and international relations in Zurich.

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