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Clinton and Kosovo

23 November 2009 | Alex Anderson

Alex Anderson

Kosovo honours a hero. To the hero the spoils? Brushing a lock of hair from her face and gazing into her eyes, the former president asks the comeliest government official to hand, “So what did you think of my speech?” No Monica she, her answer stays on the vertical and is rather better sculpted than the two and half-metre effigy just unveiled downtown: “Mr President, we all have our stories to tell.” Taking her hands in his, he says: “So tell me your story.”



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ICJ Decision on Kosovo to Be Vague
20 November 2009 | Bojana Barlovac

The President of the International Court of Justice, ICJ, Hisashi Owada says that the Court’s advisory opinion on whether Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence went against international law will not be "a clear yes or no".

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Macedonian Questions PM's 'Name' Strategy
23 November 2009 | Sinisa-Jakov Marusic

Macedonia's Prime Minister has failed to present a platform for resolving the country's burning row with Greece, leaving a space that is wide-open for speculation, the former Foreign Minister Ilinka Mitreva said in an interview for local media.

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Concern Over Failure to Resolve Issue of International Judges and Prosecutors
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At a meeting with Nikola Spiric, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and leaders of political parties, the Steering Board of the Peace Implementation Council, PIC, called on the Bosnian authorities to speed up the implementation of the Strategy for the processing of war-crimes cases.

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Sarajevo Jazz Festival Opens

Sarajevo | 04 November 2009 |
 
Sarajevo
Sarajevo
The 13th annual Sarajevo Jazz Festival (www.jazzfest.ba) opened here on Tuesday with a performance by the US singer Kurt Elling, one of the world’s most distinctive male vocalists in jazz today.

With the Laurence Hobgood trio plus saxophonist Ernie Watts, Elling performed the songs from his latest album “Dedicated to You” - a tribute to the 1963 album of ballads by tenor sax legend John Coltrane and baritone singer Johnny Hartman.

The six-day festival, traditionaly held in the first week of November, will offer a number of cutting-edge performances by jazz artists from around the world and from Bosnia at several venues around the city.
Over the years, the festival has presented hundreds of musicians from over 50 countries.



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