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Dancing Alexander-style, Down Under

15 March 2010 | By Sinisa-Jakov Marusic

Sinisa-Jakov Marusic The issue of national identity is taken seriously by Balkan people – including the least serious among them.



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Serbs Mark Sixth Anniversary of Riots in Kosovo
17 March 2010 | Bojana Barlovac

Six years after ethnic Albanians attacked Serb enclaves in Kosovo in what became the worst single attack against Kosovo Serbs since the 1999 war, reconstruction of damaged property is ongoing but Serbian officials believe that conditions for the return of the Serb population have not yet been established.

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Tadic, Van Rompuy Won't Attend Regional Summit
19 March 2010 | Bojana Barlovac

A regional conference scheduled for Saturday will go forward even though Serbian President Boris Tadic will not attend the event. There are also indications that the president of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, will not be present.

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Dolic: Rape of 17-year old girl
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A protected Prosecution witness says she was raped by "soldier Dole" in 1993, identifying indictee Darko Dolic as the person who raped her.

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Albania To Accept More Guantanamo Prisoners

Tirana | 02 December 2009 |
 
Abu Baker Qassim- ex-GITMO prisoner relocated to Albania
Abu Baker Qassim- ex-GITMO prisoner relocated to Albania
Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha said on Wednesday that Albania would be open to accepting more prisoners from Guantanamo, but not the Chinese Uighurs that could endanger its relationship with China.

“Since my meeting in January with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton I have expressed a readiness to host more Guantanamo prisoners,” Berisha told reporters.

“My position is based on humanitarian grounds,” Berisha said, while adding that Albania would not accept any more Chinese Uighurs, because it does not want risk aggravating its good relationship with China.

Since 2006, Albania has accepted into its territory the relocation of nine former detainees of the Guantanamo prison. Five of the detainees were Chinese Uighurs, considered by China to be terrorists. The move sparked strong protest in China.

 

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In Distant Albania Uighurs Follow China's Crackdown

Ex-Guantanamo Prisoner Rebuilds Life in Albania



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Guantanamo prisoners
2009-12-03 05:55:52
I'm sure they will feel right at home in Albania. As long as they don't jump across the border to Kosovo.

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