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Nostalgic Serbs board the 8.15 to Sarajevo

The Independent | Independent | Posted 12.13.2009 | Home


The last time Husein Kratina boarded a train in Belgrade bound for his native Bosnia-Herzegovina was more than 18 years ago. That last trip ...

2 kangaroos from Belgrade zoo killed

AP | Posted 11.30.2009 | Home


BELGRADE, Serbia — Two of the Belgrade Zoo's kangaroos died Wednesday, one of them a baby that got loose in downtown Belgrade and was killed by an apparent hit-and-run driver, police said.

Witnesses spotted the baby kangaroo and called authorities, but by the time officers arrived it was dead, senior officer Zeljko Perosevic said. The baby kangaroo had apparently escaped from the nearby zoo, he said.

"Unfortunately, there was nothing we could do," Perosevic said.

Perosevic said that the zoo then called to say that another kangaroo had been found dead there. He said an investigation, including autopsies, is under way to determine what happened.

The zoo refused comment.

Afghanistan: Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 11.29.2009 | World


Reese Schonfeld

I would like to propose that we consider another strategy -- strategic bombing. Take poppy fields, for example ... For once, we could be using our billion dollar bombers on billion dollar targets.

Jelena Dokic's father has jail sentence confirmed

AP | Posted 11.24.2009 | Home


The father of tennis player Jelena Dokic is facing a retrial on charges that he threatened the Australian ambassador to Serbia.

Damir Dokic was sentenced to 15 months in jail in June, but a retrial was ordered because ambassador Claire Birgin did not testify in person during the original hearing. She was represented by a lawyer.

The 50-year-old Dokic was brought under police escort to the court in Ruma, northwest of Belgrade.

His lawyer Bosiljka Djukic said Thursday that "we expect justice from the court and that Damir will be a free man."

Dokic was arrested in May after reportedly saying he would blow up Birgin's car if she didn't stop negative articles about him from being published in Australia.

Kosovo Verdicts Shake Serbia

ABS-CBN News | David Vujanovic | Posted 03.30.2009 | World


An ex-Serbian president cleared of war crimes is unlikely to get a hero's Friday on his return home, where the conviction of five other leaders is see...

Obama Gives New American Hope

Shari Cohen | Posted 11.30.2008 | Home


Shari Cohen

Meet Mitra, a 31 year old first time voter - I met her last weekend, volunteering at my local Obama campaign office. We've been working together eve...

Belgrade's US Embassy Set on Fire

AP | SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


BELGRADE, Serbia — Serb rioters broke into the U.S. Embassy Thursday and set fire to an office after a massive protest against Kosovo's independ...