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Passive European Muslims Partially To Blame for Swiss Minaret Ban

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 12.02.2009 | World

Read More: Islamophobia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland, Kosovo, Holocaust, Danish Cartoons, Mosques, Swiss People's Party, Minaret Ban, Burka, European-Muslims, Swiss Minaret Ban, World News
Sabria Jawhar

Switzerland's Muslims can remain silent and continue to be marginalized or they can involve themselves in government policy and the media to shape their future.

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Kosovo Offers Model For Nation-Builders, Despite Problems

washingtonpost.com | Craig Whitlock | Posted 12.01.2009 | World

Read More: Kosovo, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Nato, United Nations, Serbia, Yves De Kermabon, Afghanistan War, World News

PRISTINA, KOSOVO -- Nearly two years after the newest country in the world declared independence, outside powers are still firmly in control. ...

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My Letter Published in the Wall Street Journal: Bob Dole's Corrupted Opinion on Bosnia

Julia Gorin | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Kosovo, Bosnia, Croatia, Balkans, Julia Gorin, Serbia, Yugoslavia, Wall Street Journal, Bob Dole, Serbs, Politics News
Julia Gorin

Below is the original version of my letter that the Wall Street Journal published today. Because of space considerations, there was no room for the wh...

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The Real Refugees of Kakuma County

Reporters Uncensored | Posted 10.31.2009 | World

Read More: Hurricane Katrina, Kosovo, Refugee, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Refugees, FilmAid International, Kakuma, World News
Reporters Uncensored

This week we're profiling FilmAid International, a non-profit organization that aims to bring the healing and educating power of cinema to refugees in the most desperate situations.

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Radovan Karadzic Boycotts His Own War Crimes Trial

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 10.27.2009 | World

Read More: War Crimes, Bosnia, Kosovo, Radovan Karadzic War Crimes, Belgrade-Serbia, Radovan Karadzic Captured, Radovan Karadzic Serbia, Serbia, Radovan Karadzic, World News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — His chair was empty, his headphones lay idle on the desk. In Courtroom One at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal, outrage...

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Counter-Factual History: McCain Is President and Bono Wins the Nobel Prize

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 10.14.2009 | World

Read More: Straits of Hormuz, Syria, Shanghai Treaty Organization, Mongolia, Vaclav Havel, Lithuania, Bono, Kosovo, China, Cold War, Robert Kagan, Putin, Iran, Nato, Joe Lieberam, Russia, Lech WałęSa, Czech Republic, Latvia, John McCain, Serbia, League of Democracies, Nobel Peace Prize, Colombia, Chuck Hagel, Barack Obama, Medvedev, Cnn, Poland, Georgia, Israel, Wolf Blitzer, Tawian, Lita, World News
Leon T. Hadar

"I have to admit that I'm beginning to miss George W. Bush," is the way former Republican Senator "Chuck" Hagel responded when being asked by CNN's Wolf Blitzer to assess the foreign policy record of the administration of Republican President John McCain.

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Balancing Your Life and Human Rights

Ellen Susman | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

Read More: Chile, Kosovo, United Nations General Assembly, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sri Lanka, Burma, United Nations, Michelle Bachelet, Mexico, Augusto Pinochet, Human Rights, Nuclear Weapons, Human Rights Watch, Sudan, Global Warming, Angola, Villa Grimaldi, Torture, World News
Ellen Susman

Gabriele said that over time some prisoners would find ways to illustrate their stay. They would draw stars, birds, and trees to remind them of freedom. She said they could often smell the roses outside.

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Power in the Post American World

Kal Raustiala | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Kosovo Independence, India, Kosovo, Nato, Brazil, South Ossetia, Power, Russia Georgia War, Post-American World, China, World News
Kal Raustiala

In the 21st century it is no longer enough to wield great military force, as the U.S. itself has learned on recent occasions. Nor is economic wealth alone enough

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Pres. Obama: Time for Washington to Do Less Abroad

Doug Bandow | Posted 10.23.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Europe, Macedonia, Intervention, President Barack Obama, Iraq, Kosovo, Cyprus, China, Japan, Foreign Policy, Iran, Venezuela, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, India, Afghanistan, Honduras, Cuba, North Korea, Greece, World News
Doug Bandow

The world has turned out to be a lot less malleable and willing to adjust to American preferences than the president may have thought before taking office.

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The Incredible Failures of Charles Krauthammer

Barrett Brown | Posted 09.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Bill Clinton, Washington Post, Kosovo, Charles Krauthammer, Barack Obama, Media News
Barrett Brown

Once a pundit is hired, he rarely faces the prospect of being fired. Having achieved a certain level of name recognition, his real job is already done.

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The Wrong Story on Karadzic

James S. Gordon | Posted 09.10.2009 | World

Read More: New York Times Magazine, Human Rights, Kosovo, Bosnia, Serbia, Karadzic, Serbs, Journalism, Genocide, World News
James S. Gordon

I found the Times' piece on Radovan Karadzic very disturbing -- not because it addressed his crimes, but because it chose to focus on an identity he assumed while he was living underground in Belgrade.

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Forced, Illegal Organ Trafficking During Kosovo War To Be Probed

AP | DUSAN STOJANOVIC | Posted 09.03.2009 | World

Read More: Kosovo Organ Trafficking, Kosovo, Kosovo War, Organ Transplant, Dick Marty, Organs, Serbia, Organ Trafficking, Organs Kosovo, War Crimes, World News

BELGRADE, Serbia — Europe's top human rights watchdog launched a probe Monday into Serb allegations that ethnic Albanian guerrillas kidnapped Se...

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Protecting R2P

Lloyd Axworthy | Posted 08.23.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, War Crimes, Responsibility to Protect, Kosovo, Ethnic Cleansing, Genocide, Somalia, Kofi Annan, Nirupam Sen, R2p, Srebrenica, Un World Summitban Ki Moon, World News
Lloyd Axworthy

This week, a principle adopted by world leaders four years ago to prevent mass atrocity will face a crucial test.

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World In Photos, June 25, 2009

The Huffington Post | Posted 07.26.2009 | World

Read More: Wimbledon, US Military, Slideshow, Turkish Police, President Obama, Prisoner in Pakistan, Huffington Post World Photos, Huffington Post Photos, Highway to Kosovo, Indian Prisoner in Pakistan, Iran Protests in Turkey, Obama, Kosovo, Turkey Iran Protests, Wimbledon Tennis, Us Troops Afghanistan, United We Stand, Us in Afghanistan, World News

Here is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. Check back Monday through Friday for this HuffPo...

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Promising New Actress Arta Dobroshi : "Lorna" in "Silence of Lorna"

Karin Badt | Posted 07.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Silence of Lorna, Arta Dobroshi, Kosovo, How to Become an Actress, Dardenne Brothers, Entertainment News
Karin Badt

The issue of Lorna I understood. After I read the screenplay, I wrote a biography of her character.

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Agim Ceku, Kosovo Ex-Prime Minister, Arrested For War Crimes

AP | VESELIN TOSHKOV | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Europe, War Crimes, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Agim Ceku, Agim Ceku War Crimes, Agim Ceku Arrested, World News

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgarian authorities have detained a former Kosovo prime minister on an international arrest warrant issued by Interpol, and ...

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She's Out There! Her Name Is Ingrid Schuster Tighe

Amy Sewell | Posted 07.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Iraq War, Paul Wolfowitz, Women, Politics, Kosovo, Military, Washington DC, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Woman President, Feminism, Foreign Policy, Entertainment News
Amy Sewell

The need for pragmatic and prudent leaders in both the military and politics was evident to me during my military service.

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The US War on Yugoslavia: Ten Years Later

Stephen Zunes | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Serbia, Bill Clinton, Yugoslavia, Kosovo, Slobodan Milosovic, Nato, Ibrahim Rugova, Bush Administration, Obama, Osce, 1973 War Powers Act, Rambouillet, Kla, World News
Stephen Zunes

For many Democrats, the 1999 U.S-led war in Yugoslavia was a "good" war, in contrast to the "bad" war in Iraq. But it was still an unnecessary and illegal war, with political consequences that are far from settled.

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Cluster Bombs In The Balkans, 10 Years Later, Still Threaten 160,000 People

Inter Press Service | Vesna Peric Zimonjic | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

Read More: Cluster Bomb Treaty, Norwegian People's Aid, Cluster Bombs, Kosovo, Foreign Affairs, Balkans, Serbia, Cluster Bomb Ban, NATO Cluster Bomb Treaty, Advocacy, Inter Press Service, World News

BELGRADE, Apr 8 (IPS) - An estimated 160,000 people in Serbia are still in danger from thousands of unexploded cluster bombs, ten years after the N...

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Serbia Marks 10-Year Anniversary To NATO Bombing Campaign

AFP | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

Read More: Nato Bombing, Kosovo, Nato Serbian Bombing 10 Year Anniversary, Nato, Foreign Affairs, Serbia, Nato Serbian Bombing, Serbian Bombing, Advocacy, Europe, World News

Air-raid sirens wailed on Tuesday as Serbia marked the 10th anniversary of NATO's bombing campaign against the regime of late president Slobodan Milos...

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Kosovo: Spain To Withdraw 600 Troops

BBC | Posted 04.23.2009 | World

Read More: Kosovo Independence, Nato, Kosovo, Spanish Troops, Kosovo Troop Withdrawal, Spain Kosovo, European Union, Spain, Europe, Kfor, World News

The Spanish government has confirmed it will withdraw most of its 600 troops from Kosovo by the end of this summer. ...

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Good News for Darfur

Lloyd Axworthy | Posted 04.04.2009 | World

Read More: Uganda, United Nations Security Council, Louise Arbour, G-8, President Milosevic, President Omar Al-Bashir, Darfur, Sudan, Bashir, Kosovo, International Criminal Court, World News
Lloyd Axworthy

The International Security Council must now resist the temptation to interfere with court proceedings as it grapples with the situation in Darfur.

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Kosovo Verdicts Shake Serbia

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

Read More: War Crimes, Icc, Kosovo, Serbia, Milan-Milutinovic-Trial, Interational Criminal Tribunal, Europe, Milan Milutinovic, Belgrade, International Criminal Court, The Hague, Milan Milutinovic Aquitted, World News

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...

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Former Serb President Cleared Of Kosovo War Crimes

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 03.29.2009 | World

Read More: Milan Milutinovic Trial, Kosovo, Yugoslavia, International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia, Milan Milutinovic, Slobodan Milosovic, Serb President, Milan Milutinovic Aquitted, Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal, Serbia, World News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — U.N. judges on Thursday acquitted former Serbian President Milan Milutinovic of ordering a deadly campaign of terror ag...

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International Tribunal to Save Israel and Palestinians

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 02.22.2009 | World

Read More: War Crimes, Palestine, Israel, Gaza, Kosovo, Filmmakers, Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Airstrikes, Gaza City, Israel Ground Invasion, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian Territories, Israeli-Palestinian, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Hamas, Israel Airstrikes, Israel Gaza Operation, World News
Daoud Kuttab

As we peer into the abyss, we believe that the establishment of a War Crime Tribunal needs to be supported both by Israel's friends as well as by supporters of Palestine.

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