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UN court convicts Bosnian Serb of genocide
A U.N. war crimes court convicted a former senior Bosnian Serb army commander Wednesday of genocide for playing a key role in Europe's worst massacre ...
EU leaders in Norway to pick up Nobel Peace Prize
European Union leaders on Sunday hailed the achievements of the 27-nation bloc, but acknowledged they need more integration and authority to solve ...
Bosnian court: 18 years for US embassy attacker
A Bosnian court on Thursday convicted a man who opened fire on the U.S. embassy of terrorism and sentenced him to 18 years in prison. Mevlid Jasarevic ...
Bosnia's capital becomes safe haven for stray dogs
It's past midnight and a van stops on a hilly Sarajevo street. The side door slides open quietly and four dogs jump out. The van makes a U-turn and ...
UN offers prize to illuminate 3,000 Bosnian homes
Challenge prizes have inspired inventions like margarine or canned food or achievements like the Lindbergh flight over the Atlantic. To help people ...
Imams, priests play soccer match in Bosnia
A soccer match between Muslim imams and Catholic priests has helped raise funds for a new kindergarten in Bosnia. More than 4,000 people paid 1 euro ...
Former veterans pay respect to victims in Bosnia
Veterans from opposite sides of the brutal Balkan wars of the 1990s paid their respects Saturday to the victims of the worst massacre in Europe since ...
Joy in Croatia as UN overturns 2 key convictions
Chanting "Victory! Victory!," waving red-and-white checkered flags and dancing in the streets, tens of thousands of jubilant supporters gave two ...
US, EU hopeful of new Iran nuke talks
The U.S. and the European Union said Tuesday they'll press on with sanctions against Iran, even as they hope the promise of new negotiations could ...
US seeks Algeria's support in possible Mali move
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought Algeria's assistance on Monday for any future military intervention in Mali, pressing the North ...
Bosnians elect their first hijab-wearing mayor
When Amra Babic walks down the streets of the central Bosnian town of Visoko wearing her Muslim headscarf, men sitting in outdoor cafes instantly rise ...
Karadzic denies claims he masterminded killings
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic cast himself as a "mild man, a tolerant man" as he opened his defense Tuesday in his long-running genocide ...
Britain has helped other children in trouble
Fourteen-year-old Pakistani activist Malala Yousufzai, who was airlifted to a British hospital for medical care and protection after she was shot in ...
Bosnia's National Museum closes after 124 years
It survived the breakup of the Austrian empire, two world wars, the longest city siege in modern history and a bloody war in the 1990s that killed ...
Bosnian forensic experts search mass grave
Forensic experts have found 10 bodies as they began to excavate a mass grave where Muslim Bosniaks killed during the 1995 massacre in the eastern town ...
Candidate uses porn clips to sex up Bosnia race
A mayoral candidate in Bosnia's fourth-largest city is using one of the Internet's greatest lures — pornography — to draw attention to his campaign.
Bosnian police crackdown on organized crime
Authorities in Bosnia launched what they called a major operation on Wednesday against several organized crime groups suspected of involvement in at ...
Religious meeting calls for world peace
Representatives of some of the world's major religions have concluded a three-day interfaith meeting in Sarajevo by calling for peace around the world
Bosnians who fled Syria describe a hellish war
A Bosnian woman who fled Syria says the war in the Arab country is worse than the fighting in her homeland 20 years ago. A group of 35 Bosnians landed ...
Amnesty urges Balkans to probe war disappearances
Ljiljana Alvir is convinced Serbian authorities know how her brother died during the war in Croatia, and where his remains are. She just doubts they ...
World marks day of the missing
Tens of thousands of people around the world are missing today because of armed conflicts or human rights abuses such as abductions and illegal ...
Turkey to press for safe zone in Syria
There is no better lesson about the perils of setting up a safe zone in a country in conflict than Srebrenica, where Bosnian Serbs killed some 8,000 ...
Stray dogs kill 4 kangaroos in Bosnia zoo
Officials say stray dogs entered the Sarajevo zoo, killed four kangaroos and injured another before guards could chase them away. Zoo veterinarian ...
Balkans region hit by worst drought in decades
Wildfires are destroying forests, rivers are being reduced to a trickle, crops are wilting on the scorched farmland and electricity supplies are ...
Balkans heat wave fuels forest fires in Bosnia
Authorities on Tuesday declared a state of emergency around a town in Bosnia's northeast and a tourist area was evacuated in the country's south as ...