Karadzic capture signals Serbian shift
                   
msn.com: Karadzic capture signals Serbian shift msn.com
msn.com     Jul 23, 2008            

EU leaders say arrest could speed nation's bid to join the 27-nation union A police cordon secures a nationalist rally against the arrest of genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic in Belgrade on Wednesday. Karadzic was arrested near Belgrade on Monday in a sweep by Serbian security services. BELGRADE, Serbia - Just a few months ago, thugs outraged at Kosovo's independence set part of the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade on fire, and ultranationalists prepared to seize power. But this week's capture of genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic revealed an extraordinary turnaround for Serbia, and the prospect of yet another former communist country embedding itself in the West. On the gritty streets of Belgrade, there was a palpable sense Wednesday that nationalism may finally be losing its iron grip on hearts and minds. "It's a positive step. I... [read full story]                    


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By RFE/RL Abkhaz lawmakers have approved the text of an independence appeal submitted by the unrecognized republic's de facto president, Sergei Bagapsh. In view of recent events in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the people of...                    

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TRUDY RUBIN: An inexcusable attack

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Slovakia: No change in Kosovo position

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Russia-Georgia conflict: Why both sides have valid points (The Christian Science Monitor)

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