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Sarajevo with tears: Another walk down Logavina Street
Jacket CopyBarbara Demick says that" real Sarajevans don’t like to talk about the war," but her book, "Logavina Street," follows the lives of a small community during the conflict. It has been re-released, with additional materials, commemorating the 20th... -
Sarajevo: A look back at the first few months of the siege
World NowTwenty years ago, the Bosnian war began with the siege of Sarajevo, which over the next 46 months became the longest siege of a city in modern history. Serb nationalists attacked after the former Yugoslav republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina declared itself... -
Angelina Jolie surprises Sarajevo Film Festival crowd
Ministry of GossipAngelina Jolie and Brad Pitt surprised the crowd at the Sarajevo Film Festival on Saturday. They walked the red carpet together before a tearful Angelina Jolie was given an honorary award, the Heart of Sarajevo, at the film festival's closing night... -
Angelina Jolie gets her film permit back in Bosnia [Updated]
Ministry of GossipAngelina Jolie has gotten the green light again to film parts of her directorial debut in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The production's permit was pulled Wednesday by the country's culture minister, Gavrilo Grahovac, after a women's group objected to what it... -
ISRAEL: Israeli citizen suspected of involvement in Bosnia war crimes arrested
Babylon & BeyondAn Israeli citizen was arrested Tuesday in connection with a 1995 massacre in Bosnia, and Israel’s Justice Ministry launched extradition proceedings against him. A Sarajevo court issued a warrant for Alexandar Cvetkovic's arrest in April, stating that... -
Bosnian experts present U.S.-backed plan for reform
ReutersSARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnian legal experts presented on Wednesday a U.S.-backed plan to reform one of the Balkan state's two autonomous regions, a month after it was warned that its bid to join the European Union would be frozen without constitutional...Tags: European Union, Elections, Human Rights, Religion and Belief, Islam
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Serb president seeks pardon 'on my knees' for Srebrenica
Reuters* Most conciliatory statement yet by Serbia's Nikolic * Surprise comments follow Bosnian Muslim leader's visit * Serbia in line to start EU accession talks By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO, April 25 (Reuters) - Serbia's nationalist president has...Tags: Serbia, Hate Crimes, United Nations, Zeljko Komsic, War Crimes
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Soccer-Fans and police hurt in mass fight in Bosnia
ReutersSARAJEVO, April 25 (Reuters) - Sixteen supporters and seven police officers were injured, two of them seriously, in a mass fight on Wednesday when fans of rival soccer clubs clashed in a central Bosnian village while heading to first division matches....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Balkan Peninsula, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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'Face the truth': Bosnian leader upbraids Serbian president
Reuters* Bosnia angered by Serbian leader's remarks on Srebrenica * Izetbegovic: Face the truth on Srebrenica, Sarajevo * Strained ties have set back reconciliation, cooperation By Matt Robinson BELGRADE, April 23 (Reuters) - Bosnian Muslim leader Bakir...Tags: Serbia, Hate Crimes, United Nations, Zeljko Komsic, Srebrenica Massacre (1995)
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Dance knows no boundaries
Martha Graham once said, “Dance is the hidden language of the soul.” Karen Peterson and Dancers bring this statement to life. Peterson is at the helm of a mixed-abilities dance troupe in Miami, which features dancers from the South Florida...Tags: Nova Southeastern University, Trips and Vacations, Miami-Dade County, Travel, Entertainment Events
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Book of the Month: 'The Book of My Lives' by Aleksander Hemon
Aleksandar Hemon has been telling critically acclaimed stories for years, most notably, perhaps, in "The Lazarus Project," which was a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. In his latest collection, "The Book...
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15 years later, CIA acknowledges fallen Marylander worked for agency
The report from the State Department was brief: Thomas M. Jennings Jr., a federal worker from Burtonsville on a temporary assignment with NATO peacekeepers, had died in a car crash in Southern Bosnia.
Fifteen years later, it turns out that was only...Tags: U.S. Embassy, Central Intelligence Agency, Vienna (Austria), Culture, University of Maryland, College Park
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