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...fully engaged in his trial It's a long way--a lot further than can be measured in mere miles--from Kosovo's valleys to the imposing courtroom of the first International War Crimes Tribunal since the aftermath of World War II. Fehim Elshani, 67, a Kosovo Albanian, made the journey. Looking dignified in a three-piece suit, the accountant turned farmer took his place in the witness chair, shifting his body so that his back was turned to the defendant--who was also doing the questioning. In a show of disrespect, Elshani refused to face the man he holds...
...NETEHERLANDS Testimony Begins Week two of the trial of Slobodan Milosevic moved into high gear with the first five witnesses called to testify that the former President was responsible for the deportation of 800,000 ethnic Albanians from Kosovo and the murder of hundreds more. Kosovo Albanian political leader Mahmut Bakali, who had meetings with Milosevic, said that Serbs imposed an "apartheid" state on ethnic Albanians after Milosevic became leader. But it was those furthest removed from power who gave the most striking testimony: the first Kosovo Albanian victims testified against - and were questioned by - the man they hold most...
Neighbors at the dilapidated apartment building in which the suspects lived said that of those arrested, one worked in a pizzeria and the others seemed to be street vendors of pirated CDs and brand-named athletic wear. A 33-year-old Albanian steelworker, who rents an apartment above that of the suspects, says he never exchanged more than a buongiorno with any of the Moroccans over the past two years: "They were always coming and going - three, five, sometimes 10 different guys. The doors and windows were always shut; sometimes they'd open a window just a crack...
...have hired a lawyer, but Slobodan Milosevic is acting as his own defense attorney in court. In an aggressive cross-examination that sought to discredit the prosecution's first witness, he questioned Kosovo Albanian political leader for almost four hours, twice as long as prosecutors. Bakali testified Monday about the "apartheid state" Serb leaders imposed on Kosovo's ethnic Albanians after Slobodan Milosevic's rise to power. He also testified that during his meetings with the former president, he informed Milosevic that Serb forces were committing crimes against ethnic Albanians, particularly the 1998 massacre of the Jashari family. Mahmut Bakali...
...more after Milosevic's regime fell in October 2000 and the new government let them inside Yugoslavia for the first time. Though the investigators complain they got more obstruction than cooperation, especially from the military, no one could cover up one incriminating new find: the bodies of Kosovo Albanian victims listed in one indictment were unearthed in mass graves near Belgrade last year...