Word: serbia
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...against partition of Kosovo,” he said. “Kosovo is a part of Serbia-Montenegro...
Kosovo is a part of Serbia and Montenegro, a loose union of states, but it has been under the protection of a United Nations force since 1999, when fighting broke out between Serbian forces and pro-independence elements of the Albanian majority in Kosovo...
...tribunal. Kandic, named as one of Time's Heroes in 2003 for her work exposing war crimes, has been branded a traitor and the leader of a conspiracy to demonize her own country - a group of legislators even called for a national referendum to stop her from working in Serbia, while others wanted her locked up in a mental hospital. A scheduled TV appearance in Kikinda drew an edict from the mayor barring her from entering the provincial town, and when she ignored that she was kept off the air by a mysterious power failure in the town that lasted...
...they fear they will be exposed." She believes that most Serbs are on her side, and she may be right. According to a recent opinion poll, the number of Serbs who support the war crimes Tribunal rose 15 percent after the release of the tape, with almost half of Serbia now supporting an institution long dismissed by many as a kangaroo court to victimize Serbs. And on Monday, for the first time, Serbia's president will take part in Srebrenica commemoration...
...Thanks to the brave efforts of Kandic and others brave enough to rub the nation's face into unpleasant facts, the Serbian wall of silence over Srebrenica may be shattered beyond repair. Indeed, the hysteria of the campaign to silence her is a sure sign of the fact that Serbia has finally begun to digest its ugly past. It hurts, and it's bound to make some people angry, but it will eventually end with some sort of closure. Not, of course, for the killers and their acomplices, but for the victims of Srebrenica and other places of horror...