Word: serbia
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...family has lived in Kosovo for 500 years. But there is no future here." For Kosovo's Serbs and Albanians alike, this week's vote is about more than just who will fix potholed roads. It could be the first step on the road to independence from Serbia, completing the break that began when NATO bombers drove Slobodan Milosevic's troops out of the province in 1999. For the past five years Kosovo, which is still legally part of Serbia, has been ruled by a United Nations administration backed by an 18,000-strong NATO peacekeeping force, with assistance from...
...with the Atlantic alliance. Since then, it retains a seat at the table in diplomatic and political terms, but doesn't take part in defense planning. President Jacques Chirac demonstrated France's diffident stance in 1999 by intervening in the setting of targets during the NATO air campaign against Serbia, and again last year by leading efforts to block the dispatch of air-defense systems to Turkey before the invasion of Iraq. So there was an inevitable whiff of irony around French Defense Minister Michèle Alliot-Marie's tour earlier this month of Kosovo and Afghanistan...
...Latin Americans counterparts. And support for the U.S. national soccer team is hardly an outlet for jingoistic nationalism. In my own experience, American audiences are more often than not oblivious to the meanings being attached to the game by fans of the opposition when Team USA has played Iran, Serbia or Mexico in recent internationals. Foer falls down when it comes to finding any greater meaning and offers a weak analysis of the impact of globalization on the game and its fans...
...players to train all year round even before the era of indoor swimming pools. But can Hungary rule the pool in Athens, where it will face one of the tightest fields in Olympic history? At least half of the 12 teams in the competition, including perennial powers Russia and Serbia-Montenegro, are contenders for the title. Water polo is hugely popular in Hungary, where league matches draw thousands of fans, and the Olympic team members are well aware of their country's high expectations. "We didn't go to Sydney as champions, so I didn't feel the pressure then...
...past nine years, former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and military chief Ratko Mladic have been hiding in mountainous areas of Bosnia and Serbia to avoid deportation to the Hague on war crimes charges. Both men are accused of genocide during the 1992-95 Bosnian war. Now sources tell TIME that the Serbian government is secretly negotiating with Mladic, promising to fund his defense and provide financial aid to his family if he surrenders. "We are working very intensely on that and expect results in a couple of weeks," says a senior government official. The change appears to have been...