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...SURRENDERED. MILORAD LUKOVIC, 39, former paramilitary leader suspected of masterminding the 2003 assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic; in Belgrade. Lukovic, a onetime backer of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosovic, headed a feared antiterrorist police unit called the Red Berets. After Milosovic's 2000 fall from power, Lukovic initially supported Djindjic's administration, but he was soon removed from his police post...
...Killing Continues KOSOVO Two U.N. peacekeepers died in an ambush as the fallout continued from the worst wave of violence to sweep Kosovo since the 1999 war. NATO troops and international police arrested almost 200 suspects in the previous week's riots, in which ethnic Albanian mobs targeted the Serbian minority, leaving 28 dead. U.N. agencies estimate that almost 4,000 Serbs were displaced, 366 homes destroyed, and 41 churches burned...
...told Time last month. "People are ready to forget the past and move on." Alas, civil war is not easily forgotten. In a rash of attacks that spread across the province last week like a bushfire, ethnic Albanian gangs rioted outside Serb enclaves, hurled stones, set fire to 16 Serbian Orthodox churches, including a 14th century monastery, and engaged NATO troops in running battles. At least 28 people were killed and 600 wounded, including dozens of U.N. and NATO peacekeepers. "These were ethnic attacks, pure and simple," said a diplomat. And as the region knows too well, violence begets violence...
...expected to take place this week. Judging the Judges SERBIA The trial of six Serbs indicted for killing 192 Croat prisoners of war in 1991 opened in Belgrade . The first case to be heard by the newly established special war crimes court, the trial is a test of the Serbian justice system's ability to deal with the country's violent past. Prosecution spokesman Bruno Vekaric said, ?We are very aware that this is a big test for our judiciary, and we intend to pass it.? Taylor Targeted LIBERIA The U.N. Security Council unanimously voted to freeze the assets...
...crimes trial of former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic in the Hague has already lasted two years. Now, with the announcement that presiding judge Richard May will step down on May 31 for unspecified health reasons, it will likely last even longer. Prosecutors decided to wrap up their case two days early in an effort to avoid further delays. Although officials at the International Criminal Tribunal say that May's departure will not seriously disrupt the trial, it could be a lucky break for Milosevic. He has a right to appeal against the appointment of a new judge or demand...