Word: thebosnian
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...join the Greek foreign and defense ministers who are thereto try to negotiate a quick release. Despite Milosevic's assurances, the Bosnian Serbs appear to be digging in their heels, saying they won't release any more hostages without a UN pledge to halt air strikes. In Sarajevo, theBosnian Serb troops continue to harass UN peacekeepers. Three Canadians were taken into custody today; they were already counted among the hostages since their movements had been closely restricted...
...custody of 22Bosnian Serbs charged with crimes against humanity. Sitting behind bulletproof glass in a courtroom in The Hague, Tadic pleaded innocent to charges that included murder and rape -- the first time rape has ever been tried as a war crime. The chief suspect not in custody: Radovan Karadzic, theBosnian Serb leaderwho is being investigated for genocide. The tribunal is the first international prosecution of violations of the Geneva Convention since the Tokyo and Nuremberg tribunals set up by the victorious World War II allies in the 1940s.TIME correspondent Bonnie Angelonotes that the U.N. has faced charges of foot-dragging...