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Article: Is Serbia ready to host war crimes trials, experts ask

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MISHA SAVIC, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
05-12-2005
Dateline: BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro
International and Serbian law experts gathered Thursday to discuss the possibility of holding war crimes trials in Serbia when the Hague tribunal closes its doors in 2010.

Some participants at the OSCE-backed conference expressed doubts that the political climate in Serbia is favorable enough for Serbs _ accused by the West of committing the worst atrocities during the Balkan wars _ to face up to war crimes committed by their compatriots during the wars in the 1990s.

"There really were many, many perpetrators," in the Balkan bloodshed that killed hundreds of thousands, said Antun Nikiforov of ...

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