Reelected Belgian prime minister moves to eliminate war crimes law

Jerusalem Post;  July 14, 2003 ;     648 words ......agreed to replace a war crimes law that has clouded...by King Albert II, Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt announced...been used to target Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, US President...George W. Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and other...Belgium for alleged ...

Serbian premier says former president will appear before U.N. war crimes...

AP Worldstream;  January 16, 2003 ;     360 words ......himself over to the U.N. war crimes tribunal at The Hague, Prime Minister Zoran Djindic said Thursday...which has charged him with war crimes during a government crackdown...denied he had any role in war crimes in Kosovo, saying that he...facing genocide and other ...

Croatian prime minister castigates media for speculating about war crimes...

AP Worldstream;  June 26, 2002 ;     376 words ......statement issued by Prime Minister Ivica Racan' s office...that the International War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague...investigations into possible war crimes cases in Croatia, particularly...and the court, the prime minister's office said. A flurry...

WAR CRIMES: The legal process continues for Sharon trial in Belgium

The Arab American News;  January 31, 2003 ;     700+ words ......scoffed at Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's war crimes trial in...Belgium's prime minister, Guy Verhofstadt...country's war crimes law to reconfirm...short-lived, the prime minister may soon...opponents of the war crimes law have...

Serbian prime minister says outgoing president will be handed over to U.N....

AP Worldstream;  December 26, 2002 ;     271 words ......Serbia's outgoing persident _ a war crimes suspect wanted by a U.N...extradited early next month, the prime minister of Yugoslavia's dominant...handed over to the the U.N. war crimes tribunal when his term expires Jan. 5, Serbian Prime Minister Zoran ...

New prime minister assumes post in Kosovo despite war crimes accusations

AP Worldstream;  December 6, 2004 ;     330 words ......hands with outgoing Prime Minister Bajram Rexhepi as he...government offices. U.N. war crimes investigators recently...denies any involvement in war crimes. Serbia demanded that...Haradinaj be indicted for war crimes by the U.N. tribunal...

New premier scales down rhetoric against U.N. war crimes tribunal

AP Worldstream;  March 11, 2004 ;     474 words ......Serbia-Montenegro Serbia's new prime minister on Thursday scaled...against the U.N. war crimes tribunal, saying...extraditions of top war crimes suspects to the...conference as prime minister, Kostunica said...Kostunica became prime minister only after ...

Kosovo chief quits after war crimes indictment

International Herald Tribune;  March 9, 2005 ;     694 words ......Tribune 03-09-2005 Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj...surrender to the UN war crimes tribunal in The...down and answer war crimes charges came as...where he became prime minister in December and...approves a new prime minister. The surrender...arrivals at ...

Belgium debates future of war crimes law; former PM urges repeal after US...

AP Worldstream;  June 21, 2003 ;     530 words ......abolishing his country's war crimes law which has soured relations...prominent Americans. Former Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene made...meeting center because war crimes accusations will prevent...Colin Powell, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and others...resort for ...

Ex-police chief turned mobster 'plotted Serb premier's death' Crime boss...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  March 16, 2003 ;     528 words ......of the Serbian prime minister in Belgrade last...Hague to face war crimes charges. Mr Lukovic...Serbian government. Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic...they feared the prime minister's death would...enterprise committing war crimes" in Bosnia and...Nations ...

Alleged Serb assassin's confession heard Said he killed prime minister to...

Chicago Sun-Times;  December 26, 2003 ;     397 words ......alleged assassin of Serb Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic told police...extradition of Serbs to the U.N. war crimes tribunal, according to...with assassinating the prime minister and a number of other criminal...failed attempts to kill the prime minister. "I consider this ...

Lawyers request temporary release of Kosovo's former premier indicted for...

AP Worldstream;  April 22, 2005 ;     362 words ......Kosovo's former prime minister filed a motion with the U.N. war crimes court in The Hague...orders." The U.N. war crimes court indicted...the province's prime minister and surrendered...to 37 counts of war crimes allegedly committed...Albanians. The former ...

Serbia president to face war crimes charges

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 27, 2002 ;     132 words ...Serbia president to face war crimes charges From Journal Sentinel...to a U.N. court to face war crimes charges early next month, the prime minister of Yugoslavia's dominant...handed over to the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague...expires Jan. 5, Serbian Prime ...

Kosovo's former PM leaves for The Hague for war crimes trial

Xinhua News Agency;  March 9, 2005 ;     140 words ......former PM leaves for The Hague for war crimes trial BELGRADE, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Kosovo's former prime minister Ramush Haradinaj on Wednesday left for The Hague to face war crimes trial launched by the UN-led court...resigned Tuesday as the province' s prime minister ...

Prime Minister promises to refer war crimes complaint against Franks to...

AP Worldstream;  May 17, 2003 ;     420 words ...00-00-0000 Dateline: BRUSSELS, Belgium Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt on Saturday promised...administration he will refer a war crimes complaint against U.S. Gen. Tommy...world leaders _ including Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, Cuban President...