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Article: Roundup: Serbia slams acquittal of former Kosovo PM
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- April 3, 2008
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Roundup: Serbia slams acquittal of former Kosovo PM
BELGRADE, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Serbia slammed Thursday the
acquittal of former Kosovo Prime Minister and former Commander of
Kosovo Liberation Army Ramush Haradinaj by the International
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague.
"It is clear that in question is a court which has been set up to
officially declare innocent those who committed crimes, like
Haradinaj," Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said in a
statement.
The Hague tribunal on Thursday acquitted the 38-year-old
Haradinaj of war crimes and crimes against humanity, ordering his
release from detention, although the prosecution had requested a 25- ...