Srebrenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Type: City
Name: Srebrenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Latitude: 44.110001
Longitude: 19.299999
population: 2,861
First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Tripartite Balkans Summit takes place in Turkey

Turkish President Gul hosts Serbian president and BiH presidency members at historical summit. World Bulletin/News DeskTurkish President Abdullah Gul hosts President of Serbia Tomislav Nikolic and Bosnia Herzegovina (BiH) presidency members Bakir Izetbegovic ... [Published World Bulletin - May 14 2013]
First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Remarks during the Security Council Open Debate on Bosnia and Herzegovina

Thank you, Mr. President. It is my pleasure to welcome High Representative Inzko back to the Security Council. Ambassador Inzko, thank you for your comprehensive briefing and for your continued efforts to support the Dayton Peace Agreement.Mr. President, ... [Published US Embassy U.S. Mission to the U.N.-New York - May 14 2013]
First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Syria and the Debate Over America?s Decline

Syrian military helicopter falling from the sky. Photo: screenshot via youtube.According to a revealing report in The New York Times this past week, President Barack Obama went much further than he originally planned last August, when he issued “a red ... [Published Algemeiner.com - May 13 2013]
First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Summer Guide 2013: Roads

Set a gentle pace on the highways of Mid-Wales in an electric car with Welsh Road Trips (welshroadtrips.com), an initiative by three hotels in the Green Tourism Business Scheme. Guests are given directions between the three properties, with two nights' ... [Published The Independent - May 11 2013]
First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Let god protect the children

A gunman killed his mother December 14, in their Newtown, Conn., home then drove to nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School, where he opened fire, killing 20 children and six adults before taking his own life. In the aftermath of the mass murder of 20 children ... [Published Mmegi Online - May 06 2013]
First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 2 reports

Serbia apologizes for Bosnia massacre

font size decrease font size increase font sizeSerbian President Tomislav Nikolic has apologized for crimes committed by ethnic Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian war.According to Press TV, the apology is the first of its kind from ... [Published IRIB World Service - Apr 28 2013]
First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 2 reports

Must-Reads from Around the World

Bangladeshi Tragedy — A British NGO said major Western fashion retailers squeezing Asian suppliers played a part leading up to the tragedy in Bangladesh, where at least 300 people died when a eight-story factory building collapsed on Wednesday, notes ... [Published The Middle East Blog - TIME.com - Apr 26 2013]
First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 21 reports

Serb president seeks pardon "on my knees" for Srebrenica

"I'm on my knees," President Tomislav Nikolic told a television interviewer. "I am on my knees and asking for a pardon for Serbia for the crime that was committed in Srebrenica. "I apologise for the crimes that any individual has committed in the name ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - Apr 25 2013]
First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Massacre in Srebrenica (1995)

At the height of the Bosnian War, Serbian troops enter the Muslim-dominated town of Srebrenica in July 1995. Serbian General Ratko Mladić orders 8,000 men and boys to be shot.Air support requested by Dutch UN peacekeepers fails to arrive and the peacekeepers ... [Published Deutsche Welle - Apr 23 2013]
First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 3 reports

Catherine Ashton visits Srebrenica

High Representative -Potocari Memorial and CemeteryEU High Representative/Vice President Catherine Ashton today visited the Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial and Cemetery to pay respects to the victims of the genocide committed in Srebrenica. HR/VP Ashton ... [Published European Commission Delegation to BiH - Apr 18 2013]
First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Church Accused of 'Senseless Provocation' in Srebrenica

EU Delegation and the US embassy to Bosnia called on the Serbian Orthodox Church to stop further construction of a church near the Srebrenica memorial to Bosniak war victims, calling it a provocation. ... [Published Balkan Insight - Apr 18 2013]
First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Srebrenica Witness Changes Line on Executions

At the trial for the genocide in Srebrenica, a prosecution witness said the defendant did not refer to the execution of people at the Petkovci dam in July 1995, having claimed the opposite during the investigation. ... [Published Balkan Insight - Apr 18 2013]

Quotes

...the definition I developed together with Kurt Jonassohn and Norman Cohn in our 1990 book, The History and Sociology of Genocide, is the following: "Genocide is a form of one-sided mass killing in which a state or other authority intends to destroy a group, as that group and membership in it are defined by the perpetrator." In your research you have identified “intervening conditions” that can be considered as alarms to prevent new situations (of genocide)...
"I call on the countries to cooperate in vital areas" said President Gul who drew attention to peace process between BiH and Serbia and cooperation among the three countries following the summit in April...
..." He complained that, "We have to read Mr. Azzi's insults against good Americans," and, in defense of Ann Coulter's hate speech, revealingly wrote, "Mr. Azzi can always criticize an innocent white, Christian, conservative woman."
...from the Greek word "genos", for race or tribe, and the suffix "cide" from the Latin for "to kill"; genocide is defined by the United Nations as an "act committed with intent to destroy in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group."

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At Political Rally, Serbian Church Crosses Sens... [Published Inter Press Service - May 16 2013]
Frank Chalk: “Ignorance joined with prejudice a... [Published UNESCO - May 15 2013]
Remarks during the Security Council Open Debate... [Published US Embassy U.S. Mission to the U.N.-New York - May 14 2013]
Analysis - Syria's savagery will thwart reconci... [Published Sharenet - May 14 2013]
Tripartite Balkans Summit takes place in Turkey [Published World Bulletin - May 14 2013]
Syria and the Debate Over America?s Decline [Published Algemeiner.com - May 13 2013]
Ignorance, bigotry and violence have no religion [Published Portsmouth Herald - May 12 2013]
Summer Guide 2013: Roads [Published The Independent - May 11 2013]
Genocide - the gravest crime in international law [Published Expatica Netherlands - May 11 2013]
There’s delusion and 'delusion' when it comes t... [Published Jewish Chronicle - May 10 2013]
Killing UN Peacekeepers: A ruthless proclivity ... [Published Sudan Tribune - May 10 2013]
Bosnia – time to move forward [Published Foreign and Commonwealth Office - May 09 2013]
“On our knees” for Yemen [Published Yemen Times - May 09 2013]
Turkey claims Syria carrying out ethnic cleansing [Published UPI - May 08 2013]
[The Outsider] Return to Bosnia (1) [Published Zaman - May 08 2013]
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: UNITED NATIONS EXPERT T... [Published Noodls - May 08 2013]
Al-Assad has pushed button for Plan B, Davutoğl... [Published Turkish Daily - May 08 2013]
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Cou... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 08 2013]
PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL APPOINTS MEMB... [Published United Nations Office at Geneva - May 07 2013]
Nothing Else But Genocide: Bosniak Victimhood N... [Published Eurasia Review - May 07 2013]
Let god protect the children [Published Mmegi Online - May 06 2013]
Former Yugoslav nations tackle extremism in sports [Published Southeast European Times - May 06 2013]
Israel, the West and anti-Alawite Muslims joine... [Published Voice of Russia - May 06 2013]
2013-05-10 17:00 - Ending mass atrocity crimes:... [Published University of Cambridge - May 05 2013]
Talking global genocide [Published Masress.com - May 04 2013]
Not Quite Time for "High Fives” in Kosovo [Published Eucom - May 04 2013]
A failure to lead at the U.N. [Published Japan Today - May 02 2013]
Michael Den Tandt: Baird’s icy UN approach is j... [Published National Post | Full Comment » Full Comment - May 02 2013]
Former UN Sudan Chief sounds the genocide alarm... [Published Vatican Radio - May 02 2013]
Reviewed: Shakespeare Beyond Doubt by Paul Edmo... [Published New Statesman - May 02 2013]
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Michael Den Tandt: Baird’s icy UN approach is j... [Published National Post | Full Comment » Full Comment - May 02 2013]
If Paul Heinbecker didn’t exist, the opposition Liberals, New Democrats and Greens would have to manufacture him in a lab. From his perch on the op-ed pages of the Globe and Mail, or on the airwaves of the CBC, this most august of retired Canadian diplomats ...
No, Iran does not posses nuclear weapons [Published The Coffee House | Politics and News Discussion ... - May 01 2013]
In the course of a long career as a polemical journalist I have got thoroughly used to being insulted, libelled and attacked in a multitude of different ways. It comes with the territory, and is probably good for the soul. As a general rule the best ...
Must-Reads from Around the World [Published The Middle East Blog - TIME.com - Apr 26 2013]
Bangladeshi Tragedy — A British NGO said major Western fashion retailers squeezing Asian suppliers played a part leading up to the tragedy in Bangladesh, where at least 300 people died when a eight-story factory building collapsed on Wednesday, notes ...
Must-Reads from Around the World [Published The China Blog - Apr 26 2013]
Bangladeshi Tragedy — A British NGO said major Western fashion retailers squeezing Asian suppliers played a part leading up to the tragedy in Bangladesh, where at least 300 people died when a eight-story factory building collapsed on Wednesday, notes ...
CNN Washington AM Note [Published CNN Political Ticker - Apr 26 2013]
NATIONAL STORIES: CNN: Answers sought over Tsarnaev questioning, court appearance The Justice Department faces questions over whether it prematurely ended interrogation of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzohkhar Tsarnaev before a court appearance ...
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Interview with Srebrenica survivor: Muhamed Dur... [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Dec 04 2012]
Interview with Srebrenica survivor: Hasan Hasan... [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Dec 04 2012]
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