NATO nixes Georgia, Ukraine membership
NATO decided Thursday not to put Georgia and Ukraine on track to join the alliance after vehement Russian opposition, but the alliance pledged that the strategically important Black Sea nations will become members one day.
Nations:Georgia Macedonia Russia Croatia Greece Ukraine People:Nicolas Sarkozy Angela Merkel
2008-04-03
Bush urges independence for Kosovo
President Bush, getting a hero's welcome as the first American president to visit this Balkan nation, said Sunday that there cannot be endless dialogue about achieving independence for neighboring Kosovo.
Nations:Albania Ukraine People:Laura Bush Activities:Kosovo Independence
2007-06-10
Turkish hijacker, looking to Pope, gives up in Italy
A Turkish hijacker seeking to communicate with Pope Benedict seized an airliner flying from Albania to Istanbul on Tuesday and diverted it to Italy before surrendering.
Nations:Turkey Albania Italy Singapore
2006-10-03
Turk surrenders after hijacking plane
A Turkish man seeking political asylum hijacked a jetliner carrying 113 people on Tuesday and forced it to land in southern Italy, where he surrendered and released all the passengers unharmed, officials said.
Nations:Turkey Albania Italy
2006-10-03
More Saudis sent home from Guantanamo
Saudi Arabia has said that 13 of its nationals who were held at the US detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have returned home.
Nations:Bahrain Afghanistan Yemen Uganda Kuwait Morocco Activities:CIA Prison Scandal
2006-06-25
Slobodan Milosevic Found Dead in Cell
Slobodan Milosevic, the former Yugoslav leader, who was branded "the butcher of the Balkans" and was on trial for war crimes after orchestrating a decade of bloodshed during the breakup of his country, was found dead Saturday in his prison cell. He was 64.
Nations:Macedonia Bosnia Slovenia Croatia Serbia Albania People:Slobodan Milosevic Activities:Milosevic War Crimes
2006-03-11
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