JOVANA GEC

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Swine flu testing to be required at sports event

Thousands of athletes who will be competing in next month's World University Games in Serbia will be required to provide a certificate saying they do not have swine flu, or they will be quarantined, the government said Wednesday.

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Serbian drug rehab center chief removed

A Serbian Orthodox priest was removed as head of a church-backed drug rehabilitation center Wednesday, after a video broadcast on national television showed him beating a patient with a shovel.

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Serbia marks 10th anniversary of NATO attacks

Air raid sirens sounded across Serbia on Tuesday to mark the 10th anniversary of the NATO bombing that ended Belgrade's rule in Kosovo.

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Attackers disrupt liberal radio show in Serbia

Attackers have disrupted the broadcasts of a popular liberal radio show critical of Serb nationalism and hacked into its Web site, its editor said Wednesday.

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Blagojevich case makes headlines in Serbia

The case of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is not just making headlines in America. It is also top news in Serbia, the country of Blagojevich's ancestors.

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Serbia furious after neighbors recognize Kosovo

Serbia expelled the Macedonian ambassador Friday, reflecting its fury over the recognition of Kosovo's independence by its closest neighbors.

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Serbia probes Nazi charges against US man

Serbia's war crimes court is investigating genocide allegations against a man accused of serving as a Nazi officer before emigrating to the United States and retiring outside Seattle.

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Report: Fugitive Mladic won't surrender

Top war crimes fugitive Gen. Ratko Mladic is being guarded by armed men and has no intention of surrendering to the U.N. war crimes tribunal, a senior Serbian official was quoted as saying Friday.

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Serbia ratifies EU, Russia deals

Serbian lawmakers on Tuesday ratified a pre-membership agreement with the European Union and an oil and gas deal with Russia after months of heated debate over the direction of the country's policies.

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Serb FM links Georgia war to Kosovo independence

Serbia's foreign minister said the link is clear — U.S. and Western support for Kosovo's secession from Serbia has helped fuel tensions in Georgia's separatist province of South Ossetia.

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Serbia setting up case against suspected US Nazi

Serbia's war crimes prosecutors are preparing a case against an American who allegedly served in a Nazi unit that killed 17,000 civilians here during World War II, an official said Friday.

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Serb doctors: Ex-security chief too sick for trial

The doctors treating a former Serbia security chief charged with war crimes made an appeal to a Netherlands-based U.N. court Thursday, saying he was too sick to stand trial and shouldn't be forced to return to detention.

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Serbians say they're close to coalition government

Serbia's nationalists and Socialists from late strongman Slobodan Milosevic's party said Friday they are close to forming a coalition government that would sideline pro-Western parties' declaration of election victory.

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Serbia Outraged at Haradinaj Acquittal

Serbian officials said Friday the war crimes acquittal of a former Kosovo rebel leader will increase tensions in Kosovo and diminish the chances that top Serb fugitives Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic will be arrested.

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Serbia's Pro-Western Liberals Threatened

It's dangerous to be a liberal in Serbia, once again.

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Looting or Rebellion? Log on and Decide

Can looting be patriotic? Two women who took part in the Belgrade riots to protest Kosovo's independence seem to think the two go hand in hand. A video clip now on the Internet — entitled "Kosovo for Sneakers" — shows two girls going from shop to shop with armfuls of looted items.

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Serbian President Vows Fight Over Kosovo

Serbia's newly re-elected president Boris Tadic pledged at his inauguration Friday that he would never stop fighting against independence for Kosovo.

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Serb PM Urges Kosovo Serbs to Stay

Serbia's leader urged Kosovo's Serbs to stay put after ethnic Albanians declare independence, pledging Wednesday that Belgrade will never recognize the province's statehood.

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Serbia Braces for Kosovo Independence

Serbia's minister for Kosovo suggested Saturday that the government will seek to keep control over Serb-populated areas after the predominantly ethnic Albanian province declares independence.

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Serbia's Western Path at Stake in Vote

Serbs voted Sunday in a presidential runoff election that could return an ally of late autocrat Slobodan Milosevic to power only days before an expected declaration of independence by the Balkan state's breakaway Kosovo province.

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Serbian Election Heading to Runoff

An ally of late autocrat Slobodan Milosevic edged ahead of the pro-Western incumbent in Serbia's presidential election Sunday, but failed to win an outright majority, according to independent monitors and partial official results.

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Serb Leader Warns of Worsening U.S. Ties

Relations between the United States and Serbia are worsening because of U.S. support for the independence of Kosovo, Serbia's prime minister warned Monday.

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New Suspects Held in '99 Serbia Killings

Four new suspects have been detained in connection with the 1999 wartime killings of three Kosovo-Americans whose bodies were found dumped in a mass grave, prosecutors said Wednesday.

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Protesters Blast Serbia Over Mladic

Thousands of protesters on Tuesday demanded the Serbian government resign because it has failed to arrest war crimes suspect Gen. Ratko Mladic, leading to a suspension of talks with the European Union.

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