NEWS WATCH: Heat Wave Causing Misery in Europe
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By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Central and Eastern Europe is trying to overcome a stubborn heat wave that has overshadowed Europe's largest music festival and caused wild fires in the Balkans.
NEWS WATCH: War Crimes Suspect Karadzic Demands ‘Reward’ at Trial
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By BosNewsLife News Center with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
THE HAGUE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Former Bosnian-Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has denied responsibility for genocide and other war crimes, saying instead he should be rewarded for trying to avoid more bloodshed.
NEWS WATCH: Serbia Lawyer Warns Mladic Will Die Before Trial
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BELGRADE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- The lawyer for war-crimes suspect Ratko Mladic has warned that the former general has serious health problems and could die before the start of his trial on genocide charges. Attorney Milos Saljic said he would therefore appeal the planned extradition of Mladic to the Netherlands-based U.N. War Crimes Tribunal.
NEWS WATCH: Bosnia Marks 100th Anniversary Of Assassination That Sparked World War I
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
SARAJEVO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (BosNewsLife)-- The capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina is marking the 100th anniversary of the assassination that sparked World War I, but Serbian and Bosnian Serb representatives are boycotting the events in Sarajevo.