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• Q&A: The history of strife in Kosovo
Soon after, Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia declared independence from Yugoslavia, and in 1992, war broke out in the Balkans. NATO launched air strikes against Serbia in 1999, and Albanians refugees poured out of Kosovo telling stories of Serbian ...
• It’s the end of the (punch) line for the Yugo
Still, over 100,000 Yugo GVs — standing for Great Value — were sold in the U.S. before Yugo America — the company that imported it — went bankrupt and Washington imposed economic sanctions on Belgrade for fomenting ethnic wars in the Balkans ...
• 'Today': The show visits Jerusalem
In the following centuries, Islam also spread into Anatolia and the Balkans to the north, and sub-Saharan Africa to the south. The Muslim community comprises about 1 billion followers on all five continents. Islam is the fastest-growing religion in ...
• 2. Escaping brutal bondage in Europe
Before she ended up as a sex slave in the Balkans, Natasha thought she had found the answer to her troubles. Back home in rural Moldova, a former Soviet republic bordered by Romania and Ukraine, she had met a seemingly nice man named Ruslan from the ...
• 4. Policing without borders in the Balkans
BUCHAREST, Romania - Law enforcement agencies in the Balkans have come together to do what organized crime operatives in the region had been doing for years: cooperate across frontiers — and across ethnicities. In November 2000, agencies of 11 ...