April 05, 2005

NEWS

Unholy Trinity (by Christopher Simpson)
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Fascism/Ratlines_B_CS.html
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"Lost year for Serbia" (by Davor Konjukusic)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/articles/2005/04/04/reportage-01?print=yes


Serbian envoy delivers Post smackdown (by
Nebojsa Malic)
http://www.antiwar.com/blog/more.php?id=1981_0_1_0_M

Preservation of regional stability
necessary

http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=10760&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D10760


"It's just a question of political will"
(by Davor Konjikusic)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/04/04/feature-02?print=yes

Dnevnik:
"I am Innocent!"
http://www.realitymacedonia.org.mk/web/news_page.asp?nid=4171


Referendum mooted over FYROM name (by Stavros
Lygeros)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_ell_1139185_04/04/2005_54789

Greece expects closer ties with U.S. (by Andrew
Borowiec)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20050404-102902-5409r


Anniversary reception for NATO integration
(by Anca Dumitrescu)
http://www.daily-news.ro/print_preview.php?idarticle=8838

Turkey calls for further enlargement of
NATO

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/05/content_2786300.htm

US To Retain Limited Use Of Turkish Base, Shift Forces To
Bulgaria, Romania
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=9904

NATO
Emissary To Meet Palestinian Chairman
(by Amir Oren)
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=560978

NATO:
'Instrument US, Europe Can Use Whenever, Wherever'
http://www.nato.int/docu/speech/2005/s050404a.htm


Ex-republic's embrace of the West could raise fears in
Russia

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.mpl/politics/3118318

UPI:
Eye on Eurasia: Russia's next revolution
(by Paul Goble)
http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20050331-105947-3844r.htm

"CIS must exist"
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5488470&startrow=1&date=2005-04-04&do_alert=0


"Eastern Black Sea Drilling Research
Project"

http://europipelines.blogspot.com/2005/03/turkey-british-petroleum-hunting-for.html

Russia Still Reticent About Bourgas-Alexandroupolis
Pipeline
http://europipelines.blogspot.com/2005/03/russia-still-reticent-about-bourgas.html
























April 04, 2005

NEWS

Reminiscences on Late Pope, John
Paul II
(by Tika Jankovic)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sorabia/message/59893

AFP:
NATO chief hails pope's 'pivotal role' promoting
democracy in E. Europe
http://www.spacewar.com/2005/050403112039.6rcwfwcx.html

The Vatican's Divisions At the Beginning of World War IV
(by Pasquale Maria Aliberti)
http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/VAT504A.html
--------------------------------------------------

Greece Endorses the ICG Agenda
http://grayfalcon.blogspot.com/2005/03/greece-endorses-icg-agenda.html

Ethnic Hungarian leader supports minority law (by Andreea
Pocotila)
http://www.daily-news.ro/print_preview.php?idarticle=8775


Improved cooperation between Serbia and Montenegro in European
integration affairs
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=10347&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D10347

Croatia, Serbia on the road to European
integration

http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=10341&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D10341

Hungarians do not give up regions' reorganization
http://www.daily-news.ro/print_preview.php?idarticle=8780

Reading
Room: Healing the Bulgaria - Romania divide
(by A. Shkodrova & M.
Chirac)
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/reading-room-healing-the-bulgaria--romania-divide/id_11103/catid_29

Double
Dutch: Eurotrash
(by Koos Schouten)
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/double-dutch-eurotrash/id_11089/catid_32

Mend
fences with Brussels
(by John Psaropoulos)
http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.prnt_article?e=C&f=13123&t=01&m=A99&aa=9


Former Macedonian Interior Minister pleads "not guilty" on Hague
indictment

http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/glavnavest/lastvest.asp?vest=\Refresh1\056-0104.htm


Military Operations Macedonia: The Official British
History

http://www.balkanalysis.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=522

Nine RAF Mildenhall-based U.S. airmen killed in MC-130H crash in
Albania
(by Ron Jensen)
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=28144


How does U.S. Iran war hit us (by Daniel Boylan)
http://www.bakusun.az/cgi-bin/ayten/bakusun/show.cgi?code=7548


Party Conference: Ukraine Was Raped In 'Orange
Revolution'
http://zadonbass.org/en/news/message.html?id=13069

AFP:
Experts hear death bells ringing for Russia's CIS (by
Marielle Eudes)
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2005/apr/04/yehey/opinion/20050404opi6.html


"Worst of the Worst"
http://www.freedomhouse.org/media/pressrel/033105.htm


April 03, 2005

NEWS

War and the Pontiff: the Legacy of Pope John Paul II and Future Challenges (by Christopher
Deliso)
http://balkanalysis.blogspot.com/2005/04/war-and-pontiff-legacy-of-pope-john.html

Pope John Paul II and the Vatican greatly contributed to the
international recognition of the Republic of Croatia
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H4029246.4yc

"We have achieved our objectives" (by
David L. Harten)
http://www.ornery.org/cgi-bin/printer_friendly.cgi?page=/essays/2001-01-26-1.html
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The mythology of people power (by John
Laughland)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5160610-103677,00.html

Seventeen Techniques for Truth Suppression
(by David Martin)
http://www.dabney.com/wacomuseum/library/martin1.html


Witness Intimidation a Serious Problem in Kosovo Cases
(by Michael Farquhar)
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/tri/tri_400_1_eng.txt

Serbian Justice Minister: No obstacles to conducting war crime
trials before domestic courts
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=10462&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D10462


Authorities in fYROM fail to adequately address electoral
shortcomings seen in first round
http://www.osce.org/news/generate.pf.php3?news_id=4817

Greek State Television Airs Previously Banned Program That Exposes
Persecution Against Macedonian Minority
http://www.mhrmc.ca/news/05/eblul2.html

Human Rights in Bulgaria "at Standstill"
http://www.novinite.com/newsletter/print.php?id=45828


9,000
Ethnic Armenians Protest Against Saakashvili Regime
http://www.azg.am/?lang=EN&num=2005040204

'Georgia Is Serious Country Promoting Pro-Western Transformations
In Ex-USSR'
http://www.azi.md/print/33669/En

Aussies: U.S. as Dangerous as al-Qaida
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/4/2/101121.shtml


Tragedy Strikes US Air Force on Training Exercise in
Albania

http://balkanalysis.blogspot.com/2005/04/tragedy-strikes-us-air-force-on.html

NATO Flag Over Sofia: April 2 Marks Anniversary Of Military Drang
Nach Osten
http://www.novinite.com/newsletter/print.php?id=46234

Key role for NATO in Middle East? (by
Aristotle Tziampiris)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_287171_02/04/2005_54729


The Great Phase Transition: The Post-oil Era
(by Jorge Figueiredo)
http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/FIG503A.html











April 02, 2005

NEWS

SRNA: Serbian Radical leader hints at the Hague subpoena for Pope
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/srna033105.htm
----------------------------------------------------

To the Hague with Them or to Hell With Us?
(by Sladjana Kovacevic)
http://see.oneworld.net/article/view/108737/1/3260?PrintableVersion=enabled

Four Cases that Hague Returns to Macedonia: Open Wounds (by
Packa A. Lazarova)
http://www.realitymacedonia.org.mk/web/news_page.asp?nid=4165


BKTV:
Jessen-Petersen lied about circumstances of Kosov
beatings

http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/bktv033005.htm

Unfinished business (by Stacy Sullivan)
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/bcr3/bcr3_200504_549_1_eng.txt

A difficult relationship (by Stavros Lygeros)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_columns_8322807_01/04/2005_54685

Cyprus, Cyprus... (by Orhan Kilercioglu)
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=9753


AP:
US: Greece is 'strategic partner' in regional matters
(by Miron Varouhakis)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_8322915_01/04/2005_54681

Radikal:
Relations Gauge (by Murat Yetkin)
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=39568


London
Telegraph: Quiet American behind tulip revolution (by
Richard Spencer)
http://www.bhhrg.org/mediaDetails.asp?ArticleID=96

Machiavelli would have been impressed... (by Alan
Woods)
http://www.marxist.com/Asia/kyrgyzstan_demonstrations.htm

Belarus On Colored Coups Around Russia, NATO Buildup On
Borders
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-04/02/content_2775602.htm

"Democracy" On March (by Vasily Bubnov)
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=15211

U.S. builds up its military presence in Eurasia
http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/review/article_full_story.asp?service_ID=7630

NATO GenSec: "We are facing terrorism everywhere and
anywhere"
(by M. Blenkin & P. Osborne)
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/printpage/0,5481,12722195,00.html

NATO sharpens its spear (by Hans de
Vreij)
http://www2.rnw.nl/rnw/en/currentaffairs/region/internationalorganisations/10781741?view=Standard

Pox Americana (by J. B. Foster & R. W.
McChesney)
http://www.monthlyreview.org/poxamericana.htm






April 01, 2005

NEWS

Carnival of the Absurd (by Nebojsa Malic)
http://antiwar.com/malic/
-------------------------

Genocide in Vojvodina and Greater Hungary, 1941-1944 (by Carl Savich)
http://www.serbianna.com/columns/savich/058.shtml


The Hague Loses All Self-Respect with its Macedonia Case
http://balkanalysis.blogspot.com/2005/03/hague-loses-all-self-respect-with-its.html

Victors 'justice' threatens international law (by Christopher James)
http://www.free-slobo-uk.org/media_james

Judge Marinkovic Takes the Witness Stand (by Andy Wilcoxson)
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg032305.htm

Racak "Victims" Had Gunpowder on Their Hands & Were Known KLA Members (by Andy Wilcoxson)
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg032405.htm


OSCE Mission sponsors civil disturbance training for Kosovo police
http://www.osce.org/news/generate.pf.php3?news_id=4825

The Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units: Exploring the Way Ahead
http://www.usip.org/research/reports/coespu.pdf


Nation: Letter From Kosovo (by Misha Glenny)
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/March_30/26.html?w=p

Kosovo Solution Series:

What must be Belgrade's minimum conditions and its media strategy (by A. Mitic & J. Oberg)
http://www.transnational.org/pressinf/2005/pi214_BelgrCond_MediaStrat.html

The arguments for quick and total independence are not credible (by A. Mitic & J. Oberg)
http://www.transnational.org/pressinf/2005/pi213_IndepNotCredible.html

Nations and states, sovereignty and self-determination (by A. Mitic & J. Oberg)
http://www.transnational.org/pressinf/2005/pi215_Nations_States.html

Interview: Stability Pact's coordinator: Step-by-step changes are best for Kosovo (by Evridiki Bersi)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_ell_7858398_31/03/2005_54643

Can Ankara Recognize The Greek Cypriots? (by Mustafa Karaalioglu)
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=39490


The Role of Islam in North Ossetia (by Mikhail Roshchin)
http://www.turkishweekly.net/comments.php?id=637


US money and personnel behind Kyrgyzstan's "Tulip Revolution" (by Andrea Peters)
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/mar2005/tulp-m28_prn.shtml

Georgian president determined to destroy the 'empire of post-Soviet states' (by Vasily Bubnov)
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=15196

Russia seizes initiative in Kyrgyzstan (by Vladimir Radyuhin)
http://www.hindu.com/2005/03/31/stories/2005033102301400.htm

Moldova to Lose Cheap Russian Gas - Gazprom CEO
http://www.mosnews.com/money/2005/03/30/moldovagas.shtml


Russia to gain profit from cooperation with North Korea, despite USA's concerns
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=15204


US, Japan should not make stumbling block
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200503/28/print20050328_178489.html


Macedonia Joins the EU, Rivals Look on with Envy
http://www.balkanalysis.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=521

Under scrutiny (by Christina Dimitrova)
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/under-scrutiny/id_11039/catid_5

FAZ: Interview: Czech President: I am afraid for Europe (by B. Kohler & K.P. Schwarz)
http://www.freenations.freeuk.com/news-2005-03-30.html

March 23, 2005

NEWS

Democracy On the
March

'Humanitarian intervention': 6 years latter
(by
Andy Wilcoxson)
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg032205.htm


The US Military (by William Blum)
http://www.counterpunch.org/blum03222005.html
------------------------------------------------

'Human rights' in Bosnia
http://www.marxist.com/Europe/bosnia_herz220305.htm

A wasted year
http://news.amnesty.org/mavp/news.nsf/print/ENGEUR700072005

Hungarian Civic Union unhappy with autonomy draft
(byAlecsandra Iancu)
http://www.daily-news.ro/print_preview.php?idarticle=8208


Widow accepts combat award for spouse's brain-tumour death
(by Murray Brewster)
http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2005/03/22/f170.raw.html


Never Forget!
http://news.serbianunity.net/press/suc312.html?w=p

Electricity in Kosovo: between unpaid bills and
blackouts

http://www.kosovo.com/news/archive/2005/March_23/2.html

The situation as seen from Serbia (A.
Mitic & J. Oberg)
http://www.transnational.org/pressinf/2005/pi212_AsSeenBySerbia.html

Interview: Duma Committee on
International Affairs chairman:
Kosovo decision as precedent for
self-proclaimed republics

http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5471588&startrow=1&date=2005-03-22&do_alert=0

Kyrgyzstan: CIS Battleground Of New US-Russia Cold
War

http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5471461&startrow=1&date=2005-03-22&do_alert=0

West's Next Target For 'Orange Revolution,' NATO Absorption:
Transdniester

http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5471163&startrow=11&date=2005-03-22&do_alert=0

Foreign Affairs minister has "consistent" talks with Ukraine's PM
(by Alecsandra Iancu)
http://www.daily-news.ro/print_preview.php?idarticle=8204

Uzbekistan:
Victimiser or Victim?

http://www.bhhrg.org/Print.asp?ReportID=243&CountryID=23


Cyprus on Greek FM's US agenda (by George Gilson)
http://www.athensnews.gr/athweb/nathens.prnt_article?e=C&f=&t=01&m=A05&aa=1

EU's Lagendjik Admits: Southern Cyprus' EU Membership was a
Mistake
(by Selcuk Gultasli)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=international&alt=&trh=20050323&hn=17730


"Spring Day in Europe"
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/glavnavest/lastvest.asp?vest=\Refresh1\095-2203.htm

EPP in favour of discussion on Croatia at EU
summit
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H3226544.4yc

EU Troika check on Croatia
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H3226576.4yc

Integration
minister: Romania must change EU's perception
(by Alecsandra
Iancu)
http://www.daily-news.ro/print_preview.php?idarticle=8201

Turkish
PM under strain?
(by Burak Bekdil)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_world_2594804_22/03/2005_54302

Turkey
and the EU: How to achieve a forward-looking 'win-win' accession by 2015? Part 2
(by Mehmet Ogutcu)
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=8698


Romanian and Bulgarian defense ministers discuss Iraq (by
Monica Bonea)
http://www.daily-news.ro/print_preview.php?idarticle=8217

Progress on bases
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/progress-on-bases/id_10995/catid_5

EU and NATO - The Competing Alliances (by
Sam Vaknin)
http://globalpolitician.com/articles.asp?ID=467&print=true


Declaration of Shanghai Cooperation Organization
http://english.people.com.cn/english/200106/15/print20010615_72738.html

India weighs pipeline options (by Ramtanu
Maitra)
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/GC22Df05.html









March 22, 2005

NEWS

NATO agression on Yugoslavia: 6
years latter

http://www.artel.co.yu/en/reakcije_citalaca/2005-03-21.html

Neu Ordnung
http://www.balkanalysis.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=518
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The main preconditions for a sustainable solution of the
Kosovo conflicts
(by A. Mitic & J. Oberg)
http://www.transnational.org/pressinf/2005/pi211_SolutionPrecond_Eng.html

Buying Big Guns? No Big Deal
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/18/60minutes/printable681562.shtml


EU Lends Troops To NATO (by Nicholas
Fiorenza)
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=726356&C=europe

German Defense Minister Visits Balkans to Bolster
Troops
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1524381,00.html

Who in the Balkans wants to destroy America?
(by Miroljub Jevtic)
http://www.serbianna.com/columns/jevtic/008.shtml

"We have a Foreign Minister for the purpose" (by Christina
Dimitrova)
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/debating-iraq/id_10993/catid_5


Pipeline manoeuvres (by Ivan
Vatahov)
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/reading-room-1-pipeline-manoeuvres/id_11002/catid_29

U.S. Using Anti-Terror War to Gain World Oil Reserves - Soviet
Intelligence Chief
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/03/21/shebarsh.shtml

US Energy Wars In Caucasus, Caspian (by M.
Alkhazashvili)
http://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/0824_march_21_2005/economy_0824_1.htm


Seeking directions in the shallows of a stormy sea with no
clear point of reference to steer by
(by Constantinos
Kallergis)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_ell_2007149_21/03/2005_54274

A vital political trip (by Stavros Lygeros)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_ell_2006894_21/03/2005_54273


A new Turkmen policy (by Fikret Bila)
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=39100

aa: 'If US Attitude to PKK Changes, Anti-American Wave will be
Broken'
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=politics&alt=&trh=20050322&hn=17676


President believes Croatia will start EU membership talks in first
half of this year

http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H3216214.4yc

Turkey
and the EU: How to achieve a forward-looking 'win-win' accession by 2015?
Part 1 (by Mehmet Ogutcu)
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=8697

German investors interested in Romanian privatizations (by
Andreea Pocotila)
http://www.daily-news.ro/print_preview.php?idarticle=8128

Germany is ready to be Ukraine's economic adviser (by Taras
Lariokhin)
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5469233&startrow=1&date=2005-03-21&do_alert=0

Poland aims to split Ukraine to push Russia aside (by
Vasily Bubnov)
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=15143


























March 20, 2005

NEWS

RAND: Nation-Building: Lessons
Learned

http://www.mediatimesreview.com/february05/nationbuilding.php
-------------------------------------------------------------

Danas:
Interview: Serbian Justice Minister: Obligations to
the Hague tribunal must be fulfilled completely
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=10004&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D10004

Hague to issue no new indictments related to Macedonia's
conflict in 2001

http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/Vest.asp?vest=\1\Copy%20of%20BBC%20Hag.htm

'The' Letter, Disappointed Croatians (by
Selcuk Gultasli)
http://www.zaman.com/include/yazdir.php?bl=international&alt=&trh=20050320&hn=17624


PM: Croatia deserves opening of EU entry
negotiations
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H3195716.4yc

Depending
on the intentions
(by Erdal Safak)
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=38999

Reuters:
In Albania, liberal Muslims shun Islamic
fundamentalism
(by Benet Koleka)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_world_629559_19/03/2005_54211

Romania's
Ruling Coalition Mulls Early Elections (by Razvan Amariei)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/03/18/feature-02?print=yes


Bucharest
Daily News: Roma People Sue Romania's Former King Michael
For WWII Damages
(by Alecsandra Iancu)
http://lists.topica.com/lists/ANTINATO/read/message.html?mid=911771510&sort=d&start=37716


IPS:
Europe is very far (by Zoltan Dujisin)
http://www.dawn.com/2005/03/20/int12.htm

AP: EU seeks to sharpen military response
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=8666

USA pushes Europe to develop close ties with
Russia

http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=15136


US Envoy On Caspian Oil, Gas Pipelines, Exclusion Of
Russia
(by Christina Tashkevich)
http://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/0823_march_18_2005/news_0823_1.htm

US Sabotages $4 Billion Iran-To-India Gas Pipeline (by Rong
Shoujun)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-03/19/content_2718213.htm


LAT:
"Active deterrence" (by John
Hendren)
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/news/nation/11180120.htm


























March 19, 2005

NEWS

A US neighborhood in the Balkans?
(by Costas Iordanidis)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_columns_768304_18/03/2005_54169
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The "CNN Factor" and Kosovo
http://www.balkanalysis.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=517

The media - strategic considerations (by
A. Mitic & J. Oberg)
http://www.transnational.org/pressinf/2005/pi210_MediaStratCons_2_Eng.html

Albanian Macedonian opposition cites poll fraud
(by Ekrem Krasniqi)
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details_print.cfm?id=10966

Xinhua:
Movement for Democratic Change: imperialist forces
stooge

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200503/19/print20050319_177472.html


Jail for sex slave horror (by Dean
Valler)
http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_objectid=15304885&method=full&siteid=50003&headline=jail-for-sex-slave-horror-name_page.html


Vecernje
novosti: Interview: Serbian Minister: Hague
indictees will not be obstacle on Serbia's road to Europe
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=9971&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D9971

Countries that would like to see Croatia in European Union
as soon as possible

http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H3185557.4yc

RSI:
European Parliament unhappy with Slovakia's "Objections of
conscience"
http://www.slovensko.com/news/2086


AFP: Cyprus has requested new talks
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_769632_18/03/2005_54176

Turk violations 'an obstacle'
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_world_768083_18/03/2005_54165


Georgia Wants EU Forces Brought To Russian Border
(by Brooks Tigner)
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=730893&C=europe

European leaders seek to court Russia (by
Vaiju Naravane)
http://www.hindu.com/2005/03/19/stories/2005031901571400.htm

NATO Moving Deeper Into Middle East, Persian
Gulf
http://www.nato.int/docu/speech/2005/s050318a.htm

Xinhua:
Chinese premier talks military cooperation with Russia army
chief
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200503/19/print20050319_177408.html


All-win rational choice (by Huang Qing)
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200503/18/print20050318_177391.html
























March 17, 2005

NEWS

March pogrom: One year
later

dark shadow still hovers above Kosovo

http://www.kosovo.com/news/archive/2005/March_17/1.html


Why the solution in Kosovo matters to the world
(by J. Oberg & A. Mitic)
http://www.transnational.org/pressinf/2005/pi209_KosovoIndep_A_Eng.html

A Jewish Albatross: The Serbs (by Julia
Gorin)
http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=17357
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Politika:
Uranium syndrome
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/decani/message/87625

US Ambassador On 'War Crimes,' Blacklist, NATO,
Democracy

http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/Vest.asp?vest=\1\Copy%20of%20Batler%20pred%20zaminuvanje.htm

Impunity for war crimes must end
http://news.amnesty.org/mavp/news.nsf/print/ENGEUR640012005

Macedonians Rail Against Biased Boskoski Indictment (by Ana
Petruseva)
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/bcr3/bcr3_200503_547_2_eng.txt

Al-Qaeda on Trial: The Hague and Bosnian Muslim War
Crimes, Part 1
(by Carl K. Savich)
http://www.balkanalysis.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=515

Sanader Isolated As EU Dream Crumbles (by
Drago Hedl)
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/bcr3/bcr3_200503_547_5_eng.txt


Eastern Empire Rising? (by Nebojsa
Malic)
http://www.antiwar.com/malic/


Feasibility Study - admission to negotiations on EU
association
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=9861&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D9861

Council of Europe Report on Serbia and
Montenegro
http://see.oneworld.net/article/view/107680/1/3187?PrintableVersion=enabled

Sofia, Bucharest Confirmed "In the Same Basket"
http://www.novinite.com/newsletter/print.php?id=45664


MT:
North Atlantic Disinterest (by Boris
Kagarlitsky)
http://www.zmag.org/content/print_article.cfm?itemID=7452§ionID=11

MIA:
Adriatic Charter: NATO Consolidates Control Of
Southeast Europe
http://lists.topica.com/lists/ANTINATO/read/message.html?mid=911758476&sort=d&start=37657

Moldova: US, EU, Romania To Be Brought In Against
Transdniester, Russia

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=1833265&PageNum=2

NATO Strengthens Grip In Central Asia, Caspian Sea:
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan

http://www.nato.int/docu/update/2005/03-march/e0309a.htm


Russophobia, again (by Timothy
Bancroft-Hinchey)
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=15122


Stop disturbing others and yourselves
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200503/17/print20050317_177218.html

America's Agenda for Global Military Domination
(by Michel Chossudovsky)
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO503A.html



















March 16, 2005

NEWS

Kofi Annan - PR Officer for the NWO (by Elias Davidsson)http://globalresearch.ca/articles/DAV503A.html
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Lituchy Concludes His Testimony (by Andy Wilcoxson)
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg031405.htm

Gen. Gojkovic says that Muslims staged atrocities against themselves inSarajevo (by Andy Wilcoxson)
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg031505.htm

Vulliamy Accuses Russia (by Nebojsa Malic)
http://www.antiwar.com/blog/more.php?id=1924_0_1_0_M

US-backed ex-militia leader on trial (by Paul Mitchell)http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/mar2005/kla-m16_prn.shtml

Roadside bomb targets Rugova (by Nebojsa Malic)
http://www.antiwar.com/blog/more.php?id=1918_0_1_0_M

USAID Forges Alliance in Kosovo with International Law Firm
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/March_15/15.html?w=p

Aljazeera: OSCE critical of Macedonia election
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B0725194-52CB-4772-9634-4B79592E0FFC.htm

Nezavisne novine: Smugglers annually embezzle 500 million dollars (by S.Karic)http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/nn031204.htm

Blic: Hooligans in the streets of Zagreb beating journalists, lawyers andfans from Serbia
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/March_15/5.html?w=p

Hartmann says Del Ponte told Asselborn that Croatia was not cooperatingfully with ICTY
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H3154493.4yc

Croatian PM & European People's Party President: Croatia is fullycooperating with ICTY
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H3154567.4yc

Chancellor says Austria fully supports start of Croatia negotiations with EU
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H3154569.4yc

Regional Co-operation Key for Development of SEE Countries (by MarijaLazarova)http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/03/15/feature-03?print=yes

Macedonian and Turkish MPs: Economic cooperation a priority in bilateralrelations
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/glavnavest/lastvest.asp?vest=\Refresh1\085-1503.htm

Fear of USA binds Turkey, Russia (by Burak Bekdil)http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_world_7396722_15/03/2005_54029

Moscow to host meeting of Russia-Belarus Union
http://www.russiajournal.com/print/russia_news_47695.html

Georgian Times: Geographic Location: NATO Interested In Georgia'sIntegration - Czech MP
http://lists.topica.com/lists/ANTINATO/read/message.htmlmid=911750094&sort=d&start=37632

National priorities should underlie partnership between CA and NATO
http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=115107

Naval Forces in Europe 'looking to south and east' in 2005 (by Jason Chudy)http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=27757

Iran Ultimate Goal Of US Mideast Strategic Plan (by Viktor Litovkin)http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5462364&startrow=1&date=2005-03-15&do_alert=0

A law of peaceful reunification, protection of Taiwan compatriots andopposition to 'Taiwan independence'
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200503/16/print20050316_177097.html

Superpower China (by Chalmers Johnson)
http://www.tomdispatch.com/indexprint.mhtml?pid=2259

March 15, 2005

NEWS

The age of the fake (by David Miller)
http://spinwatch.server101.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=342
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Richard C. Hall: The Balkan Wars, 1912-1913: Prelude to the First World War(by Christopher Deliso)
http://www.balkanalysis.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=513

New housing programme launched in Serbia
http://www.unhabitat.org/launched_in_serbia_2005.asp

National Post: Letters: Simmering Kosovo (by Michael Pravica)http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/March_14/11.html?w=p

Peaceful Local Elections in Macedonia (by Marija Lazarova)http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2005/03/14/feature-01?print=yes

Constitutional Changes in Bosnia and Herzegovina: What's on the Table (byGary Dean)
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/articles/2005/03/14/reportage-01?print=yes

Politika: Interview: Serbian PM: European integration a priority in thesecond year of government's term in office
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=9775&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D9775

An important step taken towards Europe in the past year
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=9798&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D9798

PM wouldn't be happy with postponement of talks
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H3144284.4yc

Luxembourg PM & EU chair: No Croatia-EU talks without Gotovina's extraditionto the Hague
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H3144367.4yc

Vjesnik: Between Brussels and Belgrade (by Dubravko Grakalic)http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/March_14/15.html?w=p

FM: Negotiations With The E.U. Will Be A Test For Turkey's Resistance AndPatience
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=38732

FM: Those Who Invest In Turkey Will Win
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=38727

AP: Hungarians support Turkey more than Romania for EU accession
http://www.daily-news.ro/article_detail.php?idarticle=7753

French ambassador encourages Romanian-US relations
http://www.daily-news.ro/article_detail.php?idarticle=7747

AP: Rumsfeld wants modern military presence in Romania
http://www.daily-news.ro/print_preview.php?idarticle=7763

Romania to Host American Mobile Military Units
ttp://www.seeurope.net/en/Story.php?StoryID=54985&LangID=1

EU to assist Ukraine in Odessa-Brody-Plock pipeline completion
http://story.europesun.com/p.x/ct/9/cid/ab2402315313d795/id/f0d33fd029f3be47/

West To 'Unfreeze' Moldova-Transdniester Conflict
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5461023&startrow=1&date=2005-03-14&do_alert=0

European Union pronounces Belarus a state of dictatorship
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=15103

On reasons for rewriting history (by Igor Maximychev)
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5460680&startrow=11&date=2005-03-14&do_alert=0

China Daily: Anti-Secession Law stresses peace across Taiwan Straits
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200503/15/print20050315_176914.html

March 14, 2005

NEWS

Life beneath all dignity
http://www.kosovo.com/news/archive/2005/March_13/1.html

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Serbia-Montenegro's ambassador in Greece: Communication with Haradinaj's successor a possibility
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/decani/message/87468

MHRMC Condemns Violence Against Macedonians in Albania
http://www.mhrmc.ca/press/05/violence_print.html

Barricaded in Transylvania
http://www.budapestsun.com/full_story.asp?ArticleId={7F7708A35A404E3A87A5B7BF6ECD52FD}&From=News

AFP: "Miracles exist, but it is very unlikely at the current time that negotiations will start"
http://www.eubusiness.com/afp/050313015955.poyxosip

"Towards Euro-Atlantic Integration: Progress and Challenges in Southeast Europe"
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H3134014.4yc

Foreign Minister in in Europe talks
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/passi-in-europe-talks/id_10960/catid_5

IMF mission started (by Ivan Vatahov)
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/imf-mission-started/id_10935/catid_23

Black Sea area is strategic priority (by Andreea Pocotila)
http://www.daily-news.ro/print_preview.php?idarticle=7674

Balkans Confident That U.S Will Establish Military Bases in Bulgaria and Romania
http://www.halifaxlive.com/artman/publish/printer_balkans_120305_88771.shtml

Georgia Times: 6,000 Ethnic Armenians Rally Against Threat To Close Russian Base
http://lists.topica.com/lists/ANTINATO/read/message.html?mid=911739782&sort=d&start=37576

AP: Russia warns West against seeking U.N. censure over Chechnya
http://www.680news.com/news/international/article.jsp?content=w031225A

Friendly fire' (by Christina Dimitrova)
http://www.sofiaecho.com/article/friendly-fire/id_10957/catid_5

Moldova politics: Following Ukraine?
http://www.viewswire.com/index.asp?layout=display_print&doc_id=998106499

Election in Moldova without revolution (by Alexei Makarkin)
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5458309&startrow=1&date=2005-03-11&do_alert=0

Full text of Anti-Secession Law
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200503/14/print20050314_176746.html

New state military chief urges army to perform "historical mission"
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200503/14/print20050314_176695.html

March 13, 2005

NEWS

Killing Hope (by William Blum)
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8243.htm
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WSJ: Completing Kosovo (by Dimitrij Rupel)
http://kosovareport.blogspot.com/2005/03/completing-kosovo-dimitrij-rupel-on.html

Kosova Sot: Demaci: Ramush had no alternative
http://kosovareport.blogspot.com/2005/03/analysts-hopeful-kosovo-institutions.html

Koha Jone: Haradinaj, a Great Lesson for Europe (by Qazim Tepshi)http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/March_11/13.html?w=p

"No one but Croats have the right to decide who they will celebrate as their hero"
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H3123826.4yc

Interview: OMO Pirin Political Party Co-President:People's rights are the international norm and a basic principal of the European Union
http://www.maknews.com./html/articles/ristova/interview_stojko_stokov.html

South-East Europe Summit on Cooperation Development ends in Skopje
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/glavnavest/lastvest.asp?vest=\Refresh1\148-1003.htm

UN Commissioner to Balkan calls for recognizing Islam as European culture
http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/print.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=712746

Regional challenges for Greece (by Vassilis Michaloliakos)http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_6057184_12/03/2005_53985

Hurriyet: Will Athens give up on The Hague? (by Sedat Ergin)
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=38459

"Belarus is willing to cooperate in an equal dialog but not under pressure"
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200503/13/print20050313_176631.html

Romania: 'Moral Duty' To Drag Moldova, Transdniester Into NATO, Oust Russia
http://www.azi.md/print/33386/En

US Plots Energy War Against Russia In Caucasus, Central Asia
http://www.bakutoday.net/view.php?d=12818

Georgia provokes military conflict with Russia
http://english.pravda.ru/printed.html?news_id=15100

Consensus on China's anti-secession bill (by P. S. Suryanarayana)http://www.hindu.com/2005/03/13/stories/2005031301551200.htm

March 12, 2005

A man is known by the company he keeps (by Dominic Hipkins)http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5145515-103683,00.html

Economist: Crisp and even
http://www.realitymacedonia.org.mk/web/news_page.asp?nid=4139
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"We don't do body counts" (by Rick Kelly)
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/mar2005/iraq-m12_prn.shtml

Government continues to assist in resolving fate of missing persons in Kosovo-Metohija
http://www.srbija.sr.gov.yu/vesti/vest.php?pf=1&id=9649&url=%2Fvesti%2Fvest.php%3Fpf%3D1%26id%3D9649
Kosovars Lament Political Loss (by Jeta Xharra)
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/bcr3/bcr3_200503_545_2_eng.txt

Vreme: The Forest for the Trees (by Jason Miko)
http://www.realitymacedonia.org.mk/web/news_page.asp?nid=4137

Former EC Chairman: Macedonia is positive example for the region
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/glavnavest/lastvest.asp?vest=\Refresh1\148-1003.htm

We are late, Greek Cypriots have won (by Mehmet Ali Birand)http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=8053

Checkmate (by Ritsa Masoura)http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_columns_5543255_11/03/2005_53940

A suspended step (by Stavros Lygeros)http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_columns_5543636_11/03/2005_53942

Kazakhstan: NATO Parliamentarians Discuss Caspian Oil, Natural Gas
http://www.inform.kz/txt/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=114650

The Messenger: Caspian gas summit held in Washington
http://lists.topica.com/lists/ANTINATO/read/message.html?mid=911730466&sort=d&start=37526

Russia MP: America reveals 'true intentions'-Caspian oil
http://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/0818_march_11_2005/press_scanner_0818_cis.htm

The Messenger: US Senate Told To "Confront Russia" (by James Phillips
http://lists.topica.com/lists/ANTINATO/read/message.html mid=911730439&sort=d&start=37526

Georgian Times: 'It's Of Vital Importance For Georgia To Join NATO'
http://lists.topica.com/lists/ANTINATO/read/message.html?mid=911730946&sort=d&start=37551

Bulgaria Says Thousands of US Troops Will Station in Balkan Nation (by Stefan Bos)http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-03-11-voa65.cfm

Bulgarian Intelligence Focuses on Kosovo,Caucasus
http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=19697

Commanders: Shifting Threats Require New Approaches (by Samantha L. Quigley)http://www.defenselink.mil/cgi-bin/dlprint.cgi?http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2005/20050311_158.html

NATO chief would not rule out EU states going to war (by Honor Mahony)
http://www.euobserver.com/?aid=18639&print=1

Editorial: China's anti-secession law
http://www.hindu.com/2005/03/12/stories/2005031201171000.htm

Global Security Challenges: Seeing the United States as Others Do (by Daniel Smith)http://www.fpif.org/papers/0503security.html
The UN in Kosovo praises potential war criminal - why? (by Jan Oberg)http://www.transnational.org/pressinf/2005/pi208_SRSG_praises.html

Case No. IT-04-84-I: Full text of indictment against Ramush Haradinaj
http://www.un.org/icty/indictment/english/har-ii050224e.htm
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NGOs: The Self-Appointed Altruists (by Sam Vaknin)
http://globalpolitician.com/articles.asp?ID=401&print=true

"Respect human rights" (by Vaiju Naravane)http://www.hindu.com/2005/03/11/stories/2005031103071400.htm

NYT: In a "a nation of free men and women" (by William Glaberson)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1360392/posts

Bosnian TV says political, military top knew about mujahidin atrocities
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/March_10/12.html?w=p

Experts in int'l law back Milosevic defense (by John Catalinotto)
http://www.workers.org/print.php

Secrecy Benefits the Prosecution (by Andy Wilcoxson)
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg031005.htm

The "CNN Factor" and Kosovo (by Christopher Deliso)
http://www.antiwar.com/deliso/?articleid=5140

Status and Standards in Kosovo and the OSCE's Role (by Dimitrij Rupel)http://www.heritage.org/Research/Europe/wm681.cfm?renderforprint=1

The forgotten tinderbox (by Scott Taylor)http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/issuesideas/story.html?id=55df2abf-d283-4534-be49-d9c5644b28bb

Mesic holds talks with Marovic, Fischer, Barnier
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H3103325.4yc

EU warns Croatia to help in arrest (by Graham Bowley)
http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2005/03/09/news/croatia.html

Croatian President gives address concerning speculations about date for start of entry talks
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H3103305.4yc

Bulgaria: NATO To Upgrade Airbases For Current, Future Wars, US Deployment
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=45466

Geopolitics, Accelerated: Ukranian Rockets To Launch US Satellites
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=5456829&startrow=1&date=2005-03-10&do_alert=0

Georgian Times: MPs: Russia Won't Yield To Georgian 'Outright Blackmail Backed By NATO'
http://lists.topica.com/lists/ANTINATO/read/message.html?mid=911725023&sort=d&start=37522

Pipeline deal near end?http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_economy_4858498_10/03/2005_53912

Novinite: Bulgaria's Prista Oil Eyes Expansion in Turkey, Serbia, Ukraine
http://news.serbianunity.net/bydate/2005/March_10/31.html?w=p

On pipeline, India gets a gentle US reminder: Iran is big worry area (by Amitav Ranjan)http://www.indianexpress.com/print.php?content_id=66132

Interview: WP Managing Editor: I don't think US should be the leader of the world (by Yong Tang)http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200503/10/print20050310_176350.html

March 10, 2005

NEWS

Our Man Ramush (by Nebojsa Malic)
http://www.antiwar.com/malic/

Barry Lituchy Decides to Give Public Evidence in Closed Session (by Andy Wilcoxson)
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg030905.htm (by Andy Wilcoxson)

Kosovo's EU Monitoring Mission Chief Continues His Testimony
http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/smorg030805.htm
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SUC welcomes the long awaited indictment by ICTY of Ramush Haradinaj (by Andy Verich)
http://news.serbianunity.net/press/suc311.html?w=p

The Accumulating Crisis in Kosovo
http://www.transnational.org/features/2005/Coll_Kosovo3-2005.html

Fiction or Fact?
http://balkanalysis.blogspot.com/2005/03/jack-kelley-on-kosovo-fiction-or-fact.html

PM: Kosovo events will not destabilise Macedonia
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/glavnavest/lastvest.asp?vest=\Refresh1\154-0903.htm

The state(s) of Iraq (by T. R Burns & M.Kamali)
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GC10Ak03.html

Reuters: Teaching tolerance (by Gareth Jones)
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_4377134_09/03/2005_53848


High expectations
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H3092932.4yc

EU Enlargement Commissioner sceptical about Croatia's EU entry talks starting next week
http://www.hina.hr/nws-bin/genews.cgi?TOP=hot&NID=ehot/politika/H3092981.4yc

Macedonian FM met with Foreign Relations Committee Chairman
http://www.mia.com.mk/ang/glavnavest/lastvest.asp?vest=\Refresh1\155-0803.htm


US EUCOM, NATO Commander Wants Bases In Bulgaria, Romania (by Al Pessin)
http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-03-09-voa64.cfm

Xinhua: 'Collaborative Arrow' 05
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200503/10/print20050310_176242.html

The time has come for a wider NATO role in the Middle East (by Gunther Altenburg)
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=13287#


"Transrapid Gulf" (by U. Rippert & P. Schwarz)
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/mar2005/germ-m10_prn.shtml

The leaders of Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia met to scheme against Russia
http://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/0816_march_9_2005/politics_0816_1.htm#1

"The Future of Democracy in the Black Sea Area" (by John F. Tefft)
http://foreign.senate.gov/testimony/2005/TefftTestimony050308.pdf

US Considers Caucasus, Central Asia To Be Of Strategic Security Concern
http://www.azertag.com/en/index.shtml?language=english&catid=&news_year=&news_month=&news_day=&newsid=98999&themes_viewing=&themes_page=&themeid=&news_page=


Interview: Japanese DP President: Sino-Japanese Relations, a matter of most important
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200503/10/print20050310_176282.html