International Business News - Independence http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Few of the 3,000 historic postcards in Jack Hiddlestone's collection are as veiled in mystery as the one with Abraham Lincoln on the front. The postcard, from 1909, depicts an ornate stone pillar decked out with bronze eagles and lions and topped by an enormous bronze bust of the nation's 16th president. Along the bottom of the card are the words "Lincoln Monument, Nay Aug Park." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/pa-historians-baffled-by-vanished-lincoln-bust.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:52:16 EDT Independence Holding Co. declared a semiannual dividend of 25 cents. The parent of Standard Security Life Insurance Co. of New York and Madison National Life Insurance Co.said the dividend is payable July 21 to shareholders of record on July 3. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/independence-holding-declares-dividend-of-25-cents.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:46:57 EDT Bangladesh celebrated 37 years of independence Wednesday with ceremonies and military parades, as protesters urged the government to prosecute those who collaborated with Pakistan during the war of independence. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080326/bangladesh-celebrates-independence-day.htm Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:34:50 EDT Dozens of Serb officers have deserted the Kosovo police force since the new state declared independence, snubbing ethnic Albanian leaders and shattering the only institution in which real cooperation existed between the ethnic groups. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080228/serb-police-deserting-kosovo-force.htm Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:22:04 EST Serbia's pro-Western president will insist on Tuesday on a full probe of riots that targeted U.S. and other Western embassies in protest of international recognition of Kosovo's declaration of independence, officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080226/serbia-security-body-to-discuss-riots.htm Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:15:30 EST Up to 2,000 Serb protesters rallied against Kosovo's independence in the new nation's tense north on Monday, a few setting fire to EU flags in what has become a daily challenge following the country's secession from Serbia. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/30069-kosovo-independence-serbs.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080225/kosovo-protesters-in-north-burn-eu-flag.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080225/kosovo-protesters-in-north-burn-eu-flag.htm Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:13:13 EST Up to 2,000 Serb protesters rallied against Kosovo's independence in the new nation's tense north on Monday, and a few set fire to EU flags in what has become a daily challenge of the country's secession from Serbia. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080225/protesters-burn-eu-flag-in-north-kosovo.htm Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:16:31 EST Kosovo marked its first full week of independence with prayers and protests Sunday as outraged Serbs staged demonstrations in the new nation's tense north and across Europe. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/29871-kosovo-independence-serbs.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080224/kosovo-marks-first-week-of-independence.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080224/kosovo-marks-first-week-of-independence.htm Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:56:30 EST U.N. police are firing tear gas at 5,000 Serb demonstrators trying to cross a key bridge in the ethnically divided city of Kosovoska Mitrovica. Police fired the canisters Friday afternoon in an attempt to keep the protesters off the bridge separating the Serb and ethnic Albanian sides of the city _ a flashpoint of tensions in Kosovo's restive north. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080222/un-fires-tear-gas-at-serb-protesters.htm Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:27:26 EST Serbia's prime minister appealed for calm on Friday as the European Union sharply condemned overnight rioting in Belgrade during which the U.S. embassy was stormed and other Western missions were damaged. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/29526-serbia-kosovo-independence.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080222/serb-pm-appeals-for-calm-after-riots.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080222/serb-pm-appeals-for-calm-after-riots.htm Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:56:20 EST Serb rioters broke into the U.S. Embassy Thursday and set fire to an office after a massive protest against Kosovo's independence that drew an estimated 150,000 people. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/29417-aptopix-serbia-kosovo-independence.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080221/belgrades-us-embassy-set-on-fire.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080221/belgrades-us-embassy-set-on-fire.htm Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:53:15 EST Serb rioters broke into the U.S. Embassy Thursday and set fire to an office after a massive protest against Kosovo's independence that drew an estimated 150,000 people. Masked attackers broke into the building, which has been closed this week, and tried to throw furniture from an office. A blaze broke out inside one of the offices and parts of the facade also caught fire. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/29392-aptopix-serbia-kosovo-independence.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080221/belgrades-embassy-set-fire.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080221/belgrades-embassy-set-fire.htm Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:53:15 EST Serb rioters broke into the U.S. Embassy Thursday and set fire to the facade after a massive protest against Kosovo's independence. Masked attackers were seen to have climbed over a first-floor railing on the building and tried to throw furniture from an office. A blaze broke out along the mission's front facade. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080221/protesters-attack-u-s-embassy-in-serbia.htm Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:19:06 EST Serb rioters broke into the U.S. Embassy Thursday and set fire to the facade after a massive protest against Kosovo's independence. Masked attackers were seen climbing over a first-floor railing on the building and trying to throw furniture from an office. A blaze broke out along the mission's front facade. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080221/rioters-break-into-belgrades-us-embassy.htm Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:17:56 EST Serbia rallied its people on Thursday for a mass protest against Kosovo's declaration of independence to show the world its anger at the loss of its religious heartland. Organizers expect hundreds of thousands to attend the "People's Rally" in the capital Belgrade, in what would be the biggest demonstration since half a million filled the streets in 2000 to oust nationalist autocrat Slobodan Milosevic. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080221/serbia-kosovo-rally-independence.htm Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:15:22 EST Thousands of Serbs headed to Belgrade on Thursday to attend a rally protesting Kosovo's independence, raising fears that the gathering could trigger street violence. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080221/thousands-converge-on-belgrade-for-rally.htm Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:26:25 EST NATO peacekeepers closed off roads between Serbia and northern Kosovo and armed U.N. policemen guarded smoldering border checkpoints, bracing Wednesday for more protests by Serbs incensed by Kosovo's declaration of independence. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080220/forces-guard-kosovo-border.htm Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:59:25 EST NATO peacekeepers closed off roads between Serbia and northern Kosovo and armed U.N. policemen guarded smoldering border checkpoints, bracing Wednesday for more protests by Serbs incensed by Kosovo's declaration of independence. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080220/un-forces-guard-kosovo-serbia-border.htm Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:58:26 EST Chanting "Kosovo is Serbia," thousands of Serbs marched Tuesday to a bridge dividing them from ethnic Albanians while others torched U.N. border checkpoints and cars to protest Kosovo's declaration of independence. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/28318-kosovo-independence-serbs.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080219/kosovo-serbs-torch-un-checkpoints.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080219/kosovo-serbs-torch-un-checkpoints.htm Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:08:05 EST Serbs set off sporadic explosions and torched checkpoints between Serbia and Kosovo on Tuesday to protest Kosovo's declaration of independence and international recognition of the new nation. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/28199-serbia-kosovo.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080219/serbs-protest-kosovo-independence.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080219/serbs-protest-kosovo-independence.htm Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:07:56 EST