International Business News - YUG 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 Send good karma, post a photo, criticize the prime minister--all things you can do with the click of a mouse at Facebook, right? In Croatia, the last one might be a click too far. A man who launched a Facebook group critical of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader has been detained and questioned by police. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081201/facebook-group-creator-detained-by-croatian-police.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:13:41 EST A three-judge panel formally charged former President Carlos Menem with arms trafficking Friday as he watched on live video from hundreds of miles away because doctors say he is too ill to travel. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081128/argentine-ex-president-charged-in-video-conference.htm Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:58:35 EST The government on Thursday announced plans for a euro330 million ($425.7 million) support package to alleviate the impact of the financial crisis on the local economy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081127/macedonia-unveils-euro330-million-economic-aid-plan.htm Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:45:19 EST Why does a Yugo have a defroster on the rear window? To keep your hands warm while you push it. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/178027-serbia-farewell-to-yugo.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/serbia-bids-farewell-to-yugo.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/serbia-bids-farewell-to-yugo.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:08:43 EST Government officials told the chief U.N. war crimes prosecutor Monday that they have no clue where Europe's most wanted fugitive, Gen. Ratko Mladic, is hiding. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/176551-serbia-war-crimes.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/un-war-crimes-prosecutor-evaluates-hunt-for-mladic.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/un-war-crimes-prosecutor-evaluates-hunt-for-mladic.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:00:53 EST Nikola Kavaja, who hijacked a U.S. passenger jet in 1979 with the intention of crashing it into Yugoslav Communist Party headquarters, has died. Kavaja, 76, died of a heart attack at his home in Belgrade late Monday, the Blic daily newspaper said. Other local media also reported his death. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/serb-who-hijacked-us-plane-in-1979-dies.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:43:43 EST Serbia launched a major search Monday for war crimes fugitive Gen. Ratko Mladic, sending scores of special police to comb through a western town on orders from Serbia's war crimes prosecutor. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081110/serbia-launches-search-for-fugitive-ratko-mladic.htm Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:33:05 EST The refugees watched in anger as the U.N. tanks headed away from the battlefield and the Tutsi rebels they were supposed to be stopping. "Where are they going? They're supposed to protect us!" shouted Jean-Paul Maombi, a 31-year-old nurse who had fled his village because of the violence. Nearby, young men hurled rocks at the U.N. troops. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/163868-congo-fighting.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/congo-conflict-shows-flaws-in-un-peacekeeper-force.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/congo-conflict-shows-flaws-in-un-peacekeeper-force.htm Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:14:59 EDT The paid informant who helped build the case against five men accused of plotting to attack soldiers in New Jersey took the witness stand Tuesday, but much of what jurors heard from him came in the form of secretly taped conversations with one of the accused. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081028/informant-takes-stand-in-fort-dix-plot-trial.htm Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:59:04 EDT Former Argentine President Carlos Menem was a no-show Thursday at the opening of his trial on charges of illegally selling arms to Ecuador and Croatia in the early 1990s. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081016/argentine-ex-president-no-show-as-arms-trial-opens.htm Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:28:34 EDT Police fired tear gas at thousands of angry pro-Serb Montenegrins who pelted state buildings and fired flares Monday to protest their government's recognition of Kosovo's independence. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/151452-montenegro-kosovo-serbia.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081013/police-clash-with-protesters-in-montenegro.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081013/police-clash-with-protesters-in-montenegro.htm Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:35:26 EDT Martti Ahtisaari was a primary school teacher who became a peacemaker. For his efforts, Ahtisaari, 71, was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/148874-norway-nobel-peace-ahtisaari.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/a-thumbnail-sketch-of-nobel-winner-ahtisaari.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/a-thumbnail-sketch-of-nobel-winner-ahtisaari.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:51:15 EDT Finland's ex-president Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to build a lasting peace from Africa and Asia to Europe and the Middle East. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/148780-norway-nobel-peace-ahtisaari.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/ex-finnish-president-wins-2008-nobel-peace-prize.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/ex-finnish-president-wins-2008-nobel-peace-prize.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:53:28 EDT U.N. appeals judges on Wednesday confirmed the 35-year sentence for a former Croatian Serb leader convicted for his role in a deadly campaign of ethnic cleansing in Croatia. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/147438-netherlands-war-crimes-croatia.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/un-court-upholds-ruling-on-ex-croatian-serb-leader.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/un-court-upholds-ruling-on-ex-croatian-serb-leader.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:14:29 EDT A former commander of the Yugoslav national army went on trial for war crimes Thursday, charged with supporting Bosnian Serb forces who massacred thousands of Muslims in Srebrenica and besieged the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/war-crimes-trial-begins-for-top-serb-general.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:39:13 EDT In separate courts on different continents, former Liberian President Charles Taylor and his American son are standing trial on charges of committing atrocities in neighboring West African nations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/ex-liberia-president-son-face-un-us-charges.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:12:19 EDT Authorities have seized dozens of stolen ancient artifacts after raiding the homes of two suspected antiquities smugglers in southern Macedonia. Police confiscated about 70 archaeological items, including coins, terracotta figurines, pieces of silver and bronze jewelry and amphora dating from the Hellenistic and Roman periods in the 4th and 3rd centuries B.C., police spokesman Ivo Kotevski said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/macedonian-police-seize-stolen-antiquities.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:28:34 EDT The lawyer for an 86-year-old suburban Seattle man accused of being part of a Nazi death squad in World War II has asked a federal judge to throw out the government's attempt to revoke his U.S. citizenship. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/elderly-wash-man-denies-role-in-nazi-crimes.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:33:35 EDT A leading Nazi hunter urged Serbia on Monday to seek the extradition of three World War II war-crimes suspects and blasted Austria and Hungary for failing to help bring two of them to justice. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080915/nazi-hunter-wants-us-austrian-hungarian-suspects.htm Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:08:38 EDT They speak Italian, eat Italian and cheer for Italy's soccer stars, but they are not Italian. In fact, it's hard to say what they are. Thousands of people are living in Italy without citizenship or identity documents from any country. Most were citizens of countries that no longer exist, like Yugoslavia or the Soviet Union. But they never received citizenship from the new countries that replaced their broken-up nations, and they also fail to meet the requirements to become citizens of Italy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080913/thousands-lead-invisible-life-in-italy.htm Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:30:08 EDT