Serbia invites dead Milosevic to vote
BELGRADE, Serbia, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Serbia's former President Slobodan Milosevic has been invited to vote in a referendum, although his March death in a U.N. detention cell was widely publicized.
Belgrade's Press daily reported a voting card was sent to Milosevic's villa in the Serbian capital inviting the late president to cast his ballot next weekend, the BBC said Monday.
Milosevic died of a heart attack in March while on trial at The Hague tribunal on genocide and crimes against humanity charges in the former Yugoslavia from 1991-95.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20061023-011719-4820r
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
By NICHOLAS WOOD
Published: October 31, 2006
Voters have approved a new constitution reasserting Serbia’s claim to the mostly Albanian southern province of Kosovo, now in contentious United Nations-backed talks about possible independence, election officials said. They said that 54.19 percent of registered voters went to the polls over the weekend and that more than 96 percent of them backed the referendum. Under the new constitution, the federal government will have the right to remove locally elected officials and appoint replacements and Parliament’s control over judges will be increased.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/31/world/europe/31briefs-003.html
Published: October 31, 2006
Voters have approved a new constitution reasserting Serbia’s claim to the mostly Albanian southern province of Kosovo, now in contentious United Nations-backed talks about possible independence, election officials said. They said that 54.19 percent of registered voters went to the polls over the weekend and that more than 96 percent of them backed the referendum. Under the new constitution, the federal government will have the right to remove locally elected officials and appoint replacements and Parliament’s control over judges will be increased.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/31/world/europe/31briefs-003.html
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