By MISHA SAVIC, Associated Press WriterSat Mar 10, 7:36 AM ET
Admirers of late president Slobodan Milosevic marked the first anniversary of his death with wreaths and speeches on Saturday, even as Serbia continues to grapple with consequences of his ruinous rule.
Officials of the formerly Milosevic-led Socialist Party gathered at his grave in the eastern town of Pozarevac, praising the man who led Serbia through several wars and ended up facing the U.N. war crimes court for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague.
"Milosevic was an honorable man who worked for the benefit of Serbia and its people," said supporter Bogoljub Bjelica. Well, I wouldn't say THAT, exactly....
Milosevic's lifeless body was found the morning of March 11 in his jail cell and the exact time of death was never determined.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070310/ap_on_re_eu/serbia_milosevic_anniversary_1
Saturday, March 10, 2007
By Matt RobinsonSat Mar 10, 9:38 AM ET
Serbia called on the United Nations on Saturday to reject a Western-backed proposal for the independence of Kosovo as Serbs and Albanians ended a year of talks on the fate of the breakaway province.
President Boris Tadic made the appeal in Vienna at a final meeting between leaders of Serbia and Kosovo's 90-percent Albanian majority before the plan drafted by U.N. envoy Martti Ahtisaari goes to the Security Council.
In a copy of his speech distributed to media, Tadic said he expected "serious debate" at the U.N. Security Council.
"If Ahtisaari's proposal was to be accepted, it would be the first time in contemporary history that territory would be taken away from a democratic, peaceful country in order to satisfy the aspirations of a particular ethnic group that already has its nation-state," he said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070310/wl_nm/serbia_kosovo1_dc_2
Serbia called on the United Nations on Saturday to reject a Western-backed proposal for the independence of Kosovo as Serbs and Albanians ended a year of talks on the fate of the breakaway province.
President Boris Tadic made the appeal in Vienna at a final meeting between leaders of Serbia and Kosovo's 90-percent Albanian majority before the plan drafted by U.N. envoy Martti Ahtisaari goes to the Security Council.
In a copy of his speech distributed to media, Tadic said he expected "serious debate" at the U.N. Security Council.
"If Ahtisaari's proposal was to be accepted, it would be the first time in contemporary history that territory would be taken away from a democratic, peaceful country in order to satisfy the aspirations of a particular ethnic group that already has its nation-state," he said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070310/wl_nm/serbia_kosovo1_dc_2
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