A sad day for sports fans....
Serbia, Montenegro formally split in world basketball
Agence France-Presse
Posted date: August 29, 2006
TOKYO -- What had been left from the former Yugoslavia in the world of basketball ceased to exist on Tuesday as Serbia and Montenegro formally split after failing to defend the World Championship title.
World basketball governing body FIBA approved the Basketball Federation of Montenegro as its 213th member at a quadrennial world congress here.
The Basketball Federation of Serbia retains the place of the former Basketball Federation of Serbia and Montenegro as a member, FIBA said in a press release.
http://newsinfo.inq7.net/breakingnews/sports/view_article.php?article_id=17838
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Before there was Iraq II (its own little piece of history), there were the conflicts in the countries of the "ex-Yugoslavia." Now Kosovo is exploding again, and it seems as if all the media and the pundits can do is rehash the old stories while new bodies pile up. Here is a place where we will attempt to give you a sense of the bigger picture.
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