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#Serbia: SRS confirms that Vojislav Šešelj has undergone heart surgery in the Hague, to replace a faulty defibrillator.

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#Bosnia: a gunman who opened fire near the US embassy in Sarajevo has reportedly been shot dead.

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#Kosovo: KFOR threatens to remove barricades 'peacefully' if Serb population leaves them in place

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#Serbia: woman, stabbed in Belgrade on Saturday for wearing a pro-LGBT t-shirt, is now in stable condition in a Belgrade hospital

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#Bosnia: Israel will extradite to Bosnia Aleksandar Cvetković, suspected of executing 1,000–2,000 Muslim civilians at Branjevo, Srebrenica.

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#Serbia: Goran Hadžić, the last remaining fugitive from the ICTY, has been arrested in Serbia.

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#Bosnia: 613 newly-identified victims of the Srebrenica massacre will be interred today in the Potočari memorial cemetery.

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#Croatia: three men, suspected of committing war crimes against Serbs in Sisak during the Croatian war, arrested and awaiting hearings.

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#Croatia: 98-year-old Milivoj Ašner, suspected of war crimes and Nazi collaboration during WWII, dies in an Austrian nursing home.

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#Serbia: Ratko #Mladic arrives in the Hague; has been taken to Scheveningen detention centre.

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#Serbia: Serbian Radical Party will gather in Belgrade tonight in protest at #Mladic arrest

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#Serbia: pro-Mladić rally to be held tonight in Belgrade; violence expected #Mladic

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#Serbia: police arrest man believed to be Ratko #Mladic in Belgrade. DNA test underway

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#Bosnia: RS President Milorad Dodik successfully forces EU climbdown by postponing proposed independence referendum

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#Bosnia: a 52-year-old Croatian woman faces extradition from Kentucky, USA, to face war crimes charges for crimes committed in Modriča, BiH.

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#Serbia: head of EU delegation to Serbia says Serbia will likely not become an EU candidate in 2011; questions politicians' optimism.

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#Serbia: ICTY-detained Vojislav Šešelj will be questioned re: assassination of former Serbian PM Zoran Đinđić upon his return to Serbia.

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#Bosnia: RS president Milorad #Dodik accuses Federation government of being illegitimate; claims it isn't verified by electoral commission.

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#Serbia: Russian president Vladimir #Putin will visit Serbia on Wednesday; will discuss energy issues, including South Stream gas pipeline.

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#Bosnia: protests against perilous state of economy held in Banja Luka, capital of Republika Srpska.