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Meetýng political royalty in Belgrade - Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:51:42 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro Ý woke up early thýs mornýng so I could complete my Iranýan výsa applýcatýon. I dýdnt make any changes I submýtted ýt. I was ýnformed that I would get a response wýthýn 10 days. I spent the rest of the day tourýng the cýty. I cant say I saw anythýng specýal. I dýd go výsýt the largest (or one of the largest) Orthodox churches...

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Former Real coach Antic now heads Serbia's team (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:32:48 GMT

Belgrade - Former Barcelona and Real Madrid coach Radomir Antic was appointed head of Serbia's national team on Wednesday evening, the Football Association of Serbia (FAS) said. Antic, 59, on Tuesday made a deal with FAS president Tomislav Karadzic t...

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Former Real coach Antic to head Serbia (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:52:53 GMT

Belgrade -Former Barcelona and Real Madrid coach Radomir Antic will be appointed on Wednesday as the new head of Serbia's national team, Belgrade media reported. The Football Association of Serbia (FAS) will meet on Wednesday evening to verify the de...

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Rabid cats attack seven in Serbia (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:41:29 GMT

Belgrade - A rabies alert was declared in a Serbian town after several infected cats bit and scratched seven people, including two pre-school children, the national television RTS said Wednesday. All of the victims were treated with a vaccine against...

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Serb FM links Georgia war to Kosovo independence (OTB News)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:22:08 GMT

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s foreign minister said the link is clear - U.S. and Western support for Kosovo’s secession from Serbia has helped fuel tensions in Georgia’s separatist province of South Ossetia….

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Serb FM links Georgia war to Kosovo independence (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:58:00 GMT

BELGRADE, Serbia -- Serbia's foreign minister said the link is clear - U.S. and Western support for Kosovo's secession from Serbia has helped fuel tensions in Georgia's separatist province of South Ossetia.

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Publisher withdraws book after Muslim protests (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:56:00 GMT

BELGRADE, Serbia -- A Serbian publisher says it has withdrawn a controversial book by American writer Sherry Jones because of protests from the local Islamic community.

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Serbian coalition ties loose ends, appoints Belgrade mayor - Summary (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:32:01 GMT

Belgrade - President Boris Tadic's Democratic Party (DS) and their Socialist Party (SPS) partners in Serbia's ruling coalition on Tuesday tied up loose ends left dangling three months after elections by finally appointing a mayor for Belgrade. After ...

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Serbia: 'Jewel of Medina' withdrawn, Muslims not satisfied (Islam in Europe)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:16:00 GMT

The Islamic Community in Serbia said on Monday it was not satisfied with the withdrawal of Sherry Jones' novel, The Jewel of Medina, from the country's bookshops. Referring to the book released by Belgrade publisher Beobuk three weeks ago, the organisation's leader Muamer Zukorlic said it was "offensive to Muslims" and demanded all of the published copies be handed in. He also called for director Aleksandar...

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Serbian coalition tie loose ends by appointing the Belgrade mayor (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:37:45 GMT

Belgrade - President Boris Tadic's Democrats and their Socialist partners in Serbia's ruling coalition were due Tuesday to tie up loose ends still dangling three months after elections by appointing the Belgrade mayor. Former foes, the Democratic Par...

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Report: Fugitive Serbian student appears in public (OTB News)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:47:09 GMT

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A Serbian newspaper is reporting that a student wanted in the United States on assault charges showed up for a training session at a local basketball club….

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Report: Fugitive Serbian student appears in public (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:17:00 GMT

BELGRADE, Serbia -- A Serbian newspaper is reporting that a student wanted in the United States on assault charges showed up for a training session at a local basketball club.

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Meanwhile, back in Serbia and Kosovo… the unintended consequence of the Russian Georgian conflict. (The Cedar Lounge Revolution)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:06:16 GMT

The thought struck me yesterday as I read Phil’s very sensible comment on this post [see #47], that while the scenes from the Georgia may well be a source of gloom for most of us that gloom must be heightened in Belgrade and almost entirely absent in large swathes of Kosovo. Because if nothing else [...]

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Book “offending Muslims” withdrawn in Serbia (Biodun Iginla's Weblog)

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:39:39 GMT

17 August 2008 | 10:49 | Source: B92 BELGRADE — A book that the Islamic Community in Serbia has deemed offensive to Muslims has been withdrawn from the bookstores. A strongly worded reaction from this religious community was sufficient for the Belgrade published Beobuk to swiftly withdraw Sherry Jones’ novel “The Jewel of Medina”. Director Aleksandar Jasić confirmed [...]

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Remembering a Childhood in Serbia (Global Voices Online)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:52:59 GMT

Daniel Durini, a Mexican-Serbian blogger, recalls his childhood (second part here) in Belgrade during the late 1970's and the 1980's in his blog Eslavos del Sur [Spanish]

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Serbia says U.N. making mistake over Kosovo policing (OTB News)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:14:32 GMT

Belgrade (Reuters) - Serbia’s foreign minister said on Sunday it was a mistake for the U.N. mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) to hand over policing in the province to the European Union without the consent of Serbia and the U.N. Security Council.

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Serbia says U.N. making mistake over Kosovo policing (Reuters)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:46:26 GMT

Belgrade (Reuters) - Serbia's foreign minister said on Sunday it was a mistake for the U.N. mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) to hand over policing in the province to the European Union without the consent of Serbia and the U.N. Security Council.

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Moscow backs Serbia's legal challenge of Kosovo secession (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:42:32 GMT

Belgrade - Moscow supports Belgrade's initiative in the United Nations for a vote that may send Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Russian ambassador to Belgrade said in an intervi...

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Serbs Celebrate Cavic's silver after he is 'robbed' of gold (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:23:24 GMT

Belgrade - Serbia was celebrating its swimmer Milorad Cavic's Olympic silver in 100 metres butterfly on Sunday, but lamented the use of electronic timing equipment which gave victory to American Michael Phelps by one-hundredth of a second. A sensor ...

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Happy Feet - Valjevo, Serbia and Montenegro (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 22:58:20 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Valjevo, Serbia and Montenegro So now I am sitting and soaking my feet about to get my pedicure. I was nervous at first because I was not sure what the standards of cleanliness are here in Serbia, but I can say, for this salon, everything is sterilized and clean. Sparkling. And the girl's hand was so steady when painting the lacquer. So I am exhausted thanks...

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