probably one of the greatest heroes if not the greatest hero of defense of bosnia-herzegovina is a serb ethnic bosnia and herzegovina in general you have on d.v.r. there were many of those in the government now so i have no qualms about honoring the memory of all the victims but we have to distinguish between a fascist policy and one that engage in ethnic cleansing and genocide to create ethnically pure territories and all the talk about what the united states and the western european countries are doing in the region i may agree or disagree but that's not relevant to the issue of srebrenica it is not relevant to the issue of what belgrade tried to do which is after yugoslavia fell apart and after bosnia-herzegovina reluctantly went ahead with its independence most of these crimes including struggle needs to happen and i should also point out the strip it needs is the one that stands out the most not because the numbers there were even higher numbers of people killed in places like prayed or. seventy stands out because of a commitment made by the united nations and nato to defend it as

and law which to create new facts on the ground to in effect create an ethnically partition bosnia-herzegovina and i think that's the most important we should come point we should come back to i'm not here to speak on behalf of muslims i have a responsibility. to seventy eight's of victims because they were victims during my tenure as bosnian foreign minister all right gentlemen i have to jump in here it's very interesting to hear what we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion and somebody to stay with archy. the you can see. plenty of. the in. h.l. martin here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. the first tree removal is called clear cut. second explosives are used to plans to go deeper than the fear that. her remains are revealed by machinery. finally easy someone who is to judge in family feel. on a. little girl will. bring you the latest in science and technology from around the world. the future of coverage. you can see. the. welcome back to cross talk here about remind you we're talking about several

he faces 11 charges relating to his role in the civil war in bosnia-herzegovina. he interrupted the presiding judge as he read out the charges. he refused to enter a plea. mladic said he would not listen to a word of the script unless his choice of lawyer was present. he continued to shout and defied the judge's order to stop. he was then removed from the court. the tribunal resumed without the defendant and the judge continued with the proceedings. according to court rules, refusing to plea is considered as pleading not guilty. > > >>> the massacre took place not only in the town but also in the surrounding area. nhk went to one of the neighboring villages and talked to the survivors about mladic's trial. >> reporter: the village has vivid reminders remain on walls and houses. 16 years ago, the village was raided by an armed serbian group. over 2,000 male muslims were reportedly brought to a warehouse on the edge of the village and shot to death, one after another. only two survived. 31-year-old haso hasanovic is one of them. at the time of the tragedy, he was on

some chiefs of those units who we see here who are known for having fought in afghanistan in bosnia-herzegovina in chechnya you know iraq not in syria or libya some of them in the meantime have been detained for years in guantanamo created by the united states and brought on the spot to continue to fight so here the technique is always the same deal with the seas cities which are easy to supply located either on the coast or on the border and then they spread terror in the tunnel with snipers but they commit spectacular crimes of violence and barbarians which scare the whole population and they announced the creation of an islamic emirate in this city the eighty's to create basti and switch can be used after to penetrate further inside the country you can check it's happening like that because for example in syria there have been various companies zones actually oldest sons are located on the border and there has never been any fight inside that absolutely never and here in libya the events which broke out be can also in coastal areas allowing supplies and preventing these amorites from being s

are some chiefs of those units we see here who are known for having fought in afghanistan in bosnia-herzegovina in chechnya in iraq not in syria or libya some of them in the meantime have been on scene for years in guantanamo created by the united states and brought on the spot to continue their fight so here are the technique is always saying what they seize cities which are easy just apply either on the coast or on the border and then they spread terror and that's on with snipers but they are made spectacular crimes of violence and barbarians and which scare the whole population and the announced the creation of an islamic emirate in the city will here at least to create nastiness which can be used after to penetrate further inside the country you can check it zapping like that when because for example in syria there have been there east comfort zones actually oldest sons are located on the border there has never been any fight inside look at the absolutely never and here in libya and the events which we can also coastal areas allowing supplies there and preventing amerinds from being surroun

liquid little town of sibling meets in bosnia-herzegovina who looks at daily you houses are being built people go about their business and in the center of the town a mosque and a church sit side by side but disappearing unity is an illusion sixty years ago the entire region was torn apart by ethnic clashes during the war instead became infamous when the united nations stated eight thousand muslim men and boys were massacred by bosnian serb forces today and the moral of the deceased sits in the grounds of a former un military base the sort of thing it's a memorial ground as well maintained and frequently visited by locals journalists and tourists who get boston from the bosnian capital of. what the tourists aren't shown are the thousands of serbian graves that line cemeteries all around the region. thousands of people were killed during the balkan wars of the one nine hundred ninety s. but cemeteries like these with entire families of murdered serb civilians only get visited by the very few remaining survivors but only comes here all the time his entire family lives here he says a bosni

accepting the ever greater unique theories ational bosnia-herzegovina and actually encouraging the serbs republika srpska in bosnia and miller dodik the president of the bosnian serb republic to accept further reduction of autonomous status of that of public a subscriber under danger so i think that all of these will actually come into play before serbia sees any movement in what i personally believe is an endless road which will not be crowned a success in a decade at least that of corvet's a considering what you've just said. a very lengthy list of preconditions that you think the e.u. will last before it considers accession and by no means will they be easy or necessarily popular to achieve in light of that why do you think the serbia is so keen to still join this blog which itself is actually still struggling to stay afloat and does the e.u. actually need another member in these hard economic times. i wonder if you can i mean first of all i don't think it is limited to this particular. it's not really serving as an entity this particularly keen to join the you it is the true european

paved with good intentions there is only one possible test a nation catherine is or about r t bosnia herzegovina in fire at a nursing home for the elderly in northwest ukraine has killed sixteen people fire crews battle the flames for five hours and managed to rescue eleven people from the blaze becomes word then treated in hospital for carbon dioxide for going through the main in a grave condition the authorities are now investigating the cause of the fire but early reports say it was not started deliberately. turkmenistan's government has admitted that a series of explosions that shook the city of occurred at a munitions depot a blast happened on thursday and killed fifteen people according to official reports and initially authorities said it was an incident at a fireworks factory and that there were no casualties but that contradicted eye witness pictures and reports that were around two hundred were killed and scores injured it is understood that officials are responsible for giving out false public information have been sacked turkmenistan has long been a very secretive state and even the

castillo's r r t bosnia herzegovina back to our breaking news story now three people are now confirmed dead and more than one hundred people are still missing after a pleasure cruiser sinks with almost one hundred eighty five onboard the river volga and the russian republic of tatarstan search and rescue efforts have continued throughout the night dozens of survivors were picked up by a passing ship and taken to the public's capital because on and just friends and relatives gathered at the port to meet them many of the passengers were families with children the vessel called the bulgaria reportedly sank within three minutes of getting into definite difficulty and was three kilometers from the shore when it went down it's thought to have been carrying people on a weekend sightseeing break and was en route to design i wouldn't say a storm is likely to be to blame for the sinking investigators are considering a number of possibilities including faulty equipment and whether the boat was overcrowded president medvedev has pledged to help them go through investigation of the tragedy. breakin

with any road paved with good intentions there's only one possible test a nation castros r r t bosnia-herzegovina. and later in the program no rest for the i.m.f. chief just as the pressure lifts in new york not the sex assault complaint against dominique strauss kahn they started a fund to look at the political implications of the case. president obama's plans to bring home troops from afghanistan have come under fire from republicans they claim it's a serious military risk to pull out of the thirty thousand personnel from the country by the end of next summer with tons of an absence continuing but as lauren mr reports every governor so the proposals there's no end in sight to the u.s. presence of the country. the aftermath of a taliban attack in kabul. a luxury hotel frequented by foreigners earlier this year taliban gunmen wearing suicide vests storm a guest house used by u.n. staffers. last year another attack on hotels this is where your. examples are strewn through the near decade more familiar aftermath we have anybody paid down here in the south only now americans heard this declaration b