ethnic bosnia and herzegovina in general you have on d.v.r. there were many others in the government now so i have no qualms about honoring the memory of the victims but we have to distinguish between a fascist policy and one that engaged in ethnic cleansing and genocide to create ethnically you are 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 an aggressive and that's that issue of sure benita 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 stroke and it's a happen and i should also point out that struck the 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 in the shagrat seventy to stretch stands out because of a commitment made by the united nations and nato to defend it as a safe zone and a p

to create new facts on the ground to in effect create and ethically partition bosnia and 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. we need to spread the needs of victims because they were victims during my tenure as bosnian foreign minister all right gentlemen i have to tell you it's very interesting to hear what we have to go through a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion i'm sorry to state with darky. live. in the city. live. the settled. the thing. live live live live live see. lynn issues three liquidation three lives four charges three. arrangement three. three. three limos. videos for your media projects a free media party. can . listen to. live welcome back to cross talk to people about who we're talking about seventy to sixteen years on live can. live. ok michele if i can go back to you in london there is no doubt a day to a tragedy occurred in seventy to sixteen years ago i don't think anybody really refutes that but my quest

in the case of bosnia and herzegovina against the federal republic of yugoslavia only again so b. has decided that was innocent of any wrongdoing or participation in what had happened i'm afraid you are case you are the court did not excuse me the court did not decide that serbia was innocent the court decided number one that there was genocide and number two it concluded that serbia at least failed to take adequate steps to prevent the genocide in serbia it said it had no you're not going to go further to condemn ok me should jump in you can refine that already anyway do. i agree i was a big issue here between failure to prevent something i don't know how so be acquitted by the way prevented it out of them making an act of aggression and having. the forces of event federal republic yugoslavia invasion general and a lot of each and selling to anything well sorry i know you'll be watching so i'll just say that it's like an officer. go ahead yes well he did you know me i did himself was a general of the officer of the serbian forces and he continued to be paid continue to receive lo

this liquid little town of student needs in bosnia and herzegovina who looks it jilek you houses are being built people go about their business and in the center of the town a mosque and church sit side by side. but this apparent unity is an illusion sixteen years ago the entire region was torn apart by ethnic clashes during the yugoslav war and seventy eight said became infamous when the united nations stated eight thousand muslim men and boys were massacred by bosnian serb forces today and the moral for the deceased sits in the grounds of a former un military base the serbian it's a memorial ground as well maintained and frequently visited by locals journalists and taurus to get boston and the bosnian capital of. the tourist armed shell and other thousands of serbian graves that ryan cemeteries all around us are being it's a region. thousands of people were killed during the balkan wars in the one nine hundred ninety s. but senators like these were entire families of murdered serb civilians only by the very few remaining survivors running comes here all the time his entire family l

castros are about r t bosnia and herzegovina. chance for a breakthrough on a common missile defense system is up for grabs today for nato the alliance had anders fogh rasmussen is in russia's city of sochi for talks and the missile shield is something that scared to be brought to the table argument on the look of it joins us live from. so how crucial is a dad the two sides reach an agreement on that. well it of course it is very crucial it has been russia's concern for a very long time now russia doesn't want an arms race and if nato is to place its anti-missile defense shield in europe and then trying to sell defense shield that's going to be covering a big part of russia's territory then of course an arms race exactly what's going to happen according to present the great if we could see it starting by as soon as two thousand and twenty russia and the united states have signed strategic arms reduction treaty especially for the purpose of preventing an arms race and this seems to be an apple of discord at exactly going to do the

castros are about r t bosnia and herzegovina. all right coming up in just a few minutes here on our drawn out drawdown despite plan to pull out from afghanistan next year experts claim america is stuck there for years to come paying for the conflict with blood and. also we look at how cattle might help to cure heart disease a groundbreaking new procedure. organizers of the pro palestinian flotilla have vowed to defy a greek sailing ban and to push ahead with their humanitarian mission to gaza at all costs came after a number of ships were found to be damaged with activists condemning what they said was sabotaged by israeli security forces the government or the greek government rather offered to deliver the supplies through israel but that proposal was rejected tel aviv in turn is sworn to prevent the civilian fleet from reaching gaza a similar mission just over a year ago ended with nine people dead after israeli commandos stormed the flotilla british campaigner david helping who's been involved in transporting relief supplies to

bosnia and herzegovina. today's news in brief has been violence in bangladesh over a challenge to the constitution to make the predominantly muslim region or secular police use tear gas to disperse angry islam is protesters or at least fifty i thought injured although islam remains the official region the government has remained a clueless stating absolute faith and trust in our. the us has announced its pulling the plug on almost eight hundred million dollars of military aid to pakistan relations between the two countries have been strained since osama bin laden's killing in may the white house called pakistan an important ally in the war on terror but added that the relationship must be worked on over time. and let's return to our breaking news this hour a passenger ferry with at least one hundred seventy people on board has sunk on the riba volga in russia's republic of tatarstan one person is known to have died but there are conflicting reports as to how many people are missing the vessel sank three kilo

bosnia and herzegovina. the fire has broken out of the nursing home for the elderly in northwestern ukraine it's killed sixteen people fire crews battled the frame for five hours and managed to rescue eleven from the blaze victims were then treated in hospital for carbon dioxide poisoning three remain a great year for to rest of it because of the fire but any reports suggest it was not started from the quickly. so going to stan's governments admitted that a series of explosions that shook the city of a dying occurred at a munitions depo the blast happened on thursday and killed fifteen people according to official reports now initially authorities said it was an instance of a fireworks factory and there were no casualties but that contradicted eyewitness pictures and reports there own two hundred were killed and scores injured it's understood that the officials responsible for giving out false public information would be sacked now understands longer every secretive state even the internet was banned until r

karina's are about our tea party in herzegovina. they can see more of our stories online at r.t. dot com to see what else is there right now forty one there are reports of widespread deaths and devastation from last season turkmenistan government claims it's nothing more than a harmless firework incident. or find out why more than eleven million websites have been blacklisted and banned by giant web search engine google. the path of earthquake has hit japan mediately prompting fears of a tsunami vast swathes of the country still librarian's after militants huge earthquake triggered disaster it's a story hotel and killed more than fourteen thousand people for months on a mammoth reconstruction effort is taking place along with countries northern coast people's emotional distress will take much longer to repair a short on its report. as the waves crash against a damaged the seawall on the japanese coast volunteers work tirelessly to clean up the debris and bring some sense of normalcy back to the area you know i want to tell people we need more help more supplies and things are sti

bosnia and herzegovina. that's a briefly round up some of today's other international news the australian government is to force the country's worst five hundred polluters to pay cash for the carbon dioxide they give off missions would be taxed at twenty five u.s. dollars per metric ton from next year the money race will be used to compensate households it with high energy bills the strain it was one of the world's worst emitters of greenhouse gases he said it's heavy dependence on co-productions it's a. process of islamic activists have taken to the streets outside the capital rather past their anger that removal of the cruzan constitution expressed absolute faith and. tried to block roads and technicals that required quotas for national strike and threw stones at security forces and it's part of a bullets and tear gas to disperse the protesters at least two people were injured . two civilians under policeman have been killed and dozens injured in separate attacks on colombian towns in the south west of the

bosnia and herzegovina. then of course there are more stories online at r.t. dot com so let's see what else is there right now for you. while there are reports of widespread deaths and devastation from the blasts in turkmenistan the government that claims it's nothing more than a harmless firework incident. and find out why more than eleven million websites have been blacklisted and banned by giant web search engine google. a friendship that's part of the gaza aid flotilla has been permitted to leave greek waters but several more vessels remain blocked in port the thirteen though with for a palestinian activists and humanitarian aid for blockaded gaza was stalled by greek authorities earlier this month actually is then try to reach the palestinian territory by air via television but israel asked two european authorities to block hundreds from boarding planes increased security in tel aviv the airport was waiting for those who did manage to arrive several were detained or deported. and let's check some of today's other international news stories the australian

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

bus and herzegovina. pro palestinian activists say they were determined to deliver humanitarian aid to gaza despite the greek government banning their ships from leaving port. they've staged a hunger strike and a protest rally against the ruling they've also reportedly rejected a suggestion by the greek government to send aid to gaza under un supervision israel has been warning against any unauthorized attempt by the activists to break the gaza blockade a similar mission a year ago and it was nine people being killed in an attack by israeli commandos british activists david helping has organized humanitarian relief efforts in gaza and on several occasions told r.t. how his own vessel was once a tad by israeli forces here's a preview of what's to come and twenty minutes style. we were trying to get to gaza . of the. so called operation cause fluid and we were at high speed sixty six miles off the coast of haifa. five thirty in the morning. and i'm quite certain tension was drugs i believe in speaking the t

carriers are about are tea party and herzegovina. well coming up in a few minutes here on our to draw to draw despite barack obama's plan for a massive pullout from afghanistan next year experts claim america has starved there for years to come and paying for the conflict with blood and money. organizers of a pro palestinian flotilla have vowed to defy a greek sailing ban and to push ahead with their humanitarian mission to gaza at all costs the statement came after a number of ships were found and damaged with activists condemning what they said was sabotage by israeli security forces a greek government had offered to deliver the supplies through israel but now proposal was rejected tel aviv in turn has sworn to prevent the civilian fleet from reaching gaza and similar missions just over a year ago and with nine people dead after israeli commandos stormed the platoon in this campaign it didn't help him who's been involved in transporting relief supplies to gaza told r.t. how he's oversaw was once attacked in the same way the intervi

castros are about r t bosnia and herzegovina. now if you bear in mind you can always find more on all the news we are covering on our website dot com you can also follow many other stories including the silent clapping that's learning some belorussian activists in jail independence day in belarus was marked by anything but a holiday mood with more than one hundred detained during sunday's anti-government protest all now face trial witnesses say police used tear gas and beat up activists as they try to round up the latest silent protest you. watch the video of the brutal crackdown and see how the situation in the country is unfolding at. twelve minutes past the hour here in the russian capital palestinian activists have a valid to defy by the greek government preventing an aid flotilla from leaving port they want to sail to gaza to deliver supplies to the blockaded area. they've staged a hunger strike and a protest rally against the priest said it was to protect the people on board a similar mission a year ago ended with nine bein

bosnia and herzegovina. nasa shuttle atlantis is making its fire the final way to the international space station for the very last time making the end to the space shuttle era it's carrying four american astronauts and several tons of vital supplies within a few hours atlantis is expected to make its final hookup with the international space station distrust voyager and america's space shuttle history is a painful time for many who have devoted their lives to the thirty year program as if he's going to educate them forty seconds into the system empty shells of what was once florida's thriving space coast. up to ten thousand people will be out of a job as soon as the last shuttle makes its final voyage back to earth home to many of the kennedy space center workers rock which is on the verge of becoming a ghost town without the space program or pretty much nothing i mean this is what you know because it reaches built on the space program you know it's like if you're going to be sorry me. people are left and r

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castree knows are about r t bosnia and herzegovina. well coming up in a few minutes here on our drawn out drawdown despite barack obama's plan for a massive point in the next year experts claim america is stuck there for years to come and paying for the conflict with blood and money. that story come before us the former i.m.f. chief and potential french presidential candidate dominique strauss kahn is about to face new sexual assault allegations a french writer who claims he attempted to rape her in two thousand and three has decided to press charges this follows the case of a new york hotel maid who also accused of sexual assault but case was badly weakened the prosecutors admitted her credibility has been compromised. socialists fear the new allegation could ruin his chances of running for presidency he might have become the target of a political gain provoked by his popularity both in france and the broader that's a view of paul craig roberts is a former assistant treasury secretary under the reagan administration and a former wall