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Extractions: Languages Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW Croatian general Rahim Ademi arrives in The Hague to face the U.N. tribunal THE HAGUE, Netherlands Croatian general Rahim Ademi has pleaded not guilty before the United Nations war crimes tribunal. Dressed in a dark suit, white shirt and tie Ademi, who surrendered voluntarily to the tribunal on Wednesday, entered pleas of not guilty to the five counts against him. He is accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the bitter Croatian war of independence against Yugoslavia. RESOURCES Factfile: Rahim Ademi AUDIO Tribunal spokesman Jim Landale on Ademi's charges 877K / 124 sec. AIFF or WAV sound The charges against him including murder, persecution, plunder and the destruction of towns and villages specifically refer to events in 1993 when Croatian forces attacked rebel Serbs in the so-called Medak Pocket in the Krajina region of Croatia. The Croat offensive resulted in the deaths of almost 70 Serbs, some elderly, as well as reducing hundreds of homes to ashes.
Extractions: Languages Spanish Portuguese German Italian Korean Arabic Japanese Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW InStyle Business 2.0 Strugar left The Hague and flew back to Montenegro PODGORICA, Yugoslavia The U.N. war crimes tribunal has freed a former Yugoslav general pending his trial on charges related to the 1991 shelling of the Croatian port of Dubrovnik. Retired Lieutenant-General Pavle Strugar, who faces multiple charges including murder and cruelty, surrendered voluntarily to the Dutch-based court in October vowing to prove his innocence. A spokesman for the U.N. court earlier told Reuters in The Hague that Strugar had been released at around 0930 GMT on Saturday. IN-DEPTH Yugoslavia in Transition
Extractions: Printer-friendly guide This guide is intended for undergraduate students researching modern Western European history primarily Great Britain, France, Germany, and Italy from approximately 1789 to the present. The first section describes how to find books on historical topics using BobCat; the following sections list English-language reference sources available at Bobst and on the web. This guide presents the following topics: Finding Books in BobCat Guides and Bibliographies General Narrative Histories Dictionaries and Encyclopedias ... Additional Reference Sources by Country
Extractions: Languages Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW Jaruzelski demanded that he choose his own lawyers WARSAW, Poland Former Polish leader Wojciech Jaruzelski has been given a week to find a new lawyers after his team quit during his trial. The case over his alleged role in the 1970 massacre of striking shipyard workers, delayed for years due to politics and the ageing general's ill health, was further postponed on Friday by a Polish court. On Thursday, Jaruzelski's two lawyers abruptly quit in dispute over the indictment. Although the court said on Friday it had already found replacements, Jaruzelski demanded time to choose his own new counsel. "I have the right to ask for a deadline to select a new defence attorney," Jaruzelski, 77, told the court. The court gave him one week and set the next hearing for June 19, apparently to give his new lawyer time to became familiar with the case and its 200 volumes of evidence. Forty-four workers were killed and more than 1,000 injured while protesting against price increases in the Baltic coast cities of Gdynia, Gdansk, Szczecin and Elblag on December 17, 1970.
Extractions: Suchen / Search Reden, Photographien und Informationen des evangelisch-reformierten Theologen, Kirchenratspräsidenten und früheren Generalsekretärs des Europäischen CVJM Bundes, Pfr. Dr. theol. Dölf Weder. Speeches, photographs and information of the evangelical-reformed theologian, Church President and former Secretary General of the European Alliance of YMCAs, Rev. Dr. Doelf / Dolf Weder.
Extractions: Languages Spanish Portuguese German Italian Korean Arabic Japanese Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW InStyle Business 2.0 Union leader Cofferati addresses strikers in Florence ROME, Italy Italian industry has ground to a slow halt as millions of workers downed tools and took to the streets to protest at government labour reform plans. An estimated 11 million members of the country's three largest trade unions kept away from work during the one-day strike on Tuesday. About one hundred thousand people packed the piazzas of Italy's main cities carrying banners and listening to union leaders criticise the planned labour reform which they say increases employers' ability to sack staff. Unions said rallies in Rome, Florence, Milan and Bologna each drew crowds of more than 200,000 people, while more than 100,000 strikers took to the streets of Turin, Reuters reported. MORE STORIES Read your e-mails on unions, labour rights and strikes
Extractions: Languages Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW Damage caused by an explosion on Tuesday from an ETA bombing MADRID, Spain - A Spanish general wounded a month ago in a bomb blast blamed on Basque separatists has died from his injuries. General Justo Oreja Pedraza, 63, suffered serious burns to 50 percent of his body in the June 28 explosion. He was leaving his apartment in Madrid when the bomb, hidden in a knapsack and strapped to a bicycle, was detonated by remote control. The general had been working as a lawyer for the Defence Ministry. The bomb contained two kilos, 4.5 pounds, of explosives and the force of the bomb damaged about 70 apartments in six difference buildings. The Basque separatist group ETA has claimed responsibility for the attack, which injured 15 other people. EXTRA INFORMATION In-depth: Violence in Spain With Oreja Pedraza's death, ETA is now blamed for killing 35 people since the group ended a 14-month cease-fire in January 2000.
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Extractions: General American History How to do Research using the Navigation Aids: 1. By clicking on the Hotlinks, you will be taken directly to the exact location where the Topic is located on the page. 2. When you click on a site located under a topic, another browser window will open automatically for you on top of this page. With your mouse, drag the new window down below the Topic you are researching. Now every time you click on a site, the material will appear in this window. This will allow you to quickly and easily read the material and go through each site listed without losing this page. 3.Remember to cite the "web sites and their authors" given below as your information "sources" in your paper or presentation for citation/bibliographic purposes. Hotlinks: Table of Contents:
Extractions: Languages Spanish Portuguese German Italian Korean Arabic Japanese Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW InStyle Business 2.0 (CNN) As unions hold a general strike in Italy, do you think organised labour is justified in flexing its muscles? CNN's Richard Quest asked for your views. Here is a selection of your e-mails. You can have your say by mailing quest@cnn.com. I'm strongly supporting the strike. Mr. Berlusconi is trying to run a counter-reform and does not accept compromise / negotiation /mediation the unions. Guido Campani MORE STORIES General strike hits Italy EXTRA INFORMATION CNN International Daily TV schedule QUICKVOTE Do you think trade unions have:
FSU 97 / 98 General Bulletin A major or minor in this program serves the needs of 1) general liberal arts students who Russian and East European history EUH 3551 Modern Poland (3) http://registrar.fsu.edu/Webtest/gen_prog76.htm
Extractions: Director: Ljubisa S. Adamovich (Economics); Professors: Adamovich (Economics), Chapple (Modern Languages and Linguistics), Launer (Modern Languages and Linguistics), Macesich (Economics), Oldson (History), Wynot (History); Associate Professors: Efimov (Modern Languages and Linguistics), James (Modern Languages and Linguistics); Assistant Professors: Grant (History), Metcalf (Political Science), Pichugin (Modern Languages and Linguistics) Students majoring in the program are to construct their study program around four components: 1) a language requirement; 2) a history requirement; 3) area-specific course work that emphasizes one of two tracks; and 4) a concepts and theories tool requirement to be fulfilled in the student's major track. The total hour requirements for a major are a minimum of twelve (12) semester hours in an approved area language plus an additional thirty-six (36) semester hours beyond the liberal studies requirements (with a grade of "C" or better in each course) distributed across the history requirement and the two tracks. As an interdisciplinary program, no minor is required. All students are required to take twelve (12) semester hours of course work in a relevant area language (Russian, German, Czech, Serbo-Croation, or some other East European language). Students will be encouraged to bring their chosen language up to an effective level of proficiency in both reading and speaking by either taking additional course work on The Florida State University campus or by participating in a semester or summer abroad program in their relevant cultural area that is administered by, affiliated with, or approved by The Florida State University, as such programs become available. To encourage the achievement of language proficiency, language course work hours taken beyond the twelve (12) semester hour minimum will be counted towards the required thirty-six (36) semester hours for the major.
Extractions: Languages Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW Chechen Zelimkhan Muskhanov says he was beaten by soldiers in the village of Voikovo MOSCOW, Russia A Russian military chief has admitted that his troops carried out "widespread crimes" in search operations in Chechnya, according to Russian agencies. General Vladimir Moltenskoi, quoted by Itar-Tass, said the military was now trying to restore confidence in the area, while a Kremlin spokesman was quoted as saying that Moscow may have to change tactics in Chechnya. A criminal investigation has been launched into the mass detentions which took place in the villages of Assinovskaya and Sernovodsk, the daily Vremya Novostei said. RESOURCES Message Board: Russia The paper said male villagers were forced into a field and beaten by Russian forces, with some released only after paying off soldiers. The Associated Press said Moltenskoi had vowed to tell troops to rebuild the ravaged houses and provide the population with food as compensation for their actions.
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Extractions: Languages Spanish Portuguese German Italian Korean Arabic Japanese Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW InStyle Business 2.0 Ojdanic leaves Belgrade for The Hague THE HAGUE, The Nertherlands A former Serb army commander is to make his first appearence before the International War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague on Friday. General Dragoljub Ojdanic, who maintains his innocence, is charged with war crimes committed in Kosovo by troops under his command. Ojdanic was ex-President Slobodan Milosevic's army chief of staff during the Yugoslav crackdown on ethnic Albanians in Kosovo that killed thousands and forced 800,000 people from their homes in the Serbian province. Before he left Belgrade for The Hague, Ojdanic told reporters: "As a chief of staff, I have nothing to feel ashamed of and my conscience is clean. The charges against me are groundless." EXTRA INFORMATION In-Depth: Milosevic on trial MORE STORIES Yugoslavia war crimes law passed Ojdanic has been taken to a detention unit near The Hague and could be in court as early as Friday.
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