Europe

Mineral struggle in new Kosova violence

Street-fighting in Kosova's capital Pristina was portrayed as more Serb-Albanian "ethnic hatred," but it came as workers occuiped the Trepca mining complex to resist privatization.

Greater Middle East

Samantha Power signals Syria intervention?

Samantha Power’s appointment as UN ambassador may signal a determination on the part of the Obama administration that intervention in Syria is inevitable.

Europe

War crimes tribunal acquits ex-KLA commander

Ramush Haradinaj, the former KLA commander and Kosova prime minister, was acquitted of war crimes by  the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.