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(E) Istocna Hercegovina
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Istocna HercegovinaDanašnja Hercegovina istocno od Neretve nekada se zvala Zahumlje. Zahumlje je prozvano Hercegovinom po Herceg Stjepanu u XV stoljecu. U IX stoljecu centar Zahumske biskupije bio je Ston. Ulaskom Stona u sastav Dubrovacke Republike (1333.) biskupija je prešla u Trebinje. U nevoljama, trebinjski biskupi su bježali u Dubrovnik (i otok Mrkanj-otud naziv «Trebinjsko-Mrkanjska» biskupija) i vracali se natrag u Trebi
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(E) Omarska: 'We can't forget' (Ed Vulliamy, in the Guardian)
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'We can't forget'Twelve years ago, Ed Vulliamy first revealed the horrors of Omarska, a Serbian concentration camp in Bosnia, to a stunned world. This summer the survivors returned to the place where they were tortured and raped, their friends and families murdered. He joined themWednesday September 1, 2004The GuardianThey walk in slow procession across a field of summer flowers, through the scent of mint into the nightmare of their memorie
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(E) Spider Sabich - US-Croatian Olympian
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Vladimir "Spider" Sabich, a top member of the US Olympic Ski teamThanks to Adam Eterovich for his terrific synopsis of Croatian Olympians. I wanted to add another Croatian-American to the list, Vladimir "Spider" Sabich, who was a top member of the US Olympic Ski team. He did not win a medal, but placed in 5th in the Giant Slalom competition in the 1968 Olympics. He became a top contender in the pro-tour.Unfortunately, Sp
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(E) On this day, August 2nd
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On this day02aug041993 – Serb gunners sink part of a vital bridge severing the only land link between the southern Dalmatian coast and the rest ofCroatia. 1100 – King William II of England, son of William the Conqueror, is killed by an arrow while hunting in the New Forest. 1552 – The Treaty of Passau gives religious freedom to Lutherans in Germany. 1589 – France's King Henry III is assassinated at St Cloud by Jacque
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(E) Cheney, Milosevic and Premier Oil Do Business with Junta
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Burma: Cheney, Milosevic and Premier Oil Do Business with JuntaThe Guardian (London)July 28th, 2000What do Dick Cheney, Slobodan Milosevic and the British company Premier Oil have in common? Answer: they all firmly believe in doing business with Burma, home to perhaps the world's most oppressive regime. For Mr Cheney, who was picked this week as George W Bush's Republican running-mate and is thus quite possibly the next US vice-president, t
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(E) Nielson ignored David Trezeguet?s handball before scoring
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For the record:Nielson ignored David Trezeguet’s handball incident before scoring France’s second goal against Croatia. It ended 2-2. Op-ed:All sports should use replay feature, so the outcome of the game could be more accurate and more honest. One mistake by one person changed the outcome of the whole tournament, for example, and this is not just one example.Nenad BachThe good, bad and ugly; all were there A spate of surprises made this ed
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(E) When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary
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In Congress, July 4, 1776The unanimous Declaration of the thirteenUnited States of AmericaWhen in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should dec
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(E) Serb women jailed in Croatia for war crimes in Skabrnje
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Serb women jailed in Croatia for war crime Big News Network.com Friday 2nd July, 2004 A Croatian court has sentenced a Serbian woman to 10 years in jail for killing civilians in the wars of the 1990s, the Jutarnji List newspaper said Friday.Zorana Banic was convicted of helping to kill four civilians including an elderly woman in late 1991. She had been charged with the murder of 34 civilians but there was insufficient evidence to link her to the
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(E) War Crimes Tribunal Sentences Serb Leader
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War Crimes Tribunal Sentences Serb Leader11:33 AM EST - June 29, 2004The Associated PressTHE HAGUE, NetherlandsA U.N. war crimes tribunal on Tuesday sentenced Milan Babic, the leader of Croatia's rebellious Serbs, to 13 years in prison for inflaming an ethnic cleansing campaign filled with "ruthlessness and savagery."Babic, 48, once one of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's closest allies, was convicted in January of one count of p
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