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  • A poster depicting Gen. Ante Gotovina is seen in harbor in his hometown of Pakostane, southern Croatia, Thursday, April 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton leaves St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Pristina, Kosovo, after meeting Wednesday with ethnic Serbs, who want independence or incorporation into an expanded Serbia. The U.S. and EU say that is not possible.

    U.S., Europe to ethnic Serbs: You have a home in Kosovo

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  • Bosnian mayor pioneers headscarf

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  • Karadzic denies he masterminded killings

    Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic cast himself as a "mild man, a tolerant man" as he opened his defense Tuesday in his long-running genocide trial, claiming he tried to prevent fighting and then worked to reduce casualties in the bloody 1992-95 Bosnian war.

  • Suspected war criminal and the former leader of Serbs in Bosnia, Radovan Karadzic, left, smiles when taking his seat on the defense bench in the court room to start his defense at the U.N. war crimes tribunal in the Hague in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday Oct. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Robin van Lonkhuijsen, pool)

    Karadzic denies claims he masterminded killings

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