Dutch honor troops overwhelmed in Bosnian war
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AMSTERDAM -- Against a backdrop of protests, the defense minister gave citations yesterday to Dutch troops who served in the UN peacekeeping force that failed to prevent the slaughter of Muslims in the Srebrenica enclave during the Bosnian war.
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Bosnian Serb authorities admitted for the first time that more than 7,000 Muslims had been slaughtered by Serb forces in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe's worst atrocity since World War II.
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A Bosnian Serb commission recognises more than 7,000 Muslims were massacred at Srebrenica.
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NATO's top commander of  operations, General James Jones, acknowledged on Thursday the  alliance had been taken aback by the extent of violence in  southern Afghanistan and urged allies to provide  reinforcements.
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Bosnian Serb authorities apologized for the first time to relatives of around 8,000 Muslims killed by Bosnian Serb forces in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, Europe's worst atrocity since World War II.
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Bosnia will soon begin handling scores of war crimes cases related to its bloody war of independence, taking over from the overloaded international tribunal in The Hague, a senior prosecutor said.
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The European Union took on its biggest military mission yesterday, replacing Nato in charge of 7,000 peacekeeping troops in Bosnia.
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MONS, Belgium  - NATO's top commander of   operations, General James Jones, acknowledged on Thursday the   alliance had been taken aback by the extent of violence in   southern Afghanistan and urged allies to provide   reinforcements.
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The Dutch press didn&#39;t let Ajax off the hook after its comprehensive 3-0 win over Maccabi Tel Aviv in Group C of the Champions League on Tuesday night, giving the credit instead to Maccabi&#39;s weak performance.
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The European Union has formally taken over peacekeeping duties in Bosnia-Herzegovina from NATO. EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and NATO head Jaap de Hoop
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MONS, Belgium  - NATO's top commander of   operations, General James Jones, acknowledged on Thursday the   alliance had been taken aback by the level of violence in south   Afghanistan and urged allies to provide reinforcements.
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The Dutch are coming! The Dutch are coming!
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The Netherlands had never heard an explosion like it. Ninety thousand pounds of gunpowder went up in five almost simultaneous thunderous blasts.
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A Dutch officer pleaded innocent Monday to charges of negligence and excessive use of force in the fatal shooting of an Iraqi civilian, in the first court martial of a Dutch serviceman operating under British command in southern Iraq.
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Dutch police raided sites across the Netherlands and arrested 37 people suspected of training to become paramilitary members of the Kurdistan Workers&#39; Party, a group labeled a terrorist movement in the European Union.
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The Dutch media voiced support for the government's stance not to bow to terror after a Dutch soldier was killed in Iraq, but called on The Hague to step up security measures for its troops.
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At least 200 civilians have been killed in two months of fighting between Sri Lankan soldiers and separatist Tamil rebels, and both sides are to blame, European cease-fire monitors said Thursday.