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Case summaries and judges’ rulings on Guantanamo Bay detainees seeking release from prison

Excerpts from rulings in Guantanamo Bay cases

War criminal Biljana Plavsic says she’s glad to see Bosnian Serb ministate is thriving

War criminal praises ministate she helped create

UN appeals panel cuts sentence of Serb general convicted in Sarajevo siege by 4 years

Serb general’s sentence cut by 4 years

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — U.N. judges trimmed the sentence Thursday of a Bosnian Serb general from 33 to 29 years but upheld his convictions for leading troops who terrorized Sarajevo with a deadly rain of shells and sniper bullets.

War crimes tribunal orders court-appointed lawyer for Karadzic, still lets him defend himself

War crimes tribunal to appoint lawyer for Karadzic

Prosecutor: Karadzic’s only Srebrenica regret was that ’some Muslim men got away’

Prosecutor blames Karadzic for Srebrenica massacre

Bosnian president cancels trip to Sweden to protest war criminal’s early release

Bosnian president angry over war criminal release

Bosnian president cancels trip to Sweden to protest war criminal Plavsic’s early release

Bosnian president angry over Plavsic release

Prosecutor says Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic was ‘undisputed’ leader of wartime Serb forces

Genocide trial begins, Karadzic fails to show up

Bosnian Serb ex-president Plavsic returns to Serbia after release from Swedish prison

Bosnian Serb ex-leader set free

BELGRADE, Serbia — Former Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic, sentenced in 2003 by a U.N. war crimes tribunal to 11 years in prison, returned to her home in Belgrade on Tuesday after an early release from a Swedish jail.

Ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic boycotts opening of his genocide trial; judges adjorn

Karadzic boycotts opening of his war crimes trial

Radovan Karadzic boycotts opening of his genocide trial at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal

Bosnian Serb boycotts opening of war crimes trial

Radovan Karadzic genocide trial set to start at Yugoslav tribunal despite his boycott

Karadzic genocide trial to begin despite boycott

Key dates in life of war crimes suspect and former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic

Key dates in Radovan Karadzic’s life

Key dates in the life of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, whose trial on U.N. genocide charges begins Monday:

Radovan Karadzic genocide trial set to start at Yugoslav tribunal without defendant in court

Karadzic trial set to start without Karadzic

Sweden approves early release of former Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic

STOCKHOLM — The Swedish government has approved the early release of former Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison by a war crimes tribunal.

Bosnia, Lebanon, Gabon, Nigeria and Brazil win Security Council seats

UNITED NATIONS — Bosnia and Lebanon won seats Thursday on the Security Council and will be in the rare position of being subject to scrutiny by the U.N.’s most powerful body while serving their two-year terms. Brazil, Nigeria and Gabon also won easy election.

US, EU officials give Bosnian officials advice about joining NATO, the EU

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — European and U.S. officials met with Bosnian leaders on Friday to discuss ways of overcoming a stalemate that has kept the nation behind others seeking to join NATO and the 27-nation European Union.

US, EU officials meet with Bosnians in talks dubbed ‘Dayton 2′

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — European and U.S. officials sat down with leaders in Bosnia on Friday for talks aimed at putting the country on a quicker path to EU and NATO membership.

EU, US officials to meet with Bosnia leaders in effort to break political deadlock

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — European and U.S. officials will meet with Bosnian leaders next week on how to break a political deadlock in the Balkan country, officials said Friday.

Karadzic appeals Oct. 19 start of war crimes trial, arguing he has not had time to prepare

AMSTERDAM — Former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic has appealed the Oct. 19 start date for his war crimes trial, arguing that judges have not given him enough time to prepare.

Wartime Bosnian security officer sentenced to 12 years in prison in Serbia for war crimes

BELGRADE, Serbia — A Serbian court on Monday convicted a wartime Bosnian security officer of ordering a 1992 attack on a Yugoslav army convoy that killed at least 50 soldiers and sentenced him to 12 years in prison

World leaders seek global solutions to confront multiple crises

UNITED NATIONS — Global leaders on Thursday warned colleagues that coordinated international action to end the worldwide recession and reverse climate change must not fall victim to routine political divisions and pitfalls.

UN prosecutors resist judges’ call to streamline war crimes case against Radovan Karadzic

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Yugoslav war crimes tribunal prosecutors are resisting calls by the U.N. court’s judges to further streamline their case against Radovan Karadzic, saying it could mean dropping key charges against the former Bosnian Serb leader.

Photos of UN judges burned in Sarajevo to protest handling of Karadzic war crimes case

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Protesters have set photos of several U.N. war crimes tribunal judges on fire in Sarajevo to oppose the shortening of the genocide indictment against former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic.

Yugoslav war crimes tribunal authorizes early release of former Bosnian Serb President Plavsic

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal announced Tuesday it has approved the early release from prison of former Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic after she served two-thirds of her 11-year sentence for persecution.

Bosnia’s ethnically divided schools seen as one of Europe’s worst examples of segregation

STOLAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina — It’s shortly after noon, and teenagers who were taught their capital is Zagreb, in neighboring Croatia, are streaming out of Stolac High School. In an hour, their classrooms will be filled with children who have learned that their capital is Sarajevo, Bosnia.

EU’s financial package aimed to help Bosnia mitigate the impacts of economic crisis

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — The EU says it has approved a euro39 million ($55.39 million) financial aid package for Bosnia to help it deal with the effects of the financial and economic crisis.