"Infirm and diminished, Mladic appears in court; Ex-general makes health an issue" by Marlise Simons, New York Times / June 4, 2011
THE HAGUE — In the dock yesterday, the 68-year-old seemed diminished, the swagger gone, his speech slurred, the feared warrior now an infirm and elderly man....
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In the public gallery, separated from the courtroom by a wall of bulletproof glass, women who had traveled from Bosnia occasionally shouted abuse.
“Butcher of the Balkans, you killed my son,’’ said one woman in a loud voice....
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When is he going to see the inside of a courtroom at the Hague?
Given the time it will take for Mladic and his lawyers to prepare his defense, the trial itself is not expected to begin for months.
Croatia may join the EU in 2013 if it meets conditions
Well, maybe not all:
"Pope promotes marriage, children as he wraps up visit to Croatia" by Associated Press / June 6, 2011
ZAGREB, Croatia — Pope Benedict XVI prayed before the tomb of a Croatian World War II-era cardinal hailed by Catholics for opposing communism but criticized by Jews for sympathizing with the Nazis.
He stepped in it again.
It was Benedict’s first visit as pope to Croatia, an overwhelmingly Catholic Balkan nation that is poised to soon join the European Union.
The Vatican has strongly supported its bid, eager to see another country with shared values join the 27-member bloc and help Benedict’s project of rekindling Europe’s sense of its Christian heritage....
I dunno; that never seems to end well.
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Why would they even want to join the E.U?
"EU keeps 2 nations out of borderless zone" June 10, 2011|By Associated Press
LUXEMBOURG — The European Union decided yesterday to keep Bulgaria and Romania out of its borderless travel zone even though the two EU nations have met the required technical standards.
The move by EU interior ministers came amid increasing fears of illegal immigration and crime across the continent and put further pressure on the Schengen system of unfettered travel across 26 European nations.
You see, it is okay to be a racist if you are a globalist elitist.
“What worries a number of member states is corruption may thrive in these countries and thus can weaken the protection of the borders,’’ France’s interior minister, Claude Gueant, said of Romania and Bulgaria. He proposed a system of putting EU officials alongside national border guards as an extra check.
Isn't that a pot hollering kettle situation?
The borderless travel system has already been hurt by Denmark’s plan to restore customs checks and a public spat between Italy and France over thousands of Tunisian refugees flooding across the Mediterranean Sea over the past months.
Germany criticized Denmark yesterday for “coldly undermining’’ one of the cornerstones of EU unity. Along with the establishment of the euro currency, the Schengen zone is seen as one of the most important EU achievements.
The whole project is coming apart.
Bulgaria and Romania were given a cold shoulder by the EU ministers only one day after the European Parliament voted that they were ready to join Schengen....
Schengen shenanigans.
With its long coastline, Greece has been the main entry point for most illegal immigration into the EU, and the addition of Bulgaria and Romania would add a whole new Black Sea coast to protect.
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