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Serbia arrests key war crimes suspect Stojan Zupljanin

Belgrade - Serbia said Wednesday it has arrested Bosnian Serb Stojan Zupljanin, one of the four remaining fugitive war crimes suspects charged by The Hague-based United Nations war crimes tribunal.

New Serbian parliament convenes amid continued uncertainty

Belgrade - The Serbian parliament convened Wednesday for the first time since the May 11 snap elections, but still amid uncertainty over who would head the next government.

The assembly met to beat a legal deadline by verifying the mandate of the 250 legislators, but, without a majority coalition, it was not expected to appoint the speaker and staff the committees and offices.

The pro-European coalition led by President Boris Tadic's Democratic Party emerged from the poll with the most seats, 102, but was still without a partner for a majority.

Tadic's main rivals, Tomislav Nikolic's ultra-nationalist Serbian Radical Party claimed 78 seats and allied itself with caretaker Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia, with 30.

Belgrade's 1968 student unrest spurs nostalgia

Belgrade  - Belgrade is marking 40 years since Europe's 1968 student protests, a seemingly happier time long before the wars that ripped Yugoslavia apart.

Serb nationalists, Milosevic's socialists to run Belgrade

Serb nationalists, Milosevic's socialists to run Belgrade

Serbia withdraws ambassador from Czech Republic

Prague  - Serbia has withdrawn its ambassador from the Czech Republic in a move anticipated after Prague's recognition of independent Kosovo, the Czech Foreign Ministry said Friday.

Serbian fighter jet crashes near Belgrade

Belgrade  - A Serbian fighter aircraft crashed Wednesday north of Belgrade, local media reported.

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