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I found this little atlas in the family archives. I remember really being delighted to see it before, and had lost track of it. Anyway, it shows the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, it has the Turkish Empire and the Russian Empire and India is Hindoostan,





While I was house sitting a friend of myself and the people for whom I was house sitting came over, and this feral cat began to enter his car, I'll put the whole sequence up later, but he actually entered the car, since we were afraid he might spray in there we went out to get him out of the car. 'Hey you're being car-jacked we said to him and it was uproariously FUNNY!


This just in from NPR. I really hope this is not true, but I fear the worst. Three American soldiers were accused of raping a young Iraqi woman, killing her and three members of her family and burning her body. I have a real hatred for men who commit rape. It is among the more disgusting of crimes. Such men are not real men and they would be singing soprano after a very painful seris of operations if I could lay my hands on them. The only crime more disgusting is if it involves little children.
Anyone doing this is doing even more damage to U.S. aims in Iraq. They are damaging OUR country by doing this to people in another country. I have a hard enough time with the whole concept of this war. This is not right and if those guys are convicted, I hope they are put up against the wall, and I hope it's filmed. I want it known that this country takes such matters with the proper seriousness. That is the only way to prevent such deeds.
I'll say this, the fact they were arrested, guilty or innocent is a good thing, it shows something I like about my country, and that is that such behavior is not tolerated or encouraged. It should not be tolerated or encouraged.





Bidding War for Pliva

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13618966/

JOSIP JOVIĆ must appear before the Hague (in Croatian)

JOSIP JOVIĆ MORA U HAAG U PONEDJELJ

http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/20060630/index.asp

further details

Her Majesty's Government Changes Amassador to Serbia

http://www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=211432&NewsAreaID=2

Bulgaria ends the Draft!:)

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/30/world/europe/30BULGARIA.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Romanian Troops to Stay in Iraq

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=16870

Flag of Serbia Raised at U.N. H.Q. in Vienna

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=125&newsid=91344&ch=0&datte=2006-06-30

Serbia Must Fulfil Obligations to Tribunal Before Decision is Taken on Kosovo, Vuk Draskovic


http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=125&ch=0&newsid=91329


Political Clashes in Macedonia

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=123&newsid=91308&ch=0&datte=2006-06-30

The doings of the surviving Hapsburgs


Archduchess makes waves with art on the Danube

http://www.bbj.hu/main/news_13855_archduchess%2Bmakes%2Bwaves%2Bwith%2Bart%2Bon%2Bthe%2Bdanube.html


This bit is interesting! Thyssen was closely tied to the grandfather of President Bush, and it is worth noting that they were in business together, having a factory in Auschweitz.

"But why, I asked over coffee, the Danube? "The Danube in my mind connects Istanbul to Vienna,'' Von Habsburg said. "It represents borders, boundaries, divided countries: Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Austria, Serbia and Croatia. Now we're talking about European enlargement, let's turn that into an artery of communication and understanding.'' The archduchess herself embodies a good deal of central and Eastern European history.
She was born in 1958, the daughter of Baron "Heini'' Thyssen, a renowned art collector with a fortune estimated at 2 billion pounds ($3.6 billion), by his third wife, Fiona Campbell-Walter, an English model. And she married Archduke Karl Thomas, first in line to inherit the claim to the Austro- Hungarian monarchy, and principal heir of the Holy Roman Empire. Habsburg is a name connected with a lot of history along the Danube; and most of the rest is a response to invasion by the Turkish Ottoman regime. The result is a patchwork of communities and religions. "itd 7rla etc etc

U.S. and French Presidents Show Support for Bulgaria's EU Accession


http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=69&newsid=91343&ch=0&datte=2006-06-30

This is about Naser Oric.

Bosnian commander convicted, then released

http://www.eecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?j=80239286&p=8xz39588&n=80239666

There was also a really interesting story about Texas ice-houses, and how one of them became 7-11, and the connection of ice-houses with the conjunto style of music, a type of music popular on both sides of the border, it's a sort of cross between Mexican music and the music of German, Czech and I believe Balkans immigrants to the region. It's a style that is actually pretty similar to the Gypsy Brass style, it's maybe a little milder, a little less energetic, but not by much.
People who like Gypsy Brass will like Conjunto, and Mariachi music, and vice versa.

I was working on the family archives until a very late hour last night to make up for the time lost to that task by house sitting. It was a nice cool night, and I only got over heated twice. This was easily dealt with by drinking large glasses of water. I think I may have lost a small amount of weight, that's a good thing! plus I was able to move a few things out of the living room. I was getting so sick of tripping over some of the stuff that has to go. I think I'm going to have another day of things other than work today and tomorrow and maybe Sunday.
The good thing is I am seeing progress. The archive room is going to be less of a mess to deal with.

Romania Probes Foreign Plot To Worsen Its Weather

http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Romania_Probes_Foreign_Plot_To_Worsen_Its_Weather_999.html

Montenegro Welcomed As 192nd U.N. Member

http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_21225950.shtml

U.N. court official says Mladic in Serbia

http://story.irishsun.com/p.x/ct/9/id/cf7347dbfffaf2b4/cid/88176adfdf246af5/

Last female Brit out

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/othersport.cfm?id=952212006

Serbian PM Summons Security Chiefs Over Mladic -Officials

http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20060629\ACQDJON200606290458DOWJONESDJONLINE000412.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na

Storm Trooper

Gentle Readers, I am house sitting today for some lovely people that I know. I have trouble doing that HTML thing rather than have it be a pain to deal with for me, I will have it be a pain for you guys, trust me it's less of a pain than if I try to do all that here, I realize some folks like ergonomic keyboards, I'm not one of those people! I was taught how to type by someone really really good! I've never had a lick of carpal tunnel syndrome! for someone nearsighted like me that is a major deal!

Oh I'm lucky their set- up may do the hyperlinks for me! YEAH!

Anyway on to today's news items! :)


Serbia Doesn’t Want to Question Internationally Recognized Borders of Bosnia and Herzegovina

http://www.seeurope.net/en/Story.php?StoryID=61328

Croatia is going to modernize it's army


http://www.epicos.com/epicos/portal/media-type/html/user/anon/page/default.psml/js_panename/News+Information+Article+View;jsessionid=4116A83B7D97CD0475EEEA64E78C4620?articleid=56990&showfull=false


Bulgaria may have free text books for school children, that would be a good thing, in most of the Balkans region parents have to buy the new books every year. The VAT is a terrible idea, it nearly wrecked the Irish economy! They did a LOT better once they got rid of it!
http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=107&newsid=91282&ch=0&datte=2006-06-29

Kostunica's speech in Kosovo

http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/06/28/news/kosovo.php

Soren Jessen-Petersen's statement on Kosovo
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20060629\ACQDJON200606291117DOWJONESDJONLINE000866.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na


SOUTHEAST EUROPE AND BALKANS SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO

Serbia’s Deputy PM Ivana Dulic-Markovic Appointed Head of Negotiation Team in EU Talks

and speaking of the E.U. Croatian now is ahead of Turkey as far as entry goes

http://www.kuwaittimes.net/international.asp?dismode=article&artid=1941499133


The aluminum smelter near Mostar is going to increase capacity, this is good for the region economically . I just hope the enviromental control is good!

http://framehosting.dowjonesnews.com/sample/samplestory.asp?StoryID=2006062814060005&Take=1

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=125&newsid=91289&ch=0&datte=2006-06-29

I love elephants, they are really amazing to me, and here I find out they are music lovers! Still I have to ask, did they let her hear a bit of Haydend's work? I'm surprised that in Croatia they didn't try him!

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2006/June/theworld_June915.xml§ion=theworld&col=

It is so lovely and cool here, I know it will do me worlds of good! I've been working very hard physically, moving my late mother's manuscripts into Sterilite containers which have the advantage of being water proof, tomorow ako Bog daj, I will have a picture of a find in the archives that was really amazing to me!
There were many amazing finds but this was one of the more amusing ones!
Watch this space!

Serbia was not the only party defeated at Kosovo,Bosnians, Croats, Hungarians, Albanians, Montenegrins (the country then was called Zeta), and even from as far away as Germany participated in the battle.For the Turks it really at the TIME seemed to be a Pyhrric victory. Most of leaders of both sides perished, only a few of the leaders on the Christian side lived to fight another day.The difference was that the Turks were part of an energetic new empire and they had endless new leadership, they had lots of new soldiers and the Christian side was divided by internal rivalries, between nations and within nations. The Turks were basically unified. They didn't have a sectarian division, and at that era, being Muslim was more important than national or social barriers which divided the Christian side. The Christian side had three sorts of Christians, Catholic, Orthodox and Bogomil, and all regarded each other as heretics. They had serious problems all along with that issue, and the Muslims of that time had comparatively few sectarian divisions.
The fact that the Christian side lost so many of it's leaders was probably at the time, and further down the road a worse problem than the defeat itself.

Serbs at low ebb as they mark loss to Turks

http://www.guardian.co.uk/serbia/article/0,,1807865,00.html?gusrc=rss

Serbian Premier Makes Visit to Kosovo

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2006-06-28T135617Z_01_L28886222_RTRUKOC_0_UK-SERBIA-KOSOVO.xml&src=rss

First Private Prison Planned for Bulgaria

http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=21685

Kosovo prime minister urges Albanians in Macedonia to refrain from violence

http://kosovareport.blogspot.com/2006/06/kosovo-prime-minister-urges-albanians.html

Serbia Must Choose Between E.U. and Kosovo

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=125&newsid=91212&ch=0&datte=2006-06-28

Saxe-Coburg Case

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=81&newsid=91222&ch=0&datte=2006-06-28



Balkan Experts Warn of Ethnic Violence in Kosovo

http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-06-26-voa51.cfm
Today is Vidovdan, the date of the Battle of Kosovo Polje. It is also the anniversary of the assasination in Sarajevo, and the anniversary of the turnover of Slobodan Milosevic to the Hague Tribunal.


Kosovo Talks Outcome May Spark Unrest In S Serbia-Report

http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20060627\ACQDJON200606271139DOWJONESDJONLINE000426.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na

US and UK Agents Join Search for Mladic

http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20060627\ACQDJON200606270533DOWJONESDJONLINE000125.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked〈=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na

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Well, it's his home region, and probably he feels safer there than anyplace else.

Mladic in Hercegovina?

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=130&newsid=91075&ch=0&datte=2006-06-26


Serbia to De-Miltarize at Croatian Border

http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_21225398.shtml

Former Bosnian Serb Premier Wanted By UN Court

http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/06/1b815d59-b383-4a22-bba9-8db17251e41e.html

Sovereignty Bows Out as Election Issue

http://www.iwpr.net/?p=brn&s=f&o=321848&apc_state=henpbrn

Shades of 'The Great Migration'

Disappointed Serbs Sell Up And Go

http://www.iwpr.net/?p=brn&s=f&o=321852&apc_state=henpbrn

Poll Result Estranges Bosniaks and Serbs

http://www.iwpr.net/?p=brn&s=f&o=321854&apc_state=henpbrn

"Wild" Montenegro Woos Wealthy Tourists

http://www.iwpr.net/?p=brn&s=f&o=321860&apc_state=henpbrn

Bulgarians to have e-Health Cards

http://www.bgnewsnet.com/story.php?lang=en&sid=21674

Swedish Woman in Croatia keeps her dead husband in the hotel room ten days! eeek!

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=qw1151421487659B263

Well Rush was detained in Florida in possession of a bottle of Viagra which was not actually prescribed to him. Considering his considerable weight, I'm not surprised this is a drug he wants, but he's not married right now so ... ... ....
FAMILY VAlUES That hypocrite was always screaming about Family Values. I get so sick of them. He was on vacation. You'd think he'd want to avoid another drug rap! Then again embarrasment in certain delicate matters can really ruin a guy's day! I think now we know why he is such a troubled person.
Word up! Lose some damn weight and everything will function properly!

xaxaxaxaxa
Schadenfrued, yeah baby!

5 things in my fridge.

1. 2 half jars of Kim Chi
2. 1/2 a jar of hyper pink ginger
3. A seedless watermelon
4. Leftovers of bbq'd mesquite steak, vegetable risotto, and marinated fennel and
eggplant.
5. Juice. Lot's of different kinds of juice that I don't drink.

1. Banana Bread I made a couple days ago
2. philly cheese
3. Slivo!
4. Medovina home made!
5. Turkish Delight

5 Items in my closet

1. Lot's of purses
2. A wide brimmed floppy hat I'll probably never wear again, because it only doesn't
look pretentious in the Caribbean.
3. Shoes. Can't stay organized or together shoes.
4. The phone book
5. Jackets

1. Old Baby clothes, must donate them!
2. A box of old films that my parents took in Mexico I don't have the right sort of a projector to ever watch them.
3. Shoes, again must donate most of them!
4. Blazers to use as part of interview outfits
5. Blankets,

5 items in my car
I don't have a car

1. CD's
2. Scissors
3. A rag
4. My gym bag with everything ready to go...if I was ever suddenly seized by the need
to go immediately. So far, it hasn't happened. In fact, I can be easily
discouraged by lack of a parking spot close to the door.
5. My car manual

5 items in my purse
I don't carry a purse I wear a money belt type thing,
1. I.D.
2. Business Cards from EVERY WHERE! and EVERYONE!
3. Bank-o-Mat cards
4. Phone card
5. Money
6. Small bottle of perfume, small container of kohl.
1. Hand cream
2. Hand sanitizer (yes...it's back in my purse Lisa)
3. My camera
4. Lipstick and lipliner (at least two shades). I look dead without it.
5. Travelling atomizer of perfume, currently filled with Pure by Alfred Sung

I know that if you've gotten this far, you're cringing to see your name tagged here...but I won't do it.
If you decide that you'd like to do this, lead me to it.

Don't worry I won't tag anyone either! :)

Abolition of peace overseer's post worries Bosnians

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyid=2006-06-26T144104Z_01_L26704325_RTRUKOC_0_UK-BOSNIA-OVERSEER.xml&src=rss

Trial of 'terror Swede' begins in Bosnia

http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=4173&date=20060626

There was something about this in Slobodna Dalmacija as well.

CROATIA: Netherlands Extradites Runway War Criminal to Croatia

http://www.seeurope.net/en/Story.php?StoryID=61180


UNDP Report: More Extensive Integration is Necessary for Overcoming the Social Isolation of Vulnerable Groups on the Balkans

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=142&newsid=91103&ch=0&datte=2006-06-26

Bulgaria Sends Policemen to Mixed-Ethnicity Areas

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=65611

A good idea, it might be worth trying this in the Balkans!

Anti-racism reading program wins grant

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060626/NEWS02/60626008/1007&theme=


UN Report: Grim Prospects For Roma, Displaced In Balkans

http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20060626\ACQDJON200606261212DOWJONESDJONLINE000478.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na



My only surprise on this was that it wasn't some guy out working in his fields. That is usually how i happens you know, it's cold in the morning so they'll put on long handled underwear under their jeans, then it gets hot and there's no place to go take off the long handled underwear so they get WAY too hot, there's no place to cool off. A few people keel over and die every year that

Heat Takes 1st Toll in Bulgaria

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=65584


Dead after Sofia-Kulata Train Crash

The Trade in Unlicensed AK-47s

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?focus=ana&aid=547

*Personal* I am really going to be glad when the 4th of July is over. I don't like some of the behavior of young people on my block with the illegal fireworks and the leaving of beer bottles on my lawn, and the window breaking and the graffiti. About the only efficieant way to cool my house is to open a door in the cool part of the evening and I sometimes feel afraid to do that. So I have to get up very early to air the place. That's not always easy because the muggy humid type of heat makes it hard for me to be cool enough to sleep well.
Then there's the cars that drive by with super loud bass on their damn music. It's always really unappealing music too.
I keep myself to myself and don't go out of my way to annoy my neighbors. I don't generally puton music that could be heard outside this house, unless it's the first step in calming extra loud music on a weeknight, then they might get fifteen minutes of Macedonian bagpipes or Gypsy brass. I haven't had to do that in somee time now. That much at least.
Then there's the visual effect of boys in those oversized basketball shorts. eeeew! *wince* eeew *shudder* eeew OK that last might be petty but they look at a distance like girls in knee length skirts.

'It's Never Over' the story of Jack Abramoff as school bully, i't priceless! and other stories! Jack Abramoff denies the whole thing!

Congradulations to those of my readers who are Croatian!

Death Toll in Romanian Floods Reaches 12

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=126&newsid=91039&ch=0&datte=2006-06-25

Kosovo: Jessen-Petersen's Departure Begins The End Game

http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/06/1b396608-8ff7-4c30-8335-f5419f9b81d4.html

Today's Mladic Update

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=125&ch=0&newsid=91046

Article here on money that was taken from Serbia and put in banks in Cyprus. This was during the Milosevic era.

For How Long Will Serbs Tolerate this Crime?


http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=26566&cat_id=1

There are some quotes from an interview with Ceric. He had a lot of his education in the United States, and that right there makes him an interesting leader in the Balkans, quite aside from him being the leader of the Bosnian Muslims.

Interesting Article about Ceric

http://www.asianage.com/main.asp?layout=2&cat1=1&cat2=209&newsid=232461&RF=DefaultMain

Albanian Caught in Deportation Mess

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060625/NEWS05/606250597/1007

I notice that the names in this family are Christian names. I too can tell you from personal experience it is quite true that members of the same immediate family may well not recieve the same immigration status. The process is needlessy complex, and not done in a sensiable or businesslike way.
These people were anti Communists, and got in trouble for it, meaning they are very pro-American basically. Human beings are harmed by a harsh immigration regime, and it's not a cut and dried 'situation.

Argentina beat Mexico in the World Cup!

Well I could pass the U.S. Citizenship Test! Can you?

You Passed the US Citizenship Test

Congratulations - you got 7 out of 10 correct!

Could You Pass the US Citizenship Test?

It's already hot here, and I have a lot of sorting of stuff to do. I did a lot yesterday but there's way more to go.

Leading Ethnic Albanian Politician Shot

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=123&newsid=90967&ch=0&datte=2006-06-24

more World Cup trivia

Let's Root for Ukraine!


http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzNTcmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY5NTI4MzgmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkz


Serbia thanks Romania for it's position on Kosovo

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=126&newsid=90958&ch=0&datte=2006-06-24

Today's Mladic Update

Foreign Agents wait for Call to Hunt Mladic

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=125&newsid=90946&ch=0&datte=2006-06-24

More on the Royal Scandal


http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?focus=ana&aid=546

Update: I'm listening to some real rebel music, sometimes performed by Irish bands or Scots bands, sometimes by Russian cover bands. I find it wierd how many people in Russia, Poland, Czech Replic, and the Balkans like Irish music. Well not wierd exactly, but it's REALLY funny to hear Irish songs rendered in German. They also play a lot of Breton bands, and then the Russian bands who do various sorts of Balkans music, they are also the only online radio that I"ve heard play any Thompson, which considering this is Russia, is VERY odd! I mean REALLY Most Peculiar. I am assuming, that most of the persons wanted for war crimes hanging out in Russia are from the Serbian side and probably those fellows would NOT be in the Marko Perkovic Thompson Fan Club! xexexexexexex!

The other fun thing I found today was a link that related to Captain Sir Henry Morgan.


http://www.veresk.ru/

http://www.veresk.ru/

First have a look at the creepy but still sometimes beautiful creatures, I don't know if someone over at Pravda went nuts with Photoshop or if they are the real deal, but then here's some Balkans news.

And some World Cup trivia too...

Creepy Cool Hybrid Pix

http://english.pravda.ru/photo/report/gibrid-543


I think the folks at the Tribunal are getting ready for summer vacations. This has been quite a flurry of activity on a lot of cases.

Croatian Tantrums Spoil FIFA party


http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/sports/news/20060624p2a00m0sp006000c.html

Top Envoy to End Bosnia Mission


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/5112158.stm


Susica Commander Transferred to Italian Prison

http://www.iwpr.net/?p=tri&s=f&o=321807&apc_state=henptri

Former Bosnian Serb PM arrested

http://www.washtimes.com/upi/20060623-025616-1041r.htm

Krajisnik Testimony Complete

http://www.iwpr.net/?p=tri&s=f&o=321793&apc_state=henptri

Detention Period Extended for Bosnia Suspects

http://www.iwpr.net/?p=tri&s=f&o=321805&apc_state=henptri

Martic: Prosecutors Rest Their Case

http://www.iwpr.net/?p=tri&s=f&o=321795&apc_state=henptri

Tribunal Tightens Rules on Seselj Submissions

http://www.iwpr.net/?p=tri&s=f&o=321803&apc_state=henptri

American Analyst Says Belgrade May be Working to Divide Kosovo

http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-06-23-voa63.cfm

Prosecutors Seek to Sever Trbic Case

http://www.iwpr.net/?p=tri&s=f&o=321801&apc_state=henptri

Regional Cooperation Helps Bring War Criminals to Justice

http://www.iwpr.net/?p=tri&s=f&o=321791&apc_state=henptri

Judges Approve Withdrawal of Contempt Charges

http://www.iwpr.net/?p=tri&s=f&o=321799&apc_state=henptri

RTK: Serbs in Northern Kosovo Formed Unarmed Security Structures

Croatian Statehood Day June 25th

http://www.seeurope.net/en/Story.php?StoryID=61133



Round Table Debate on Anti-Semitism in Croatia

http://www.seeurope.net/en/Story.php?StoryID=61080&LangID=1


Local lessons

http://www.lgib.gov.uk/news/2006/23-Jun-2006.html

Roofs Collapse, Streets Flood in Sofia

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=65439

Villagers Ask Vanessa Redgrave to Stop Protest


http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/romanian%20villagers%20ask%20redgrave%20to%20cease%20mining%20protest_1000682

Mladic

http://rawstory.com/comments/16485.html



http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/romanian%20villagers%20ask%20redgrave%20to%20cease%20mining%20protest_1000682

Mel's Hole!

http://www.seattlechatclub.org/MelsHole.html

Avstralija Hrvatska a draw

A Draw


http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/06/23/1150845352489.html

Serbia asks German help to find Mladic, Karadzic

Serbia asks for help

http://story.irishsun.com/p.x/ct/9/id/8c6ea43df043ad25/cid/88176adfdf246af5/

Well as I was working on t he pile of stuff I'm sorting out, the neighbor lady rang the bell, she was on her cell phone and informed me that a little boy had broken the garage window, this was maybe two o'clock, she said he looked to be abotu 10 years old or so. Anyway, she asked me if I'd heard it, which I haddn't. She said the police would be by later.
Her evidence resulted in the boy being caught up to. The policemand talked to the parents, and then the boy and then me. The parents wanted to do restitution. I said 'I don't think it's going to run more than $30, I need some screen matierial, I already have a guy that fixes stuff around here. So either screen matierial or $30 would be acceptable resttitution. I know this family doesn't have huge amounts of money. it's a custodial parent situation. The boy seems to live with his dad. Soemtimes if there's been a divorce, kids take it badly and will be sad and do stupid stuff. I didn't want ti to go off too lightly but I wanted it to be enough to make it memorable for the kid.
Anyway I was very grateful to the neighbor and to the police for handleing this. The policeman I think was relieved that I had some compassion for the parents. It's not easy. I hope the boy learns his lesson.
I did tell him, 'You know that was a pretty good throw, under other circumstances it would not have been bad, you should be playing baseball or basketball! you could take Ichiro's job! or mabe Radmanovic's job! That'd be cool!'
A little girl from the blue house saw it too. I think the same boy may have broken the other window in the garage. Well I am not going to be all over them. I think too much might be counterproductive, but I did lay a rap on the kid that when stuff gets broken everyone is a little poorer.
I think he thought about it.
His parents I think felt very embarrassed, the littlb boy was too. I think he'll learn somthing and not do it again.

Croatia breaks a human trafficking attempt

http://www.washtimes.com/upi/20060622-084712-4155r.htm

Human Trafficking

Doubts about legality of Irish presence in Kosovo

http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0622/kosovo.html

Doubts and Concerns

Today's Pyramid Update:

http://www.seeurope.net/en/Story.php?StoryID=61124

Stop the Dig!

Voivodina Seeks Greater Autonomy

http://www.seeurope.net/en/Story.php?StoryID=61062

Voivodina Seeks Greater Automomy

Mandela's Bulgarian Pistol

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=65356

Mandela's Bulgarian Pistol


Saxe-Coburg's Rights Being Violated

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=83&newsid=90839&ch=0&datte=2006-06-22






Update: U.S. Loses to Ghana but who the hell was really surprised?

Wierd Story that I heard on the local English Medium Station:

This guy in Florida's house was robbed. The thieves only took a little white box, full of grayish ashes and that was all they took.
The man went on T.V. and pleaded with the thieves to please return the box as it contained the ashes of his SISTER!
Anyway I missed whether it was the same day or the next one but one morning the man opened his door to find on his porch, the a bullet riddled corpse of a young man, and the box, half empty, and a NOTE!
The note said 'We are returning the box, this guy sold us it, we thought it was cocaine, sorry we snorted your sister before we know, sorry no hard feelings!

I don't know if this is a real story or a sick joke on the part of the guys on the morning show on the local station. It's going to bug me all day, thought I'd share the wierdness.

I got a little sorting done today of things and some disposing of things but i'm unable to sleep so I heard the wierd stuff they don't put on the normal daytime news. There was a cat named Louis, that attacked people, neighbors, the Avon lady whoever, and the cat was declared dangerous and there was a court order to euthanize the cat. Well a judge reversed that order on appeal, but ordered that this cat was to remain indoors FOREVER! Even an accidental escape would result in his death warrant being renewed. I found that a bit funny because no mention was made of the possiblity of neutering this cat.
Male cats sometimes are hypersexual, this will be ummistakable on visual inspection. Such cats will be prone to attack other cats, people, even larger animals. Usually these are also unusually clever cats.
Anyway I hope his owner can keep him indoors safely! I hope she takes him to be fixed.
Well I am going to try to sleep now. It's hot but if the wind kicks up I'll be ok.


Updates:

Finally did get to sleep, I actually woke up very early, noticed that the bananas in the kitchen looked like they better be used and SOON, so at about 7:OO I made some banana bread. it came out pretty good. I had some of it for my breakfast.

If I'd been thinking I'd have taken pictures like Radmila does but I just threw it together with atal,, (Indian type whole wheat flour the only flour I happen to have handy) milk, three bananas, two egges a pinch of baking soda, and some powdered cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. some white sugar like half a cup, probably it was a cup and a half of atal.
Stired the lot up put in a greased pie pan. No measuring just threw the lot together and baked it in two batchs 25 minuts each at 350.

Happy Solstice to my Pagan Friends!

Many Americans don't realize that Croatians, Serbs and Bosnians are serving in Afghanistan and Iraq.

http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/20060621/index.asp

Croatian Peacekeeper Attacked by Taliban

http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/20060621/novosti02.asp

More details


Further on the same attack, from an English medium source..

http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/news/ci_3962526

More on the attack, but in English

Two Scots died in the road accident in Istria reported on earlier in this site.

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/hi/news/5053912.html

Scots Crash Victims

Some World Cup nonsense for those of you who enjoy that sort of thing...

http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,19547605%255E911,00.html

Viduka's house under police protection

A couple people from this town are regular readers, or maybe the same person reading from work sometimes home other times.

Huntsville Teacher Swims the Danube River into Serbia.

http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/1150881492302550.xml&coll=1


Swim to Serbia

http://www.danubeswim.com/

Danube Swim

Montenegro sets up defense ministry after independence


http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200606/21/eng20060621_275783.html

Montenegrin Defense Ministry

UN Envoy Accuses Serbia of Encouraging Ethnic Tensions In Kosovo

http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-06-20-voa90.cfm

UN Envoy Accuses Serbia of Encouraging Ethnic Tensions In Kosovo

MONTENEGRO: Decision on Montenegro's Entry to UN

http://www.seeurope.net/en/Story.php?StoryID=61069


Decision on Montenegro's entry to U.N.


Montenegro to Join OSCE Today

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=125&newsid=90735&ch=0&datte=2006-06-21

Montenegro to Join OSCE Today

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?focus=ana&aid=545
Scandals Rock the Savoy Dynasty

Interesting opinion piece on Republika Srpska

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?focus=analys&a=2&aid=8000&acat=5

Opinion piece on R.S. situation

via: http://www.axisglobe.com/


Axisglobe



also some bird flu information

http://www.voanews.com/english/avian_flu.cfm

VOA's Bird Flu page

No Elections in Serbia Without a New Constitution


http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=125&newsid=90752&ch=0&datte=2006-06-21

No Elections in Serbia Without a New Constitution

German U.N. Peacekeepers will be in Kosovo this fall.

http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=879122

German U.N. Peacekeepers will be in Kosovo this fall.


Serbia cannot condemn EU for its own flaws

http://www.washtimes.com/upi/20060621-115931-6526r.htm


Serbia cannot condemn EU for its own flaws


Further Updates:

Montenegro to join U.N.

http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-06-21-voa65.cfm


Montenegro to Join U.N.

World Cup full of bitter tears for Serbia.


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,28749-2237688,00.html

Serbia loses to Ivory Coast

Slovenia Opens Embassy in Montenegro, they were the first to do so, this is so NationStates!

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=125&newsid=90803&ch=0&datte=2006-06-21

Embassy


Serbian Muslim Prisoners allege bad treatment in prisons

http://www.washtimes.com/upi/20060621-013832-4485r.htm

Prison Treatment


Well I've managed to totally disarrange the living room. I need to take things off my couch bed so I can put it up. I have no room to work in. On the upside, I've really gotten rid of a LOT of paper crap from the book case. Too bad it's illegal to burn in city limits, a burn barrel and some marshmallows would be really cool at sundown. Oh well, I can throw things out nema problema.

Article by Christine Nmanpour on coverage of refugees in the news.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/06/19/amanpour.refugeeday/index.html

Refugees in the News

Romanian troops were hit by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, one was killed and four wounded.

http://today.reuters.com/tv/videoStory.aspx?isSummitStory=false&storyId=0d94b7f4e4c5d0e2c0ebc40c4ea2247a4944adb4




The EU has been putting a lot of pressure on Serbia and one wonders if this is further pressure or actual help.


http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20060620\ACQDJON200606201042DOWJONESDJONLINE000425.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na


EU mulls helping Serbia cooperate

I hope this vandalism is punished seriously, it's not a good thing to do.

http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/international/news/20060620p2g00m0in033000c.html


Vandals Desecrate a Serbian Graveyard in Kosovo

the buzz on t he street* via Metafilter

http://www.metafilter.com/

Metafilter

http://www.littlebrowndress.com/
littlebrowndress.com




http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/20/books/20kaku.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

The One Percent Doctrin

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=65220

Serbian team plans secret return from World Cup

I feel bad for those guys!, Seriously.

Ceca's concert a report by a favorite reporter:

via Boing Boing

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/06/18/report_from_a_concer.html

Ceca Struts Her Stuff

now you can go hear someone besides Ceca!

http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read/19937

Sting to Sing for first time in Serbia




http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=123&newsid=90549&ch=0&datte=2006-06-17

Hand Grenades Thrown at a Political Headquarters
Fake Wall to Remember Real Wall

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=65210
Wall in Sofia

The trade in small arms isn't the only factor in wars and insurgencies and murder generally, remember in Rwanda people were killed with machetes.

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=reutersEdge&storyID=2006-06-19T094007Z_01_NOA930406_RTRUKOC_0_ARMS-SUDAN-CHINA.xml&src=061906_1106_FEATURES_special_feature

Trade in Small Arms


Things got crazier in Mostar than I thought

http://see.oneworld.net/article/view/135119/1/

The Full Story of the Mostar Soccer Riot

Reaction of Serbian Americans to Former Yu Soccer defeat.


http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sun/2006/jun/19/566615991.html

Serbs in Las Vegas
Macedonia still on tourist 'black lists'

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=123&newsid=90657&ch=0&datte=2006-06-19

lists



And part of a cool site!

Via Metafilter:

http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Brown-OratioDominica/

Part of Liam's Books

It was from this site

http://www.fromoldbooks.org/

Evening Updates:


It got hot here today but not REAL hot. I had errends that interfered with organizing I'm trying to do around here.




Just so Americans don't feel so all alone on the subject of illegal immigration!

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=123&newsid=90660&ch=0&datte=2006-06-19

Illegal Immigration into Macedonia and Greece

Hothead Dreams May Become Reality

http://www.iwpr.net/?p=brn&s=f&o=321704&apc_state=henpbrn

Hothead Dreams May Become Reality



http://www.iwpr.net/?p=brn&s=f&o=321712&apc_state=henpbrn

Serbs Fade From Sarajevo

Albanian Parliment Votes to Recognize Albania

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200606/20/eng20060620_275387.html

Albanian Parliment Votes to Recognize Albania


http://kosovareport.blogspot.com/2006/06/bush-to-visit-europe-this-week-pro-us.html

Bush to visit Europe


This rather surprised me, since well, I had a perfectly nice time in London and everyone was perfectly charming to me!
I had a perfectly nice time in Zagreb too for that matter, although people pretended not to understans what I was saying.
It was the only place where I had any problems making myself understood, and it could have been my accent. I don't have a real strong American accent in the local language, but my grammer probably drove people simply NUTS.
My only problem in London was getting directions, I had bad luck who I asked, they'd turn out to be other foreigners, or not from the neighborhood. Still in general people I met in England were very kind and helpful, same goes for Germany, and the Netherlands, and Austria, I had no real problems anyplace. England however was excellent. I am glad I had the chance to see London.
One experience I had was this man on this little boat on the Thames, pointed out a place where there was a statue of George Washington set in some American soil, and the delight this English guy took in showing me where it was. I remember the really lovely houses and going on the Tube, which was wonderful also.


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2233162,00.html

London Fails Civility Test

# posted by Katja R. @ 9:13 AM 1 comments