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http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=78233

http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=78240

http://www.balkans.com/open-news.php?uniquenumber=117689

Seeing the pictures with some of these articles made me miss Sarajevo all over again. I am glad I went while I could. Things are not bad here. My real traveling days are likely behind me.

# posted by Katja R. @ 7:36 AM 0 comments

http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/star/sunshne-ardeer-albion/311/story/139395.html

http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/08/29/hague-war-crimes-court-perisic-trial-to-start-september-6/

File under 'Not f___ likely!':

http://www.isaintel.com/2011/08/29/gaddafi-could-seek-refuge-in-croatia-or-serbia-not-likely/

http://snellville.patch.com/articles/the-community-of-bosniaks-wraps-up-ramadan

# posted by Katja R. @ 7:25 PM 0 comments

http://www.zoneradio.com/

He is on the Left end of the spectrum and I will most definitely be a listener on-line.

# posted by Katja R. @ 8:42 PM 0 comments

http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1690202

BiH, Serbia recognize Libyan Opposition:

http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1690041

This in the case of Serbia is interesting, because of the close alliance Serbia had with Kaddafi.

How BiH went is no surprise since there were never strong ties.

I slept a good deal today and yesterday. It's been too hot for me.

I find I need to be on my oxygen more when it us very hot.

I don't feel too bad all considered. I am coughing a lot less.

# posted by Katja R. @ 8:17 PM 2 comments

http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/Aki/English/Security/Bosnia-Mladic-given-six-days-to-answer-demand-to-split-indictment_312385278853.html

This can't be good..

http://www.b92.net/eng/news/region-article.php?yyyy=2011&mm=08&dd=25&nav_id=76074

http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1688963

# posted by Katja R. @ 12:06 AM 0 comments

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeNMDAyKP6U&feature=youtube_gdata_player

# posted by Katja R. @ 7:20 AM 0 comments

Nobody likes Kaddafi anymore:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sasa-milosevic/rebels-flags-flying-on-th_b_933913.html

# posted by Katja R. @ 4:23 PM 0 comments

I did some walking in the mall with my helper. My ankles don't feel so good. Tomorrow we will ako Bog da walk outdoors for a bit.

# posted by Katja R. @ 11:20 PM 0 comments

http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=77869

There are some nice pictures in this informative article article.

This article is of interest because of who it is about:

http://mobile.mlive.com/advgrapids/pm_29292/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=i4NN6LPm

# posted by Katja R. @ 9:02 PM 0 comments

I had stuff on the above story earlier.

Here is a bit more:

http://www.kentucky.com/2011/08/22/1853634/extradition-hearing-scheduled.html

The whole Palestinian question, like Kosovo is an awful pickle to hand to the Bosnian State, especially right now.

http://www.rferl.org/content/bosnia_wriggling_out_of_the_palestinian_statehood_vote/24304380.html

Of course this story needs updates. Saif al Islam is running around Tripoli, and there's other stuff to update.

http://m.news24.com/news24/World/News/Libyans-overrun-Bosnia-Greece-embassies-20110822

# posted by Katja R. @ 8:44 PM 0 comments

I hope it goes smoothly, with as little bloodshed and loss of life as possible.

# posted by Katja R. @ 7:00 PM 0 comments

http://www.thestar.com/iphone/news/crime/article/1042399--alleged-war-criminal-can-lose-canadian-citizenship

An interesting blog to check out:

http://news.yourolivebranch.org/2011/08/19/bosnia-past-bosnia-present-reflections-on-bosnia's-divisions-and-dilemmas/

# posted by Katja R. @ 10:46 PM 1 comments

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/bosnian-hid-involvement-in-crimes-against-humanity-to-become-canadian-court-128025178.html?device=mobile&c=y

http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/Aki/English/Politics/Bosnia-Karadzic-denies-he-had-control-over-paramilitaries-who-committed-wartime-atrocities_312363419204.html

Thank you for your service to America and to Bosnia:

http://www.montgomerynews.com/articles/2011/08/18/springfield_sun/news/doc4e4d7fb65f16a162909911.txt

And a story of a refugee in Minnesota:

http://www.startribune.com/local/yourvoices/127990883.html

I found a couple comments a bit ignorant but the article was good.

# posted by Katja R. @ 3:11 PM 0 comments

I feel ok considering that it got warm.

To the news:

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/europe/UN-Prosecutors-Seek-2-Separate-Trials-for-Mladic-127927923.html

An interesting piece:

http://www.jewishtribune.ca/TribuneV2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4641&Itemid=53

# posted by Katja R. @ 9:30 PM 0 comments

http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/Aki/English/Politics/Bosnia-Witness-tells-UN-tribunal-how-Serb-paramilitaries-expelled-Muslims_312356114726.html

Bosnia is in a spot when it comes to Palestine:

http://www.rferl.org/content/bosnia_still_divided_on_palestinian_request_for_statehood/24298964.html

And something positive:

http://iwpr.net/report-news/international-justiceicty-junjul-11-0

Dirty Dodik up to yet more shenanigans:

http://www.isaintel.com/2011/08/16/dodik-plans-to-open-sarajevo-office-to-fight-centralization-attempt/

# posted by Katja R. @ 11:11 PM 1 comments

The cellist went to live in Northern Ireland as I recall. Ironic.

I did not consider BiH that dangerous when I went, I would probably not go to Rwanda just yet.

Then again.., gorillas! Maybe if I were younger and had a Black Belt.

http://travel.aol.co.uk/2011/08/15/Dangerous-destinations-like-bosnia-and-rwanda-back-on-British-holiday-hotspots-list/

ICTY has been on three week Summer Recess:

http://www.emg.rs/en/news/region/162074.html

Page 3 :

Since I am a girl, the Page 3 position is occupied by a boy.

I don't know how you would find a male more like a young Brigitte Bardot:

http://m.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2011/08/worlds-prettiest-boy-andrej-pejic-goes-bare-again/41275/

And pardon the fact I included 'The Daily Mail' but I liked the pictures:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2026319/Male-supermodel-Andrej-Pejic-responds-controversy-feminine-looks.html

I guess where his family originally fled answers the ethnicity question.

In another age he would have posed for paintings of angels. No one would have questioned his desire to be beautiful.

At least he doesn't look like my cousin the Duchess of Alba.

There needs to be a law against Botox at that age! The LIPS!!! I may be haunted forever by them..

*** on a personal note, I am still recovering from pneumonia. I am still tired a lot of the time. I am still on oxygen.

I have a helper. She is paid to help me with a few things I can't do so easily on my own. She also is a very long time friend. I really am grateful for the help. In addition to being generally weak, my right arm is messed up.

That means I need help with bathing. Some days my right arm is so weak I can't pick up a coffe cup. I have been used to doing for myself.

The good news though, is this friend needed a bit more work. She has it and I have someone who can help at those times my daughter can't.

I am still coughing stuff up. I still don't get all that hungry. I have been drinking a lot of V-8 juice. I like V-8. It's warm here and V-8 is very refreshing.

Thank God it's not as hot as most years. Most years we get at least some days over 100F. I used to not mind that. I can't cope with that kind of heat anymore. I find I need more oxygen those days. I can go a couple hours off it if I am not doing anything, and it's cool. If it is warm and I am doing anything much, I can be off half an hour. So most of my cooking is of things that take less than half an hour.

All in all I don't think I am doing badly. I would rather have gotten to watch my grandkids, and gone to the Zoo in Seattle. Then again, I am alive.

My goal is to regain my strength and get to where I don't need oxygen. I want to be able to walk to the store and take busses. I miss that.

Oh well. God willing I will di those things again.

# posted by Katja R. @ 11:11 PM 1 comments

http://www.speroforum.com/a/58564/In-Bosnia-Even-Donating-Blood-Highlights-Divisions

http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20110811/COLUMNISTS/110819997/1079&ParentProfile=1067

Some cooments on the article above:

1. I have read Rebbeca West's book 'Black Lamb and Grey Falcon' a number of times and not seen the bit about some men in what was once Yugoslavia beating their wives at the beginning of a marriage to show who is boss. It's a long book. I would have liked an actual citation. Most of the married couples Dame West described were happy.

2. Human trafficking is NOT a new problem in Bosnia. It's pretty much been a problem since the war times.

3. All the societies in the Balkans are patriarchal. That is the case for most of the world.

Shelters for women fleeing violence are inadequate. Women do go back to terrible situations.

I feel sad that some things are worse.

# posted by Katja R. @ 6:58 PM 4 comments

http://espn.go.com/page2/s/thompson/010918.html

# posted by Katja R. @ 8:00 AM 0 comments

http://www.viiphoto.com/showstory.php?nID=767

# posted by Katja R. @ 2:55 PM 0 comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V4ePb3aOT0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

# posted by Katja R. @ 1:51 PM 0 comments

I am afraid that the usual post-Communist nightmare has taken a firm hold in BiH and this makes me sad.

The majority of Bosnian people regardless of ethnicity are good people, but they have to deal with this.

# posted by Katja R. @ 8:35 AM 1 comments

izvolite:

http://bodymindspiritjourneys.com/bosnia-sept-1-11-2011.html

And tourism is doing pretty well:

http://www.balkans.com/open-news.php?uniquenumber=114971

Especially considering the lack of a government:

http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?storyid=%7B9c2bf19d-0150-4ba0-a44b-4b8d7837c827%7D

Which is putting at risk foreign investment and aid.... as an American, I feel your pain!

And the farmers are pretty annoyed. It's not like the States, Bosnians protest when they feel unjustly treated.

http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1674405

# posted by Katja R. @ 3:48 PM 2 comments

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14357914

# posted by Katja R. @ 8:09 AM 2 comments

OK now I get why Angelina Jolie got the award.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/angelina-jolie-given-bosnia-award-16030122.html

Nobody else mentioned this aspect.

# posted by Katja R. @ 7:19 PM 0 comments

Thank you Israel.

And here in the U.S., something horrible:

http://m.democracynow.org/stories/11958

I hope these people win their lawsuit. This is just bad and wrong and razfukana on so many levels.

# posted by Katja R. @ 6:35 AM 0 comments

http://m.wcfcourier.com/news/local/festival-showcases-bosnian-traditions/article_d8cbe558-5fa7-5f9d-bf4c-5d2d878138b2.html

There are some nice videos and photos.

# posted by Katja R. @ 12:53 AM 0 comments