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Ex-Kosovo leader sentenced in war crimes

Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Kosovo's former President Hashim Thaci was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Wednesday after being found guilty of war crimes committed during the war for independence from Serbia in 1998-99.

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  1. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Hague court to deliver verdict in war crimes trial of Kosovo’s former President Thaci (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci will learn his fate on Wednesday as international judges in The Hague deliver verdicts in his war crimes trial

  2. Deutsche Welle

    Kosovo ex-president Thaci faces Hague war crimes verdict (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    A tribunal will rule if Hashim Thaci, a former commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), committed war crimes during the war of independence with Serbia.

  3. Al Jazeera

    Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci faces verdict for alleged war crimes (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Prosecutors have requested a 45-year jail sentence for Thaci and three wartime commanders accused of war crimes.

  4. Philadelphia Inquirer

    An EU-backed court convicts former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci of war crimes and sentences him to 25 years in prison (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    An EU-backed court convicts former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci of war crimes and sentences him to 25 years in prison

  5. Bloomberg

    Kosovo Ex-President Thaci Gets 25 Years for War Crimes (opens Bloomberg)

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    Kosovo’s former President Hashim Thaci was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to 25 years in prison in a ruling that is likely to send shockwaves across the Balkans.

  6. WFMZ Allentown

    Hague court convicts Kosovo’s former President Thaci of war crimes, sentences him to 25 years (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A European Union-backed court on Wednesday convicted former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci of four counts of war crimes committed during his country’s war for independence from Serbia and sentenced him to 25 years in prison.

  7. Al Jazeera

    Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci sentenced to 25 years for war crimes (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Thaci, 58, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for ‌crimes including murder, ​torture and illegal detention.

  8. KBRW

    Kosovo’s ex-President Thaci convicted of war crimes, sentenced to 25 years in prison (opens KBRW)

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    A European Union-backed court convicted former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci of war crimes committed during his country’s war for independence from Serbia and sentenced him to 25 years in prison.

  9. Deutsche Welle

    Kosovo ex-president Thaci sentenced to 25 years for war crimes (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    A Hague tribunal ruled that Hashim Thaci, a former leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), is responsible for war crimes carried out during the war of independence with Serbia.

  10. Philadelphia Inquirer

    A Hague court convicts Kosovo’s former President Thaci of war crimes and sentences him to 25 years (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    A European Union-backed court has convicted former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci of four counts of war crimes during Kosovo's war for independence from Serbia

  11. BBC News

    Kosovo's former president sentenced to 25 years for war crimes (opens BBC News)

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    Hashim Thaci has been jailed for crimes including torture and murder during Kosovo's independence war with Serbia.

  12. France 24

    Former Kosovo president sentenced to 25 years for war crimes (opens France 24)

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    Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci was found guilty of war crimes committed as part of the Kosovo Liberation Army including murder, torture and illegal arrests by a tribunal in The Hague on Wednesday.

  13. The Guardian

    Kosovo’s former president jailed for 25 years over war crimes (opens The Guardian)

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    Hashim Thaçi, 58, was convicted by The Hague for crimes committed while he was senior commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army Europe live – latest updates Hashim Thaçi, the former president of Kosovo, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by a tribunal in The Hague for war crimes, including dozen…

  14. Bloomberg

    Kosovo Ex-President Found Guilty of War Crimes Draws Protests (opens Bloomberg)

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    Hundreds of people protested in Kosovo just hours after judges in The Hague sentenced former President Hashim Thaci to 25 years in prison for war crimes.

  15. Wall Street Journal

    Former Kosovo President Sentenced to 25 Years for War Crimes in Serbia Conflict (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    Hashim Thaci was convicted in one of the final verdicts in a series of landmark trials arising from the bloody dissolution of the former Yugoslavia.

  16. UPI

    Kosovo ex-president Hashim Thaci sentenced to 25 years for war crimes (opens UPI)

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    A special court sitting in The Hague sentenced 4 former Kosovon Liberation Army members to long prison terms for murder, torture and other war crimes.

  17. WFMZ Allentown

    Ex-president's lengthy war crimes sentence shocks Kosovo (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    Kosovo's former president Hashim Thaci was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a tribunal in The Hague on Wednesday for war crimes, in a verdict that sparked shock and anger among many Kosovars.

  18. Deutsche Welle

    Shock in Kosovo as Hague convicts former President Thaci (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    The conviction in The Hague of former President Hashim Thaci and three former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders has caused consternation in Kosovo — both among political leaders and on the streets. DW reports from Pristina.

  19. Deutsche Welle

    Shock and anger in Kosovo as former president convicted (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    The conviction in The Hague of former President Hashim Thaci and three former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders has caused consternation in Kosovo — both among political leaders and on the streets. DW reports from Pristina.

  20. Courthouse News Service

    Ex-Kosovo president gets 25 years for wartime torture, murder (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    A Hague court convicted Hashim Thaçi and three other former Kosovo rebel leaders of war crimes against perceived opponents, imposing prison terms of 13 to 25 years while acquitting all four of crimes against humanity.

  21. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Ex-Kosovo leader sentenced in war crimes (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Kosovo's former President Hashim Thaci was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Wednesday after being found guilty of war crimes committed during the war for independence from Serbia in 1998-99.

  22. Hawaiitribune Herald

    Former Kosovo president Thaci sentenced to 25 years for war crimes (opens Hawaiitribune Herald)

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    THE HAGUE/PRISTINA — Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci was found guilty of war crimes including murder, torture and illegal detention by the Kosovo war crimes tribunal in The Hague on Wednesday.

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