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The tribunal's prosecutors are appealing after the court found him not guilty of warcrimes charges allegedly committed during the 2001 ethnic Albanian insurgency in Macedonia. Boskovski is still on trial in a Croatian court, charged with having ordered the murder of seven South Asian immigrants in Macedonia in 2002. Earlier this month the trial in the northwestern Croatian town of Pula was adjourned as Boskovski failed to appear before the court. Boskovski was among seven candidates who lodged papers with the electoral commission (DIK) before the deadline at Sunday midnight, DIK spokesman Zoran Tanevski told AFP. Latest opinion polls suggest that the leading candidates are Gorge Ivanov of the ruling VMRO-DPMNE party and Ljubomir Frckoski of the opposition socialists (SDSM). Neither is expected to win an outright majority in the first round of voting on March 22, which would mean a second-round run-off between the two top candidates two weeks later. The incumbent, President Branko Crvenkovski, has decided not to run for another five-year term. Return to Table of Contents Moldova Transdniestria rejects settlement documents proposed by Moldovan leader Interfax news Agency, 2/16/09 Tiraspol has turned down the draft law on the Transdniestrian status presented by Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin to Transdniestrian leader Igor Smirnov, Transdniestrian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Malyarchuk told a Monday press briefing. "On Monday the Transdniestrian Foreign Ministry posted to all participants in the Moldovan- Transdniestrian settlement negotiations an official response to the draft law on the Transdniestrian status and the draft political declaration suggested by the Moldovan president to Igor Smirnov in Tiraspol on December 24, 2008," he said. The drafts are unacceptable by their political and legal form and content, the diplomat said. "The draft law is an internal document of the Republic of Moldova. Hence, it cannot be a foundation of the political dialog," Malyarchuk said.
"As for the content of the documents, they do not take into account the will expressed by the Transdniestrian people in referendum 2006. Judging by the draft law and declaration, the Republic of Moldova continues to ignore Transdniestria as an equal partner in the negotiations," he said. At the same time, Transdniestria is ready to develop relations with Moldova on principles of amity, neighborliness, non-violence, mutual respect and equality, he said. Apart from Moldova and Transdniestria, the settlement negotiations involve guarantors (Russia and Ukraine), an intermediary (the OSCE) and observers (the European Union and the United States). Some Transdniestrian officials banned from entry into EU Interfax news Agency, 2/17/09 The EU Council of Ministers extended by one year the ban for Transdniestrian leadership to enter the European Union, up until February 2010. The list includes 19 persons similarly to the last year including the president of the unrecognized republic Igor Smirnov and his two sons, the head of the customs committee Vladimir Smirnov and the leader of the Patriotic Party of Transdniestria Oleg Smirnov, the EU mission to Chisinau said on Tuesday. The list includes state officials who are responsible for the absence of progress in Transdniestrian settlement and for organizing a campaign for closing down Moldovan schools that have used Latin alphabet and Moldovan programs, the EU said. The EU adopted restrictions against Tiraspol leaders in late February 2003 and has extended them annually. The ban is explained by "the reluctance of the regime to support the efforts of the international community on Transdniestrian settlement," the EU said. The ban was supported by the U.S. and new EU members. In response to EU actions, Transdniestria banned the Moldovan leadership from entering Transdniestria from February 2003. Following the meeting with Igor Smirnov in April 2008, Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin promised to appeal to the EU that it should lift restrictions against Transdniestrian leadership if the negotiating process intensified. Smirnov said he had sent this appeal to the EU and Transdniestria had lifted a similar ban for the entry of Moldovan leaders to Transdniestria. Return to Table of Contents
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Page 3 and 4: Kosovo marks 1 year of independence
Page 5 and 6: Whitman said he could not discuss p
Page 7 and 8: "Now that we have realized this is
Page 9 and 10: "However, the aforesaid statements
Page 11 and 12: The court has linked the former Bos
Page 13 and 14: The military regime has promised to
Page 15 and 16: Former US President George W. Bush'
Page 17 and 18: "How can we go on without the main
Page 19 and 20: "I don't want to be on the side of
Page 21 and 22: EU enlargement commissioner Olli Re
Page 23 and 24: "Have I said that Bosco Ntaganda ha
Page 25 and 26: The first victim of the operation h
Page 27 and 28: The five-day war and Russia's subse
Page 29 and 30: Tengku Syamsuddin, a spokesman for
Page 31 and 32: India and Pakistan have fought thre
Page 33 and 34: New Delhi has noted with strong app
Page 35 and 36: Serbs consider Kosovo to be the hea
Page 37 and 38: "The key to our success is in unity
Page 39: Macedonia EU mulls economic support
Page 43 and 44: The UN Security Council has called
Page 45 and 46: Moro Islamic Liberation Front which
Page 47 and 48: Somalia Overcrowding at Kenya refug
Page 49 and 50: "We are happy with that," he said,
Page 51 and 52: "With a growing number of children
Page 53 and 54: Dr. Thurairaja Varatharaja, the top
Page 55 and 56: Without a borehole, water was colle
Page 57 and 58: The New York Times reported on Wedn
Page 59 and 60: The talks mediated by Doha are the
Page 61 and 62: Aid workers and human rights activi
Page 63 and 64: "They have no way out of these swam

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