Lightning has killed a woman and her daughter in Bosnia during a violent storm that left five others injured, police said Saturday

BELGRADE, August 5, 2008 (AFP) - Serbia's war crimes prosecution said Tuesday it has charged a former mayor in connection with the murder of some 700 Bosnian Muslims at the outbreak of Bosnia's war in 1992.

BELGRAGE, August 4, 2008 (AFP) - Hundreds of people gathered in Belgrade and Bosnia on Monday to commemorate the anniversary of a 1995 Croatian military offensive that triggered a mass exodus of Serb refugees.

BELGRADE, August 3, 2008 (AFP) - Serbia's president vowed Sunday to continue to cooperate fully with The Hague-based UN war crimes court following the arrest of genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic, dismissing the need for any 'additional pressure' on the Balkan country.

BELGRADE, August 3, 2008 (AFP) - Serbian President Boris Tadic was due to speak to reporters Sunday for the first time since the arrest of Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic for genocide and war crimes.

Tadic's press conference was due at 1:00 p.m. (1100 GMT) in Belgrade, his office announced.

BELGRADE, August 2, 2008 (AFP) - Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic was protected by the United States until a CIA phone bug caught him breaking the terms of his 'deal', Serb newspaper Blic reported Saturday, quoting a US intelligence source.

STOCKHOLM, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - Noone promised Radovan Karadzic he would avoid a UN war crimes trial if he withdrew from public life, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, who helped mediate the Balkans conflict, said Friday.

'Such a deal never existed. There has not been any attempt to drop the charges' against Karadzic, Bildt told Swedish public radio.

BELGRADE, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - Radovan Karadzic's lawyer said Friday he was seeking the return from Serbian authorities of a seized laptop containing files needed for his defence before the UN war crimes tribunal.

THE HAGUE, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic said Friday the United States wanted him dead and accused it of reneging on a deal to shield him from trial by the UN war crimes court.

THE HAGUE, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic said that US negotiator Richard Holbrooke wanted him dead, according to court documents seen Friday.

Claiming Holbrooke had promised him freedom from prosecution by the UN war crimes court if he disappeared from the public eye, Karadzic said Holbrooke later reneged on their deal.