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Serbia holds key presidential runoff Sunday
BELGRADE ? Serbia, a landlocked nation of 7.1 million in southeastern Europe, is holding a presidential runoff vote on Sunday.
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Pro-EU leader Tadic leadingpolls ahead of runoff presidential vote on Sunday
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ? Serbs seem poised this weekend to re-elect a reformist who arrested Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic, rejecting a nationalist promising closer ties with Russia ? in a sign that the troubled Balkan nation is edging away from its 1990s war legacy.
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Serbia setting up housing for gays and lesbians
Belgrade's mayor says authorities in Serbia's capital are setting up temporary housing for gays and lesbians rejected by their families.
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Ex-Chelsea manager Grant to leave Belgrade club
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ? Partizan Belgrade says Vladimir Vermezovic will replace former Chelsea manager Avram Grant as coach after his last match with the club on Sunday.
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Serbian capital setting up gay safe house
BELGRADE ? Belgrade's mayor says authorities in Serbia's capital are setting up temporary housing for gays and lesbians rejected by their families. Dragan Djilas says "it is shameful that we live in a country where someone could give up their own child because of their sexual orientation."
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Small-town don makes awkward ally for Serb liberals
JAGODINA, Serbia (Reuters) - There's a fluffy toy tiger in the office of Jagodina's mayor, another cast in gold on his desk, and at least one more in his trophy cabinet. When Dragan Markovic, known by his nickname Palma (palm tree), opened a zoo five years ago in the central Serbian town he runs, he called it Tiger Zoo, a bit like his kick-boxing club, Palma's Tigers. ...
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Pro-EU Tadic leading polls ahead of runoff vote
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Serbs seem poised this weekend to re-elect a reformist who arrested Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic, rejecting a nationalist promising closer ties with Russia - in a sign that the troubled Balkan nation is edging away from its 1990s war legacy.
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Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsPro-EU Tadic leading polls ahead of runoff vote
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Serbs seem poised this weekend to re-elect a reformist who arrested Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic, rejecting a nationalist promising closer ties with Russia - in a sign that the troubled Balkan nation is edging away from its 1990s war legacy.
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Pro-EU leader Tadic leading polls ahead of runoff presidential vote on Sunday
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ? Serbs seem poised this weekend to re-elect a reformist who arrested Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic, rejecting a nationalist promising closer ties with Russia ? in a sign that the troubled Balkan nation is edging away from its 1990s war legacy.
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Heated debate ahead of Serbia's elections
BELGRADE, Serbia, May 17 (UPI) -- Serbia's two presidential candidates took part in a bitter televised debate just ahead of next week's second round of elections.
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Serbian businessman wins legal battle against WAZ
BELGRADE -- Milan Beko has announced that his companies that own a stake in the Belgrade-based media outlet Novosti won an arbitrage case against the WAZ group.
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Serbia votes for president under threat of protest
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Challenger Tomislav Nikolic may not win, but he can sure spoil the party as Boris Tadic bids for a new term as president of Serbia and the right to lead the country into talks on joining the European Union. For the third time since 2004, reformist Tadic is poised to defeat Nikolic in Sunday's run-off, giving him five more years at the helm of Serbia as it slowly sheds the ...
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Nervy Red Star beat Borac to win Serbian Cup
Opportunist goals by South Americans Evandro and Cristian Borja in each half gave Red Star Belgrade a 2-0 win over Borac Cacak in a lively Serbian Cup final on Wednesday.
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World Football - Red Star win Serbian Cup
Evandro and Cristian Borja in each half gave Red Star Belgrade a 2-0 win over Borac Cacak in a lively Serbian Cup final.
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Serbian Cup final result
Serbian Cup final result on Wednesday Red Star Belgrade 2 Borac Cacak 0
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U.S. diplomat: Serbia will decide on joining NATO
BELGRADE -- A diplomat serving as deputy ambassador of the United States to Serbia has said that "Serbia itself should decide whether to become a member of NATO".
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Serbia placed on Belgium?s ?safe country list?
BELGRADE -- Belgian government has placed Serbia on a list of safe countries and the country will now process Serbian citizens' asylum requests faster.
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Belgrade police discover marijuana lab
BELGRADE -- Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Da?i? said Tuesday that a laboratory with 450 kilograms of artificially grown skunk marijuana had been discovered in Belgrade.
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Avram Grant leaves Partizan Belgrade
Avram Grant has left Partizan Belgrade after less than five months in charge of the Serbian club. He led Partizan to their fifth consecutive league title.
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DS leader Tadi?: People want pro-EU policy
BELGRADE -- Presidential candidate Boris Tadi? says the presidential election runoff on May 20 will see Serbia "definitely set its course for the next five years".
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