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Concern that independent-minded judges may lose their jobs in purge of legal system.
Top international official in Bosnia acts to curb Banja Luka's powers.
Should the army of Serbia-Montenegro be allowed to take part in peacekeeping operations so soon after the Balkan wars?
IWPR inquiry prompts region-wide debate on growing sex trade.
International officials pledge to crack down hard on Kosovo Albanian criminals
The nationalist government has angered the West by threatening to detain an ethnic Albanian leader.
In order to survive, some prostitutes in the Fergana valley have joined in the fight against crime.
Poverty and the ready availability of heroin have led many women to take up drug dealing.
Critics question the value of holding elections when so many problems remain, but others say it's too late to waver.