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Croatian Serb wartime leader Goran Hadzic has refused to enter a plea at the UN war crimes court at The Hague. Pandora Bangles Mr Hadzic, now 52, led Serb rebel forces during Croatia's 1991-95 war. He faces 14 war crimes charges, including persecution, extermination and torture. He told the judges he had read the indictment against him, but declined to enter a plea. Under the rules, he can delay a plea for a month. Mr Hadzic was arrested in Serbia last week, after seven years on the run. "Mr Hadzic is not going to enter a plea today," his court-appointed attorney, Vladimir Petrovic, told the court in a hearing that lasted less than 15 minutes. tiffany silver necklace Judge O-Gon Kwon said another hearing would be set within 30 days for pleading. If Mr Hadzic continues to decline, not-guilty pleas will be entered on his behalf. Mr Hadzic was a central figure in the self-proclaimed Serb republic of Krajina in 1992-1993, leading the campaign to block Croatia's independence from Yugoslavia. He is held responsible for the massacre of almost 300 men in Vukovar in 1991 by Croatian Serb troops and for the deportation of 20,000 people from the town after it was captured. After the war, Mr Hadzic lived openly in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad until 2004, when the Hague War Crimes Tribunal indicted him and he disappeared. The breakthrough came when he tried to sell a stolen painting by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani. tiffany online store Mr Hadzic is the last fugitive of 161 indicted for war crimes during the break-up of the former Yugoslavia. His arrest comes less than two months after Serbia caught former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic. Correspondents say the country hopes the arrests and extraditions will allow it to draw a line under the war crimes story and move closer to European Union membership. The Baath party has governed Syria for nearly half a century. tiffany charms The law appears to prohibit parties founded on the basis of religion, or tribal or regional affiliation. A multi-party political system is a key demand of anti-government protesters who have taken to the streets across Syria since March to demand reform. The Baath party banned opposition groups in Syria after the military coup in 1963 that brought it to power. Under the constitution, the Baath "leads society and state". Tiffany inspired sterling "The government adopted a draft law regarding political parties in Syria as part of a programme of reform aimed at enriching the political life, creating a new dynamic and allowing for a change in political power," the official news agency Sana said. Political parties have to adhere to "democratic principles", the state agency said. Syria has seen four months of protest against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. Human rights groups say that about 1,400 civilians and 350 security forces personnel have died in the four months of protest. tiffany accessories On Friday, tens of thousands of Syrians again took to the streets in protest across the country, in defiance of a widespread crackdown. The government blames the unrest on "armed criminal gangs" backed by a foreign conspiracy.

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Par bunny0025 le mardi 26 juillet 2011

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