Word: republika
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...after a declaration of independence, thus compelling the U.N. to impose martial law. Violence could also flare if ethnic Albanians attempt to march on Mitrovice to prevent it from seceding. Any such conflict could easily spill across borders. Meanwhile, Serbs in neighboring Bosnia, where they have their own statelet, Republika Srpska, have threatened to break away if Kosovo secedes...
...Bosnian Muslims, the largest ethnic group in the region, are pushing to dismantle Republika Srpska, the Serb-dominated entity created by the 1995 Dayton peace accord and one of the two ethnically centered statelets, or entities, that comprise Bosnia. The other is the Muslim-Croat federation. Each has its own parliament, government and president. (Bosnia as a whole has a weak central government and a three-member presidency: one Serb, one Muslim and one Croat.) Bosnian Serbs are threatening to secede and merge with neighboring Serbia. "When I hear people talk on the news and in the cafes...
...were ill-prepared for the war, took much more casulties than Serbs, who were well armed and supported by Serbia; they now feel that Serbs were unjustly rewarded by being allowed to have their own statelet in Bosnia. Tihic, and other leading Muslim politicians have repeatedly stated that Republika Srpska "is built on genocide and agression" and should therefore be abolished. Serbian leaders, such as Srpska's Prime Minister Milorad Dodik, would have none of that. "Serbs are sick and tired of being collectively treated as war criminals by Sarajevo," Dodik said in a newspaper interview on Monday...
...Bosnia on and off for the past decade. nato troops stationed there have conducted numerous raids looking for him, after being accused of turning a blind eye to his whereabouts in the immediate aftermath of the war. Newly elected leaders of the Serbian part of Bosnia, known as Republika Srpska, say they are stepping up their own search for Karadzic, though few expect results soon. But authorities in both countries appear to have tried harder in recent months. "I believe that the authorities are now seriously pursuing Mladic," a Western diplomat said last week in Belgrade. Moderates in the government...
...have been prompted by the U.S. and E.U.'s renewed pressure on Serbia to deliver Mladic or face economic sanctions. "We definitely see some movement on this issue," a senior Western diplomat says. "There's room for optimism." Karadzic, meanwhile, is allegedly hiding in the southeastern part of Republika Srpska (RS), a Serb-controlled entity in Bosnia. RS President Dragan Cavic has a unique proposal. "If I was in Karadzic's shoes, I would opt for a drastic solution," Cavic told a local newspaper. "One such solution is suicide, and that is something I would choose...