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...Socialist Party of Serbia, told reporters. "Even if it resumes, Milosevic's defense will easily prove that all charges against him are false." But Milosevic's opponents aren't giving up. "The trial is way too important to fall through for technical reasons," says human-rights activist Natasa Kandic. "It has to be pursued no matter how long it takes...
...shed light on dozens of unsolved murders. A special courtroom to handle the cases is being built in downtown Belgrade, complete with secret booths and bullet-proof glass. "Nothing was ever done so well in this country," says Rajko Danilovic, a prominent defense lawyer in Belgrade. Human-rights investigator Natasa Kandic calls the probe, "The first serious attack on the roots of the Milosevic regime...
...With Kostunica's legal attempts to challenge the election thwarted by the Supreme Court and his allegations of election fraud unsubstantiated, Natasa Micic looks set to become the first women head of state in Serbian history. At 37, she is also the youngest. As the Speaker of parliament, Micic will take over as acting President until successful elections are held. Red-haired and green-eyed, Micic has been nicknamed Nicole Kidman by some of her male colleagues. She resents the name. "It just shows immaturity and disregard for women on the part of our politicians," she says. "I'd rather...
...well with injuries to their pelvic areas suggesting rape, Milosevic blithely argued that the victims must have fallen and injured themselves. In caf?s from Belgrade to Bujanovac, a kind of collective amnesia is setting in. "Mass graves? People don't believe in mass graves any more," says Natasa Kandic, a human rights investigator who documented war crimes in Kosovo. "We haven't touched on our own responsibility." None of this means that Milosevic is likely to get off when the trial wraps up two years from now. Prosecutors are building a strong legal case against him. Milosevic may be holding...
...reluctance to send even indicted war criminals to the Hague, citing the risk of political instability if it acts too fast. But the reverse is also true. "If we want to build a normal society, we need to face the truth about these crimes and punish the perpetrators," says Natasa Kandic, head of a local human-rights group, the Humanitarian Law Fund. Anything less would be getting away with murder. --With reporting by Massimo Calabresi/Washington