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At the retrial of 12 former Yugoslav Army troops for war crimes during the 1999 conflict in Kosovo, a Serbian ex-fighter recalled how scores of Albanian civilians were shot and died “like sheep”.

Twelve former Yugoslav Army troops who are being retried for allegedly killing more than 118 Kosovo Albanians near the town of Pec/Peja in 1999 have pleaded not guilty.

A former Serb army commander serving a 20-year sentence for his role in the massacre of Croats during the Balkans wars has died in Lisbon at the age of 68, the Portuguese government said on Aug. 18.

The Kosovo assembly has not accepted a proposal to consider a draft resolution on alleged genocide by Yugoslav army and police forces against ethnic Albanians.

45 deputies on Monday voted in favor of including the draft in the agenda, 55 were against, while five abstained.

On her visit to Kosovo on Sunday, Nuland is expected to try to persuade MPs to back unpopular constitutional changes that will allow for the establishment of a special court to handle war crimes committed by the Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, in the 199os conflict.

Nuland will meet President Atifete Jahjaga, Prime Minister Isa Mustafa and Foreign Minister Hashim Thaçi.

TRAGIC DEATH Legendary Serbian pilot commits suicide Video

Pilot Stevan Popov took his own life on Wednesday in Novi Sad, around 6 p.m. Popov was a hero of the civil war in SFRJ, who saved around 40.000 people.

Pilot Stevan Popov took his own life on Wednesday in Novi Sad, the local website 021.rs is reporting.

The 68-year-old father of four, who for 23 years worked for the former national carrier JAT and for a while held a rank in the former Yugoslav army, JNA, reserves, used a pistol to commit suicide, according to this source.

Mihailovic ruling welcomed, and condemned

BELGRADE -- Thursday's decision by the Higher Court in Belgrade to rehabilitate Dragoljub Draza Mihailovic has been hailed by some and condemned by others.

SID, - The 70th anniversary of the breaking of the Syrmian Front was marked within the memorial complex in Adasevci near Sid on Saturday.

Three men accused of being part of a Yugoslav Army unit that killed 46 ethnic Albanians in an attack on the Kosovo village of Ljubenic in 1999 pleaded not guilty to war crimes.