Serena Williams beats Jankovic for 3rd Open title
NEW YORK - Serena Williams flung her racket straight up and jumped for joy, hopping and skipping and screaming and generally looking like someone who had just won her first U.S. Open title or earned her debut at No. 1.
People:Jelena Jankovic Mike Tyson Serena Williams Activities:2008 U.S. Tennis Open Source:(AP)
2008-09-08
Federer a win away from 5th straight US Open title
NEW YORK - Ominous clouds overhead, the sort of hard court that troubled him this season underfoot, Roger Federer sensed something Saturday he hadn't in quite a while. He was playing exactly like that guy named Roger Federer.
Nations:Switzerland People:Roger Federer Novak Djokovic Jelena Jankovic Andy Murray Rafael Nadal Pete Sampras Activities:2008 U.S. Tennis Open
2008-09-06
Karadzic in UN custody in Netherlands
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic sat in a U.N. jail cell Wednesday after being flown to the Netherlands in the dead of night to face charges of genocide against Muslims and Croats during the Balkan wars of the 1990s.
Nations:Serbia Netherlands People:Radovan Karadzic Source:(AP)
2008-07-30
Serb's fugitive life had mistress, bogus family
BELGRADE, Serbia - Radovan Karadzic's secret life included a mistress, a bogus family he claimed he left behind in the U.S., and frequent visits to a Belgrade pub called "The Madhouse," acquaintances said Wednesday.
Nations:Serbia People:Radovan Karadzic Tomislav Nikolic Angela Merkel Source:(AP)
2008-07-23
Top war crimes suspect arrested in Serbia
BELGRADE, Serbia - Former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic, accused architect of massacres and the politician considered most responsible for the deadly siege of Sarajevo, was arrested Monday evening in a Serbian police raid ending his 13 years as the world's most-wanted war crimes fugitive.
Nations:Serbia Bosnia Netherlands France Activities:1992-5 Bosnia War Source:(AP)
2008-07-21
Zheng stuns Ivanovic, Federer cruises
LONDON (Reuters) - World number one Ana Ivanovic's luck at Wimbledon ran out on Friday with the top seed, who survived two match points on Wednesday, hustled out in the third round by China's Zheng Jie.
People:Serena Williams Ana Ivanovic Svetlana Kuznetsova Amelie Mauresmo Roger Federer Anna Chakvetadze Activities:2008 Wimbledon
2008-06-28
Ana Ivanovic wins first French Open title
This time Ana Ivanovic was ready for the French Open final. Showing no sign of the nerves that afflicted her a year ago, Ivanovic won her first Grand Slam title Saturday by beating Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-3.
People:Ana Ivanovic Novak Djokovic Marat Safin Dinara Safina Rafael Nadal Roger Federer Activities:2008 French Tennis Open
2008-06-07
Belgrade looters become You Tube hit
Can looting be patriotic? Two women who took part in the Belgrade riots to protest Kosovo's independence seem to think the two go hand in hand. A video clip now on the Internet -- entitled "Kosovo for Sneakers" -- shows two girls going from shop to shop with armfuls of looted items.
Nations:Serbia Activities:Kosovo Independence
2008-02-23
US-Serb Tension Mounts Over Kosovo
The violence at the U.S. embassy in Belgrade that left one person dead and parts of the building damaged by fire on Thursday has provoked a furious reaction in Washington.
Nations:Serbia Russia People:Novak Djokovic George W. Bush Activities:Kosovo Independence
2008-02-22
Serbs protesters attack UN police
Serbs protesting Kosovo's independence for a fifth straight day Friday attacked U.N. police guarding a key bridge in northern Kosovo with stones, glass bottles and firecrackers on Friday.
Nations:Serbia Activities:Kosovo Independence
2008-02-22
Storming of embassy in Serbia sparks U.S. outrage
Serb rioters enraged by Kosovo's secession stormed the U.S. embassy in Belgrade and set it on fire, leaving one person dead and drawing swift condemnation from Washington and the U.N. Security Council.
Nations:Serbia Activities:Kosovo Independence
2008-02-21
Superpower divide over Kosovo widens
The U.S. and the European Union's biggest powers quickly recognized Kosovo as an independent nation Monday, widening a split with Russia, China and some EU members strongly opposed to letting the territory break away from Serbia.
Nations:Russia Romania U.K. France Germany Spain People:Ban Ki-moon Vladimir Putin Activities:Kosovo Independence
2008-02-18
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