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China leads medal race after day two of competition at London Paralympics

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 20:00:04 GMT

Saturday, September 1, 2012

Medal ceremony for women's 10m SH1 standing air rifle
Image: Laura Hale.

London, England — Following the second full day of competition at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, China leads the medal race with 13 gold medals and 34 medals in total. Australia comes second with 7 gold, and the Ukraine is third with 6 gold medals.

China's large medal haul was distributed across several sports, with 15 from swimming, 5 each from athletics and track cycling, 4 from judo, 3 from powerlifting, 2 from shooting.

Australia's first medal of the Games was won in women's standing air rifle shooting event where Natalie Smith captured a bronze medal during the first medal event of the Games. One of Australia's bronze medals came in athletics' F35–36 shot put event. Kath Proudfoot originally was listed as finishing fifth, but the Australians appealed this citing errors in how her results were calculated. Their appeal was successful, and Proudfoot came away with her second consecutive Paralympic medal in the event.

Over half the medals won by the United States came in swimming, with 7 total. The country has earned an additional 3 in track cycling and 1 in athletics.

A number of competitors have already earned multiple medals, including Australia's Jacqueline Freney and Matthew Cowdrey, and the United States's Jessica Long and Elizabeth Stone who all picked up a pair of medals in the pool.

Rank	Country	Men Gold	Men Silver	Men Bronze	Men Total	Women Gold	Women Silver	Women Bronze	Women Total	Total Gold	Total Silver	Total Bronze	Total Total	Rank by total
1	China	8	7	5	20	5	3	6	14	13	10	11	34	1
2	Australia	2	2	3	7	5	2	5	12	7	4	8	19	3
3	Ukraine	4	2	2	8	2	3	3	8	6	5	5	16	4
4	Russia	3	2	2	7	2	1	1	4	5	3	3	11	5
5	Great Britain	2	6	4	12	2	5	1	8	4	11	5	20	2
6	United States	2		2	4	2	1	4	7	4	1	6	11	5
7	Germany	1	2	4	7	2	2		4	3	4	4	11	5
8	Canada	1	1		2	1	2	1	4	2	3	1	6	9
9	Brazil	2	1		3		1	2	3	2	2	2	6	9
10	Nigeria	1	2		3	1			1	2	2		4	12
11	Azerbaijan	1			1	1			1	2			2	21
12	Spain	1	2	1	4		2	4	6	1	4	5	10	8
13	New Zealand					1	2	2	5	1	2	2	5	11
14	Turkey		1		1	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	4	12
15	France	1	1	1	3			1	1	1	1	2	4	12
15	Netherlands	1			1		1	2	3	1	1	2	4	12
17	Italy			1	1	1	1		2	1	1	1	3	16
18	Egypt	1		2	3					1		2	3	16
19	Cuba			1	1	1			1	1		1	2	21
19	Denmark	1		1	2					1		1	2	21
19	Republic of Korea	1		1	2					1		1	2	21
19	South Africa			1	1	1			1	1		1	2	21
23	Belarus	1			1					1			1	29
23	Hungary	1			1					1			1	29
23	Ireland					1			1	1			1	29
23	Latvia	1			1					1			1	29
23	Morocco					1			1	1			1	29
23	MKD					1			1	1			1	29
23	Serbia	1			1					1			1	29
30	Czech Republic		2	1	3						2	1	3	16
30	Mexico		2	1	3						2	1	3	16
32	Argentina		1	1	2						1	1	2	21
32	Croatia		1	1	2						1	1	2	21
34	Norway						1		1		1		1	29
34	Poland						1		1		1		1	29
34	Sweden		1		1						1		1	29
34	Chinese Taipei						1		1		1		1	29
34	Tunisia						1		1		1		1	29
34	Uzbekistan		1		1						1		1	29
40	Algeria			3	3							3	3	16
41	Venezuela			2	2							2	2	21
42	Hong Kong, China			1	1							1	1	29
42	Iran							1	1			1	1	29
42	Israel							1	1			1	1	29
Total		37	37	41	115	31	31	35	97	68	68	76	212

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2012 Paralympic Village occupied by competitors as nations ready for the Games

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 03:02:20 GMT

Sunday, August 26, 2012

London, England —

The Paralympic Village officially opened on Wednesday in London, with many nations having moved in as of Saturday in preparation for the start of the games. Press access has been limited, as Paralympic Games organisers are trying to give competitors as much privacy in the village as possible.

A Ukranian Paralympian
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A pair of Canadian Paralympians
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The Irish section of the village is decorated with signs bearing pictures
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A member of Team Great Britain uses a mobile phone while in the Village
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A member of the Cuban delegation
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Members of the Brazilian delegation
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Team Canada moves in a large group around the Village
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Two members of Team USA (right) pass an Angolan competitor (left).
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An Aremenian SB5 swimmer
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A Cuban Paralympian in the village
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A sign outside the Spanish part of the Paralympic Village
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Two members of the Iranian delegation
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An Iraqi competitor and an unnamed member of the United States delegation chat
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McDonalds is located inside the Paralympic Dining Hall; athletes receive meals free of charge.
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A Team Great Britain football player
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A pair of women from Uzbekistan
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Members of the Croatian delegation took out their umbrellas after it started to rain
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Senegal and Palestinian delegation members wait outside the gate to be officially welcomed to the Village
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A pair of Australians walk past the Hungarian part of the Paralympic Village
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A pair of Colombian Paralympians are guided around the Village by two Paralympic volunteers
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Azerbaijan win 2011 Eurovision Song Contest

Sun, 15 May 2011 13:57:51 GMT

Sunday, May 15, 2011

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"Eurovision Song Contest 2011 Final" — Eurovision, May 14, 2011
"Azerbaijan wins the Eurovision Song Contest" — BBC News Online, May 15, 2011
"Winner's Press Conference: "We want to bring Europe together"" — Eurovision.tv, May 15, 2011
"Eurovision 2011: Semifinals results revealed" — ESC Today, May 15, 2011

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Former Yugoslavian footballer Stjepan Bobek dies aged 86

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:17:34 GMT

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Former Yugoslav footballer Stjepan Bobek has died at the age of 86. His death was confirmed by doctors at the Belgrade emergency clinic. However, the cause of death was not given.

Born in the Croatian capital, Zagreb, Bobek gained fame while playing for Partizan Belgrade. He joined them in 1945 and stayed until 1958. During his time with the team, he scored 403 goals in 468 appearances. No one else has ever made more appearances or scored more goals for the club than Bobek. In 1995 he was voted the best player in Partizan's history.

Bobek also played international football. He played for the Yugoslavian national side and appeared 63 times and scored a total of 38 goals. He also won two Olympic silver medals for Yugoslavia in 1948 and 1952.

After Bobek retired from his playing career he became a football manager. He coached in several countries including Poland, Tunisia, and Greece as well as Yugoslavia.

When Yugoslavia broke up in the 1990s, Bobek remained in the Serbian capital of Belgrade.

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"Former Yugoslavian International Stjepan Bobek Dies Aged 86" — Peace FM, August 23, 2010
"Yugoslav soccer legend Stjepan Bobek dies at age 86" — Associated Press, August 22, 2010

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Slovenia votes in favour of Croatian border deal

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:20:40 GMT

Monday, June 7, 2010

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Reuters. "Slovenians Seem to Favor Arbitration in Border Dispute With Croatia" — New York Times, June 7, 2010
Snjezana Vukic. "Referendum: Slovenians narrowly support government's border deal with Croatia" — Canadian Press, June 7, 2010
"Slovenia backs Croatian talks over land dispute" — Euronews, June 6, 2010
"Slovenes vote in referendum on Croatia border deal" — BBC News Online, June 6, 2010
EU Press Release. "President Barroso welcomes result of referendum in Slovenia" — European Union, June 6, 2010

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Wikinews Shorts: January 10, 2010

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:44:40 GMT

A compilation of brief news reports for Sunday, January 10, 2010 .

1 Croatian president pardons convicted war criminal
2 Saudi Arabian court commutes Canadian's death sentence
3 Thousands attend murdered Ottawa police officer's funeral
4 Gunman opens fire at ABB Factory in St Louis, Missouri
5 Sarkozy wins fraud case; awarded one Euro
6 Creator of Gumby, Art Clokey, dies at age 88

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Croatian president pardons convicted war criminal [edit]

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Outgoing Croatian president Stjepan Mesić pardoned 36-year-old Siniša Rimac, a convicted war criminal, jailed for eight years for participating in executions of Serb civilians back in 1991, when Croatia was at war with Serb forces. Among other crimes, he is guilty for killing a 12-year old girl. At that time he was part of a military unit led by Tomislav Merčep, who was never prosecuted.

Rimac's jail term was shortened by one year, following president Mesić's decision.

Serbian president Boris Tadić described the act as "anti-european" and "anti-civilisational" that cannot be justified.

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"Mesic pardoned man convicted for murder of Serbian civilians" — Blic, January 8, 2010
"Tadić: Pomilovanje ratnog zločinca anticivilizacijski čin" — Jutarnji List, January 8, 2010
"Mesić pomilovao ubojicu Rimca iz Pakračke poljane" — Jutarnji List, January 6, 2010

Saudi Arabian court commutes Canadian's death sentence [edit]

Mohamed Kohail, a Canadian resident convicted for a deadly school fight in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia will not be executed as originally sentenced. The country's highest court, the Supreme Council, cancelled the death sentence but ordered that Kohail face retrial in the case. The Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade confirmed this development on Saturday.

Kohail's younger brother Sultan is also charged in this case and could also be sentenced to death as his case was moved from the youth court to the adult system. Both brothers deny that they had caused the death of Munzer Haraki during the 2007 brawl.

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"Saudi court revokes Montrealer's death sentence" — CBC News, January 9, 2010
Linda Nguyen. "Montreal man spared beheading for fatal school fight in Saudi Arabia" — Canwest News Service, January 9, 2010
Richard Deschamps. "Mohammed Kohail's death sentence revoked" — CJAD, January 9, 2010

Thousands attend murdered Ottawa police officer's funeral [edit]

More than 4,000 police officers attended the funeral of Constable Ireneusz "Eric" Czapnik in Ottawa, Ontario on Thursday. Czapnik was stabbed to death outside the Ottawa Hospital's Civic campus the previous Tuesday while completing paperwork at his vehicle. He was the first Ottawa police officer to be killed on duty since 1983.

Kevin Gregson, a suspended RCMP officer, is charged in connection with Czapnik's murder.

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"Slain officer honoured at massive funeral" — CBC News, January 7, 2010
"Thousands gather to honour slain Ottawa cop" — Ottawa Citizen, January 7, 2010
Joanna Smith. "Thousands gather to honour slain Ottawa constable" — Toronto Star, January 7, 2010

Gunman opens fire at ABB Factory in St Louis, Missouri [edit]

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2010 ABB plant shootings

At 6:30a.m. Friday local time (1230 UTC) a gunman entered an ABB factory in St. Louis, Missouri, and began shooting. At this time it appears that he had killed three and injured five others, then himself. St. Louis Police Chief Dan Isom says, ""We are very confident that this is the shooter." Reports say that there were two bodies found on the outside of the factory and two bodies, including that of the shooter, found on the interior.

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"Gunman on rampage at Missouri factory" — BBC News Online, January 7, 2010
"ABB Has Received Reports Of A Shooting At Its St Louis Site" — Wall Street Journal, January 7, 2010
"8 people shot, 3 fatally, at St. Louis factory, police say" — CNN, January 7, 2010
Kim Bell. "Worker goes on rampage, shoots 8, kills 3 co-workers" — St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 7, 2010

Sarkozy wins fraud case; awarded one Euro [edit]

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A French court ruled in favor of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in a fraud case where fraudsters stole money from his bank accounts. He was awarded one Euro (US$1.43, ₤0.89) in damages.

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"Sarkozy awarded €1 in fraud case" — Independent.ie, January 9, 2010
"France's Sarkozy Awarded One Euro In Fraud Case" — New York Times, January 8, 2010

Creator of Gumby, Art Clokey, dies at age 88 [edit]

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Art Clokey, a pioneer in the field of claymation, died Friday due to chronic disease. Clokey was well know for one of the characters he created, Gumby.

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Jason Felch. "Art Clokey dies at 88; creator of Gumby" — Los Angeles Times, January 9, 2010
"Gumby creator pases away" — The Sydney Morning Herald, January 9, 2010

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Croatian ruling party expels ex-PM from membership

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:49:18 GMT

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Croatia

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"Croatia: Ruling party ousts ex-PM for criticism" — Taiwan News, January 5, 2010
Neil MacDonald. "Croatia’s ruling party expels former PM" — Financial Times, January 4, 2010
"Predsjedništvo HDZ-a izbacilo Sanadera iz stranke!" — Jutarnji list, January 4, 2010
"Kosor potvrdila: Sanader izbrisan iz HDZ-a!" — Index.hr, January 4, 2010

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Run-off likely in Croatian presidential elections

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:19:29 GMT

Monday, December 28, 2009

Croatia

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Stefan Bos. "Josipovic, Bandic to Vie for Croatian Presidency in Run-off" — Voice of America, December 27, 2009
The Wall Street Journal. "Runoff Vote Is Likely in Croatia Presidential Election" — December 27, 2009

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Bosnian football fan's suspected killer escapes police custody

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:29:45 GMT

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Oliver Knezovic, who is suspected of killing a Bosnia and Herzegovinan football club fan in the southwest town of Siroki Brijeg, has escaped from the custody of judicial police, local media reported on Tuesday.

Police have launched an investigation and the officers responsible for Knezovic have been suspended. Media reports suggest he fled to Croatia.

The president of the Supreme Court of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Amir Jagnjac, said that Knezovic escaped at around midnight on Tuesday from the custody of police. He said that the officers who were on duty when Knezovic made his escape have been suspended.

Sarajevo resident Vedran Puljic, aged 24, was killed by a gunshot on Sunday in clashes that broke out as soon as fans of the Sarajevo team arrived in Siroki Brijeg to watch the game against the local football squad.

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"VIDEO: Oliver Knezovic escaped judicial police" — Javno, October 6, 2009

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Chilean court jails ex-army officers for murdering witness in Croatian arms deal

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:41:26 GMT

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

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Eva Vergara. "Chilean officers get prison in arms deal cover up" — Associated Press, October 5, 2009
"Chile officers jailed for murder" — BBC News Online, October 6, 2009

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Tilting train derails in Croatia, six dead

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:05:24 GMT

Saturday, July 25, 2009

A Croatian Railways tilting train of the same type as the one involved in the accident

A Croatian train en route from the capital, Zagreb, to the Dalmatian city of Split crashed, killing six and wounding 40, according to medical authorities. The incident occurred 12:08 pm (1008 GMT), when the two-carriage tilting train derailed near the town of Kaštela, outside Split. 91 passengers were reported to be aboard the train at the time of the disaster, including foreign tourists. Among the injured are: 18 Croatian, 6 French, 2 Australian, 3 Swedish and four others; a Belgian, British, Slovenian and Pakistani national.

The cause of the crash is still unknown, but passengers claim that the speed of the train was excessive. Other reports say railway workers put anti-weed ointment on the tracks before the accident, making them slippery.

Shortly after the crash, a railway works vehicle coming to the site of the accident, also reportedly in excessive speed, nearly hit emergency workers and reporters. No one was injured in the incident, but was filmed by a TV crew.

Croatian media say that this is the worst railway accident to have occurred in independent Croatia, adding that if the train derailed into a ravine, which is several meters ahead, the death toll could have been much higher.

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"Iz tračnica izletio nagibni vlak na relaciji Zagreb-Split" — Jutarnji list, July 24, 2009
"Tragedija kod Kaštela: Nagibni vlak iskočio iz tračnica, šestero mrtvih" — Večernji list, July 24, 2009
"VIDEO: Lokomotiva skoro ubila spasioce" — RTL, July 24, 2009
"'Four killed, 20 injured' in Croatia train crash" — France 24, July 24, 2009
"Six die in Croatia train crash" — BBC News Online, July 24, 2009

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48th International Children's Festival in Šibenik - 2008

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:41:28 GMT

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Image from the 47th Internationl Children's Festival - Šibenik - July 2007

For two weeks, from Saturday June 21 to Saturday July 5 2008, Šibenik, Croatia will be welcoming the whole world at the 48th International Children's Festival. Musicians, actors, film-makers, poets, puppeteers and other performance artists will perform for the young spectators.

Performances generally take place in the evening, while budding artists will have access to numerous workshops during the day.

At the peek of summer, children will be able to train their creativity in the cool yard of a Baroque hotel, explore the mysterious network of the wells and tanks of an old city or launch an attack on the numerous strongholds which once protected the city, the first one constructed by the Croatian kings.

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Barbara Borgin. "48th International Children's Festival in Šibenik - 2008" — LinguaVeritas.com, June 21, 2008

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NATO summit in Bucharest enters second day

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:16:47 GMT

Thursday, April 3, 2008

President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush yesterday, with Romania’s President Traian Basescu and Mrs. Maria Basescu, left, and NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Mrs. Jeannine de Hoop Scheffer during the NATO Summit official greeting at the Cotroceni Palace in Bucharest.
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One of the biggest gatherings of world leaders, the 20th annual NATO summit which began on Wednesday continued today in Bucharest.

NATO leaders begin negotiations in earnest over Afghanistan Thursday, after the opening day of their summit in Bucharest saw a successful French offer of more troops, but a public disagreement over the alliance's enlargement.

In the morning, the heads of the 26-strong alliance will hold their first formal working session, picking up on the themes of Wednesday's dinner - enlargement, Kosovo and Afghanistan, plus other issues.

The conflict of interests involves a delicate diplomatic brinkmanship between NATO's historic open-door policy and Russia's feeling that the alliances' borders are growing too close for comfort.

At the Bucharest summit, Albania and Croatia too will begin the formal process of their membership.

NATO's backing of a United States missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic has been harshly condemned by Vladimir Putin, who will be making his first appearance at this year's summit to express his fears of a new arms race.

The leaders of Albania and Croatia will get their first taste of NATO's highest body, when they sit with their counterparts, alongside Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, in a special session.

The ambitions of Macedonia, the southernmost of the former Yugoslav republics -- have been challenged by neighbour Greece in a dispute over its official name.

Greece refuses to recognise the former Yugoslav republic's name because it is the same as that of the northern Greek province of Macedonia and Athens worries that this could imply a claim on its territory.

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"Afghanistan on agenda as NATO leaders meet Ban, Karzai" — AFP, April 3, 2008
"Nato summit begins in Bucharest" — Al Jazeera and agencies, April 3, 2008

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Explosions target ethnic Albanians in Croatia

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:37:15 GMT

Thursday, February 21, 2008

One of the targeted vans.
Image: Orlovic.

Pula, Croatia - Blasts destroyed two vans owned by ethnic Albanian shop owners at two different locations in Pula, a city in the Croatian region of Istria. There were no injuries in the explosions and there was no responsibility attributed.

Relatives of the shop owners attributed the explosions to the present situation regarding the declaration of independence of Kosovo. There are some 2,000 ethnic Albanians in Istria.

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"Podmetnuta bomba albanskim pekarima u Puli" — index.hr, February 21, 2008 (Croatian)
"Prijetnje Albancima u Puli" — Hrvatska Radiotelevizija, February 21, 2008 (Croatian)

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