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- Unrepentant Mladic proud of his Bosnian "legacy"
 (Reuters) - There is something shocking about Ratko Mladic in court. Old and infirm, he is a shadow of the strutting Bosnian Serb general who once struck fear into the hearts of Muslims and Croats. But physical weakness has not dimmed his belief in himself or his cause, or prompted a flicker of remorse over the war crimes for which he goes on trial in The Hague on Wednesday. "The whole world knows who I am," he told a pre-trial hearing last year. "I am General Ratko Mladic. I defended my people, my country ... now I am defending myself. ...
- Google, Twitter quizzed on Facebook-Instagram: source
 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reached out to Google Inc and Twitter in an investigation into Facebook Inc's $1 billion acquisition of photo-sharing service Instagram, a source familiar with the probe told Reuters. It was not immediately clear what specific information the FTC was looking for, the source said. The Commission automatically initiates a review of any acquisition of significant size. ...
- Allies of Albanian president create new party
 TIRANA (Reuters) - Allies of Albanian President Bamir Topi announced the creation of a new party on Monday, threatening to shake up the Balkan country's polarized political scene and challenge Prime Minister Sali Berisha. Topi's five-year term as president is due to end in July and he is expected to take charge of the new centre-right party, New Democratic Spirit (NDS), when members elect a leader in September. Since the fall of communism two decades ago, politics in Albania has been dominated by Berisha's Democratic Party and the Socialist Party, currently in opposition. ...
- Bosnian war crimes court jails first woman
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - A Bosnian Muslim woman was jailed on Monday for the wartime murders of Croat civilians and prisoners of war, in the country's first conviction of a woman for crimes committed during the 1992-95 conflict. Rasema Handanovic, 39, a single mother and naturalized U.S. citizen, had pleaded guilty to the killings of six Bosnian Croats during an attack on the southern village of Trusina in April 1993. The judge, Jasmina Kosovic, said Handanovic had been the victim of a wartime rape before committing the Trusina crimes and had lost several family members in the conflict. ...
- Balkan states raise $395 million for refugees
 Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro raised Tuesday some €300 million ($395 million) at an international donors conference to help house 74,000 people who have been living as refugees for over two decades.
- Oldest Croatia dock slowly sinks as EU entry nears
KRALJEVICA, Croatia (Reuters) - The smell of machine oil and scrapped metal lingers in the musty workshops of the Kraljevica dock, the only reminder of the oldest Croatian shipyard's glory. That, and two almost-finished boats that may never be completed. The workers in grey or blue overalls shuffle around, smoking and talking. Most of the machinery is at least 50 years old and unmanned. ...
- Bosnia government adopts budget to open IMF door
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's central government adopted a much-delayed budget for 2012 on Wednesday, setting out wage and spending cuts as the Balkan country seeks talks next month with the International Monetary Fund on a new loan deal. Political bickering between rival Serb, Croat and Muslim leaders had delayed adoption of the budget and cost the country a B2 to B3 downgrade this month from Moody's ratings agency, in junk territory. Prime Minister Vjekoslav Bevanda told reporters that his cabinet had adopted a budget of 950 million Bosnian marka ($638 million) for state institutions. ...
- New iPad coming to 12 additional countries this week
Apple said its third-generation iPad tablet is expected to be available in South Korea and 11 other countries this week.
The thin, light device has a branded Retina display, 10-hour battery life, and 5 megapixel camera, among other features.
The new iPad is expected to be available starting April 20 in Brunei, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Malaysia, Panama, St. Maarten, Uruguay and Venezuela, and beginning April 27 in Colombia, Estonia, India, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania,...
- Apple to bring new iPad to 12 countries Friday
Apple Inc. will launch its third-generation iPad in 12 countries Friday.
The product will become available in Brunei, Croatia, Cyprus, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Malaysia, Panama, South Korea, St. Maarten, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
One week later, another list of countries will get the product: Colombia, Estonia, India, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, South Africa, and Thailand.
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