17 November 97, 19:30
Sarajevo – The remians of 30 Bosniaks missing after the Srebrenica tragedy were found on the territory of Kravice, OHR Spokesman Duncan Bullivant told the media today. He said that according to BiH sources there are more than 4,000 bodies of killed Bosniaks on this territory. The exhumation and collection of the human remains began after the November 1st meeting of the Serb and Bosniak Commission in the OHR. The idea that each side chooses a territory for exhumation came from HR Principle Deputy, Jacques Klein. Despite investigation, talks and exhumations, the 8,000 missing Srebrenica men remains a mystery, an anchor concluded.
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The Hague – The new judges took their oaths before the Hague Tribunal today. Talking in the name of his colleagues, Antonio Caseze, the Tribunal former President said that in the next four years, the Tribunal will focus all its activities on chasing the war crimes indicted. Up to now there are 80 of them on the Tribunal’s list – mostly Serbs. Follows the judges names, as well as an explanation of the Tribunal’s tasks. Caseze said that establishing of the Tribunal represented the end of the immoral practice in which persons responsible for terrifying crimes avoided punishment, the end of unaccepted practices by which the victims’ sufferings sank into oblivion. Follows comments of the competent experts on the importance of the Hague.
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Zenica – This Brigade represented a symbol of security as well as everything what was the best in our Army and our people, Alija Izetbegovic, BiH Presidency Chairman said on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the Federation Army Seventh Knight’s Mechanised Brigade, which was founded in Zenica as The Seventh Moslem Brigade. The brigade proved also a readiness to fulfil all tasks in the building up of the Federal Army. A part of the celebration, the Brigade’s equipment and weapons were on display. General Rasim Delic acknowledged the most deserving members of the Brigade.
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Jablanica – The Fourth Corps marked the fifth anniversary of its existence. The central celebration was attended by a large number of the Federal Army’s soldiers and officers, as well as political and public representatives from Sarajevo and the Hercegovina-Neretva Canton. The religious part of the celebration was held at the Mostar Cemetary.
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Sarajevo – BiH and former FRY industrial giant ENERGOINVEST is gaining its previous glory. This enterprise was awarded ISO 9002 – the international standardisation acknowledgement for the long distance power lines products in its factories. Follows an explanation of the production acknowledgement by the experts.
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Gradacac – Footage of a large celebration during which US Ambassador to BiH Kauzlaric and USAID Director Craig Buck were shown while handing over the documentation for the water supplies in Gradacac, worth five million dollars. USAID also invested another two million DEM in the reconstruction of 8 km long regional road in Tesanj.
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Mostar – Vladimir Soljic, Federation President along with Kresimir Zubak, Presidency Member and Director of the BiH enterprise Elektroprivreda, officially put into operation the reconstructed Hydro Electric Dam Mostar. Under the Croatian and BiH Federal flag, Soljic said that this plant is the largest investment in the Federation at the moment. Izudin Kapetanovic, Federal Minister for energy, mines and industry sent a letter to the Elektroprivreda Mostar before the opening ceremony, pointing out that the Mostar plant should have been reconstructed under the conditions of the BiH Ministry.
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