Clinton's 11 foot statue in Kosovo
In the late 1990s Bill Clinton ordered the heavy bombing of Serbian forces in the Balkans to prevent them from massacring ethnic-Albanians. Today, over ten years later, those ethnic Albanians now have their own state: Kosovo. And Clinton has his own memento: an 11 foot tall statue of himself in Pristina, Kosovo's capital. (clipped by user jeffissleeping)
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Kosovo is one of the world's newest countries, having declared independence from Serbia last year. It's been a tenuous existence at times, and not without tension. When independence was declared, we produced a Collective Journalism piece about the Kosovars' perspective on this momentous occasion.
Kosovo: Free at Last
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[/caption]Kosovo is one of the world's newest countries, having declared independence from Serbia last year. It's been a tenuous existence at times, and not without tension. When independence was declared, we produced a Collective Journalism piece about the Kosovars' perspective on this momentous occasion.
Kosovo: Free at Last
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- The economy grows again - Champagne time yet?
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