Reuters - Bosnia's veterinary office said on Monday tests at the European Union reference laboratory had confirmed its first case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in two wild swans.

Reuters - Serbia is doing everything in its power to bring war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic to justice, Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said on Friday, as the EU put more pressure on Belgrade to meet its demands.

AFP - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) starts hearings in a landmark genocide case brought by Bosnia against Serbia-Montenegro, the first ever state-level genocide case to be heard past the preliminary stages by the UN's highest court.

AP - Generals and politicians have been convicted of genocide, but the U.N.'s highest court will consider Monday whether a nation — in this case Serbia — can be guilty of humanity's worst crime.

Reuters - Serbia expects censure from the European Union this week for not delivering Ratko Mladic to the Hague tribunal, but believes it has one more month to rescue its EU membership bid by arresting the war crimes fugitive.

Reuters - Initial tests in Slovakia showed the H5N1 strain of bird flu in a wild falcon and a grebe, the first two cases of the virus found in the country, Agriculture Minister Zsolt Simon said on Thursday.

Reuters - Ignoring government denials that fugitive general Ratko Mladic has been cornered after four years on the run, the Serbian press offered up to half a dozen versions on Thursday of what was really going on.

AFP - The European Commission warned Serbia that talks on closer ties with the European Union could be "disrupted" by the lack of full cooperation with UN war crimes prosecutors.

AP - Serb security officials insisted Wednesday talks were under way for the surrender of top war crimes suspect Gen. Ratko Mladic, despite denials by the government and the chief U.N. war crimes prosecutor.

AP - Pick up this month's Hollywood issue of Vanity Fair and you'll see two lovely young stars-of-the-moment, Keira Knightley and Scarlett Johansson, posing alluringly in the altogether. Open the foldout, and you'll even see Johansson's bare buttocks.

AFP - Serbian authorities are poised to arrest top Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic despite government denials that the genocide suspect is close to capture.

AFP - The fate of "most wanted" war crime fugitive Ratko Mladic remained unclear as Serbian media reported he was closer to custody than ever since being indicted for genocide a decade ago, despite the government's denial of his arrest.

AFP - Top Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic was arrested in Belgrade, more than a decade after he was indicted for ordering the Srebrenica massacre, B92 radio quoted an unofficial source as saying.

AP - Sarajevo's authorities declared Luciano Pavarotti an honorary citizen because of his support for Bosnia during the war here, city officials announced Tuesday.

Reuters - "Grbavica," an emotional tale of war and rape and their consequences from first-time Bosnian director Jasmila Zbanic, won the Golden Bear for best film at the 2006 Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday.

Reuters - "Grbavica," an emotional tale of war and rape and their consequences from first-time Bosnian director Jasmila Zbanic, won the Golden Bear for best film at the 2006 Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday.

AP - Jasmila Zbanic's "Grbavica," a film examining how a single mother and her 12-year-old daughter struggle with the cruel aftermath of the Bosnian war, won the top prize at the Berlin film festival on Saturday.

AFP - An Australian court has adjourned extradition proceedings against a man accused of committing war crimes during the Balkans conflict of the early 1990s, pending a legal challenge.

Reuters - Serbia has arrested a former Bosnian Serb army officer suspected of helping top war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic evade justice as part of a move to crack down on his network, a Serbian court official said on Thursday.

Statistical analysts working out of converted prison cell on the island nation of East Timor produce the first scientific count of the victims of Indonesian occupation, after surveying grave sites and crunching data with Python, Java and custom shell scripts. By Ann Harrison.