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GORAZDEVAC - Serbia marks the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attack in which two Serb children were murdered and four more were wounded on the bank of the Bistrica River in Gorazdevac near Pec, north-west Kosovo-Metohija (KiM).

UN chief urges special court for KLA crimes

NEW YORK -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the Kosovo authorities and the EU to establish, by early 2015 at the latest, a special war crimes court.

It would deal with war crimes committed in Kosovo by the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in 1999.

NEW YORK - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the Kosovo authorities and the EU to establish, by early 2015 at the latest, a special court to deal with war crimes committed in Kosovo-Metohija by the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in 1999.

Israel's right to security does not justify its actions in Gaza, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Monday, as he called for a political solution to be "imposed" by the international community.
      
"How many more deaths will it take to stop what must be called the carnage in Gaza?" Fabius said in a statement.        

The UN Security Council Monday joined US President Barack Obama in calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, after Israel and Hamas ignored calls for a truce despite mounting civilian casualties.
      

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un guided the military's latest rocket-firing drill, state media said Sunday, confirming the missile launch which was conducted in defiance of UN censure.          

"Industrial scale evidence tampering"

CANBERRA -- Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Tuesday that he saw "industrial scale evidence tampering"at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines MH17.

It is part of an apparent cover-up attempt, he was quoted as saying in a Reuters report.

At least 512 Palestinians have died and more than 3000 have been injured since the start of Israel's offensive in the Gaza strip earlier in July.

The data from Hamas-controlled Gaza's Health Ministry came as the UN Security Council urged a ceasefire between the Israeli army and Palestinian militants.

Moscow has said it is ready to support a resolution at the UN Security Council condemning the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 downed in Ukraine last week.

Israeli diplomatic missions targeted by demonstrators

ANKARA -- The Turkish police used water cannons to disperse demonstrators who threw stones at the Israeli consulate in Istanbul.

They were protesting against Israel's ground offensive in the Gaza Strip.