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  »  BULGARIA: Refuge Can Get Worse Than Rejection
     A protest to close down Busmantsi, a detention centre for undocumented migrants in Sofia, highlighted the obstacles faced by refugees and asylum- seekers in Bulgaria.
  »  BALKANS: Yugoslavia Tribunal Faces Uncertain Legacy
     On the eve of World Day for International Justice, launched to recognise the emerging body of international criminal law, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) faces an uncertain legacy. Initially slated to finish its work in 2008, the ICTY is two years behind schedule and at least four years from the final thump of its gavel.
  »  ROMANIA: Digging Gold With a Cyanide Lining
     Canadian company Gabriel Resources has managed to resurrect a cyanide-based gold exploitation project which had been declared illegal in courts, and is opposed by most Romanians.
  »  BALKANS: Economic Crisis Takes Harsh Toll
     It's been quite a while since Mevliha Cebo enjoyed the job she was educated for: a pre-school teacher in her native Sarajevo.
  »  CZECH REPUBLIC: Women Resist All-Male Cabinet
     Women's rights campaigners say the Czech Republic's new government has effectively told women they have no relevance to the country's future after the new cabinet was formed ? without a single female minister.
  »  KGB Back in Fashion in Ukraine
     Regular police torture of suspects, a crackdown on press freedom and the right to assembly, and a return to KGB methods of intimidation and forced collaboration are part of "alarming" breaches of human rights in the Ukraine, international and domestic rights groups have warned.
  »  Swiss Knives Out for Migrants
     The disputed 'black sheep' placards may soon return to Swiss streets. The country's Federal Council and parliament have validated a right-wing initiative calling for the automatic deportation of criminal foreigners.
  »  'This Is Worse Than Guantanamo'
     A former Guantanamo Bay prisoner at a refugee detention centre in Slovakia has said he is prepared to die in hunger strike after living five months in conditions he says are worse than in the infamous U.S. prison.
  »  EAST EUROPE: Healthcare Ails as Doctors, Nurses Emigrate
     Senior medical figures in Eastern Europe have issued stark warnings that the region's healthcare sector is both unstable and unsustainable as health workers continue to leave in droves for jobs abroad.
  »  Q&A: Laying to Rest the Ghosts of the Past - With Truth
     This year marks 15 years since the bloody war in Bosnia - Herzegovina (BH) ended. Apart from the 44-month siege of the capital of Sarajevo by Bosnian Serb forces there was the massacre of some 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys after the United Nations-protected enclave of Srebrenica fell into their hands.