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When Laima Springe-Janssen was looking to replace her French-made gasoline-powered SUV with an electric car, she considered models from Volvo and Nissan. The Volvo extras she wanted would have busted her budget, while the Nissan lacked the “wow factor.” The Copenhagen, Denmark, resident ended up buying a compact SUV from China’s BYD. “I really, really love the car,” Springe-Janssen said. For the equivalent of about $50,000, the Atto 3 SUV came with “all these goodies” like a 360-degree dash cam, two years of free charging and an extra set of winter tires. Her husband likes it so much he’s considering...

SARAJEVO, Feb 2 (Reuters) - A Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect whose wife was killed in a shootout with European Union soldiers during his arrest in January is to go free on a legal technicality, Bosnia's state court said on Thursday. For the moment, Dragomir Abazovic is still in hospital because he shot himself in the head during the operation, in which his 11 year-old son was also wounded, allegedly while firing back at EUFOR troops along with his mother. Abazovic was indicted in 2002 for war crimes against Muslims in his home area of Rogatica in eastern Bosnia during...