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A former Canadian soldier was so badly traumatized by a six-month tour in Bosnia that he cannot be held criminally responsible for sexually assaulting a teenage girl 10 years later, a Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench judge ruled yesterday. Justice Nathan Nurgitz found Roger Borsch, 34, not guilty by reason of mental disorder. Borsch never denied breaking into the home of a co-worker in The Pas, Man., in 2004 and assaulting her 13-year-old daughter at knifepoint. But his lawyer, Jason Miller, said Borsch suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and does not even remember the attack. Prosecutor Don Knight was considering...

(The Hague, DTT-NET.COM)- The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Tuesday has transferred two trial cases to Croatia, the first such move by the UN court in The Hague, Netherlands. Two retired Croatian generals, Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac charged for war crimes against Serbs civilians during 1991-1995 war will be trialled in Croatia, representing the only case, out of 10, that the court’s prosecution has requested be transferred to Croatia and approved by the Referral Bench. The indictment charges Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac with two counts of crimes against humanity and three counts of violations...

A retired Croatian general has been charged by the United Nations war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia with responsibility for his alleged role in a 1993 operation against a Serbian enclave. The UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) made the indictment public today after it was issued last week. Among the charges of murder and cruel and inhumane treatment of civilians and captured soldiers during a two-day attack on the Medak Pocket, were counts of tying bodies to a car and dragging them along village roadsides, and burning a Serbian woman alive while soldiers mocked her....

OTTAWA (CP) - A Croatian newsmagazine says the 1993 battle of Medak Pocket, known as Canada's greatest victory since the Korean War, is a myth. The Defence Department rejected the article, saying the role of Canadians in Medak is well documented with written and visual evidence. Canadian soldiers were decorated in Winnipeg last week for heroic combat during Operation Medak Pocket, during which they fended off a 15-hour attack by Croat forces. Between 27 and 31 Croats were killed, while four Canadians were wounded. But a story in Tuesday's edition of Croatia's Nacional says the victory was "no more than...