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(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 Croatian court has sentenced former army general Mirko Norac and two other defendants to lengthy prison terms in connection with the killings of 50 ethnic Serb civilians in 1991. The court, based in the town of Rijeka, sentenced Norac to 12 years in prison for his role in the so-called "Gospic killings." The prime suspect, Tihomir Oreskovic, received 15 years, while a third defendant was jailed for 10 years. The court acquitted a fourth suspect. Prosecutors had charged the four with rounding up and killing the Serb civilians in the town of Gospic during Croatia's war for independence in...