Belgrade’s Ruined Defense Ministry Serves As Reminder Of NATO Airstrikes
By Ari Shapiro
After national trauma, some countries build memorials, and others forget. Sixteen years after bombs struck, the defense ministry in Belgrade remains a ruin, serving as a daily reminder of the NATO war against Serbia.
About author
You might also like
Suez Canal Expansion Opened With Pomp And Ceremony
By Scott Neuman The $8.5 billion project includes a new 22-mile channel to allow two-way traffic and the deepening and widening of other parts of the canal to accommodate larger
Scottish Village Bans Bananas For Boat Festival
A village of Portsoy is reviving an old seamen’s superstition by banning bananas during it’s annual boat festival. NPR’s Lynn Neary talks to festival chairman Roger Goodyear. » E-Mail This
Calif. Birthday Celebrations Reinforce Dalai Lama’s Global Presence
The Dalai Lama is in Southern California, part of a celebration for his 80th birthday. Renee Montagne talks to Robert Barnett, director of the Modern Tibetan Studies Program at Columbia
