Eastern Europe
MOSCOW - A Russian court has handed long sentences to three ultranationalists convicted of hate killings and bombings.
PEC, Kosovo - Thousands of Serb pilgrims gathered in a medieval monastery in western Kosovo amid tight security on Sunday to attend the enthronement ceremony of the new Serbian Patriarch Irinej.
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SKOPJE, Macedonia - Moderate Muslims in Macedonia are urging the government and the international community to crack down on radical Wahhabi groups on the rise in the country.
AKDAMAR ISLAND, Turkey - Several thousand Armenian Christian pilgrims took boats to an ancient island cathedral in eastern Turkey on Sunday for the first Mass held in the church since it was abandoned during the mass killings of Armenians 95 years ago.
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