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Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci has rejected a war crimes indictment he is facing, calling it an attempt to rewrite his country's history.
In his first comments since the move by prosecutors at a court in The Hague, Mr Thaci said he would address the issue in more detail in a speech on Sunday.
The charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity relate to the conflict between Kosovo and Serbia in the 1990s.
Mr Thaci has denied any wrongdoing.
A special international prosecutor in The Hague says Mr Thaci and others "are criminally responsible for nearly 100 murders", torture and enforced disappearances.
The charges stem from Mr Thaci's time as one of the leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) which rebelled against Belgrade when Kosovo was a province of Serbia.
Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority view the KLA as heroes.
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The US changed from the KLA are terrorists to we like them lots.
In his first comments since the move by prosecutors at a court in The Hague, Mr Thaci said he would address the issue in more detail in a speech on Sunday.
The charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity relate to the conflict between Kosovo and Serbia in the 1990s.
Mr Thaci has denied any wrongdoing.
A special international prosecutor in The Hague says Mr Thaci and others "are criminally responsible for nearly 100 murders", torture and enforced disappearances.
The charges stem from Mr Thaci's time as one of the leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) which rebelled against Belgrade when Kosovo was a province of Serbia.
Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority view the KLA as heroes.
Kosovo president rejects war crimes indictment as 'attempt to rewrite history'
Hashim Thaci says accusations by international prosecutors are an attempt to rewrite Kosovo's history.
www.bbc.com
The US changed from the KLA are terrorists to we like them lots.
