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February 26th, 2009

World Links: Mutiny Ends in Bangladesh; Serb Leader Acquitted in The Hague

Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas begin reconciliation talks in Cairo.

Mutineers have surrendered their arms in Dhaka; nearly 50 people are believed to have died in 33 hours of fighting.

Former Serbian President Milan Milutinovic, charged with the murder of hundreds of Kosovar Albanians and forcible deportation of about 800,000, has been acquitted by the U.N. war crimes tribunal in the Hague.

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