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  "title": "Former Kosovo president Thaci gets 25 years in prison for war crimes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/former-kosovo-president-thaci-gets-25-years-in-prison-for-war-crimes",
  "topic": "world",
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  "published": "2026-09-16T10:14:33.000Z",
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    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3367725/former-kosovo-president-thaci-gets-25-years-prison-war-crimes"
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  "summary": "Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci was found guilty of war crimes including murder, torture and illegal detention by the Kosovo war crimes tribunal on Wednesday. Thaci, 58, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for crimes committed as top commander of the ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) during the territory’s violent break from Serbia in the 1990s. The tribunal said he was guilty of…",
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        "title": "Former Kosovo president Thaci sentenced to 25 years for war crimes",
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        "title": "Former Kosovo president Thaci sentenced to 25 years for war crimes",
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        "published": "2026-09-16T11:00:04.000Z"
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        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Former Kosovo president Thaci sentenced to 25 years for war crimes",
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