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  "id": 7799217,
  "title": "Kosovo Ex-President Thaci Gets Jailed 25 Years for War Crimes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/kosovo-ex-president-thaci-gets-jailed-25-years-for-war-crimes",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T13:44:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Kyiv Post",
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    "url": "https://www.kyivpost.com/post/84665"
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  "summary": "Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for war crimes committed during the 1998-1999 conflict with Serbia. On Wednesday, judges held him responsible for crimes involving 96 killings, 303 cases of torture, and the arbitrary detention of 385 people, while acquitting him of crimes against humanity.",
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        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Kosovo's ex-president Thaci jailed for 25 years for war crimes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/kosovos-ex-president-thaci-jailed-for-25-years-for-war-crimes",
        "published": "2026-09-16T13:01:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DutchNews",
        "title": "Kosovo ex-president Thaci jailed for 25 years by Hague court",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/kosovo-ex-president-thaci-jailed-for-25-years-by-hague-court",
        "published": "2026-09-16T13:37:09.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}