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  "id": 7822079,
  "title": "Shock and anger in Kosovo as former president convicted",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/shock-and-anger-in-kosovo-as-former-president-convicted",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T15:59:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "summary": "The conviction in The Hague of former President Hashim Thaci and three former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders has caused consternation in Kosovo — both among political leaders and on the streets. DW reports from Pristina.",
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        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "Kosovo's ex-President Thaci convicted of war crimes, sentenced to 25 years in prison",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/kosovos-ex-president-thaci-convicted-of-war-crimes-sentenced-to-25",
        "published": "2026-09-16T09:57:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tempo.co English",
        "title": "Kosovo Ex-President Thaci Convicted of War Crimes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/kosovo-ex-president-thaci-convicted-of-war-crimes",
        "published": "2026-09-16T10:31:40.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Former Kosovo president Thaci sentenced to 25 years' prison for war crimes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/former-kosovo-president-thaci-sentenced-to-25-years-prison-for-war",
        "published": "2026-09-16T11:36:32.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi sentenced to 25 years for 1990s war crimes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/former-kosovo-president-hashim-thaci-sentenced-to-25-years-for-1990s",
        "published": "2026-09-16T11:55:20.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Former Kosovo president sentenced to 25 years for war crimes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/former-kosovo-president-sentenced-to-25-years-for-war-crimes",
        "published": "2026-09-16T12:55:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "GBC Ghana",
        "title": "Kosovo’s former president Hashim Thaci sentenced to 25 years for war crimes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/kosovos-former-president-hashim-thaci-sentenced-to-25-years-for-war",
        "published": "2026-09-16T14:17:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "Shock and anger in Kosovo as former president convicted",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/shock-and-anger-in-kosovo-as-former-president-convicted-7824266",
        "published": "2026-09-16T15:59:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Kosovo’s former president guilty of war crimes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/kosovos-former-president-guilty-of-war-crimes",
        "published": "2026-09-16T17:20:15.000Z"
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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."
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