Friday, March 6, 2009

NC officials to Kosovo to help form legal system

From The Sun News

RALEIGH, N.C. -- U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina says several staffers will travel to Kosovo to help train judges, prosecutors and investigators in the war-torn country.

Officials said Thursday that five staff members from U.S. Attorney George E.B. Holding's office will go to Kosovo in staggered departure times beginning Saturday to help Kosovo establish a legal system.

Officials say Kosovo has been assisted through the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training.

The country, a part of the former Yugoslavia and long claimed by Serbia, formally declared its independence on February 17, 2008.

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