Serbia hailed its acquittal before the World Court on genocide charges filed by Bosnia, saying it would help regional reconciliation. Bosnia’s Muslims, however, expressed anger over the ruling.

The International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, yesterday judged that Serbia was not directly responsible for the 1995 genocide that took place in the Bosnian Muslim enclave of Srebrenica.

The court also said Serbia had not done all it could to prevent the massacre of some 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys there by Bosnian Serb troops.

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