Kosovo president resigns to face war crimes charges

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Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaci has resigned because he is facing charges of war crimes at The Hague. He is accused of murder and torture during the fight for independence from Serbia in the 1990s. Al Jazeera’s Barbara Angopa reports. –

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