Patriarch Pavle, who led Serbia’s Christian Orthodox Church through its post-Communist revival and called for peace and conciliation during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s but failed to openly condemn Serb nationalism, died today. He was 95.

A Bosnian Muslim commander who defended the UN declared safe area of Srebrenica from Serb troops during the 1992-95 Bosnian war today denied he committed atrocities.