Serbia to help U.S. in beating case

Serbia vows to help U.S. in student beating Extradition not likely, but Serb could be tried at home on assault charge BELGRADE, Serbia - Serbia will cooperate in the case of a Serb basketball player wanted in the United States on assault charges, the foreign minister said Tuesday. Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic did not say if Miladin Kovacevic would be sent to the U.S. to face charges of severely beating a fellow university student. Serbian law does not allow him to be extradited, and Serb officials have suggested U.S. authorities should hand over the full case file so they can consider whether Kovacevic should be prosecuted in Serbia. Kovacevic, 20, had been recruited to play basketball for Binghamton University in northern New York, but fled the U.S. in early June after being charged in the beating of Bryan Steinhauer during... [read full story]