UN court orders retrial for former Kosovo PM

The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal has ordered a retrial for former Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj, two years after he was acquitted of murder, rape and torture charges.

Tribunal President Patrick Robinson says the original trial of Haradinaj and two other former commanders in the Kosovo Liberation Army was marred by witness intimidation.

Robinson said Wednesday the trial chamber "failed to appreciate the gravity" of the intimidation.

Judges originally threw out charges against Haradinaj for lack of evidence.

Haradinaj showed no emotion when Robinson ordered the retrial.

Haradinaj had been charged along with Idriz Balaj and Lahi Brahimaj with abusing Serbs or their supporters in 1998 as Kosovo battled for independence from Serbia.