Belgrade  - Belgrade publisher Beobook returned to bookstore shelves Monday a translation of the controversial book Jewel of Medina by American author Sherry Jones.

The book was removed in August after protests by the Islamic community in Serbia. The withdrawal caused uproar among human rights organizations who complained of censorship.

Beobook said the book was returned to the stores after positive reviews from the readers who bought pirate copies or paid a lot for the remaining copies.

Belgrade - The opposition ultra-nationalist Serbian Radical Party (SRS) leadership Friday expelled a renegade moderate wing in a bid to re-assert control of its detained extremist chief.

The SRS policy-making body convened amid accusations of "treason" flung at the former acting party chief, Tomislav Nikolic, who resigned a week ago and cleared room to launch his own party.

Nikolic and his followers walked out of the meeting before it ended. He said the proceedings turned into an "unending argument."

"We don't belong here. We will follow our path and SRS its own," Nikolic told journalists after he left the meeting.

Belgrade- The opposition ultra-nationalist Serbian Radical Party (SRS) moved a step closer to disintegrating Monday when its ousted acting chief, Tomislav Nikolic, formed a new parliamentary faction.

Nikolic resigned Friday night as under pressure from party leader Vojislav Seselj, who has been on trial at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
(ICTY) since 2003.

Belgrade - Serbia's ultra-nationalist Serbian Radical Party (SRS), the country's strongest single force since 2003, seems to be in the process of splitting apart, local newspapers said Saturday.

The SRS party, supported by a third of the electorate, is forming two wings, one behind moderate deputy party chief Tomislav Nikolic and the other hardline extremist, dictated by founder and leader Vojislav Seselj, who has been on trial for war crimes at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia since early 2003.

Belgrade  - The Serbian government was due Thursday to discuss a proposal by an Austrian consortium to terminate a major highway construction deal.

Salzburg-based Parr and Vienna-based Alpine last year won a 1.1 billion euros (1.61 billion dollars) contract to build a 320- kilometre highway from Serbia's border with Hungary to Pozega in the southwest of the country.

The deal-included a 25-year concession to Alipne and Porr, during which they would recoup their investment from fees levied on traffic using the road.

Belgrade - Several Serbian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) protested on Tuesday against the withdrawal from sale of the controversial book, Jewel of Medina, written by American author Sherry Jones.

Publisher Beobook last week pulled the book from the shelves following protests by the Islamic community and Muslim party in Serbia.

"Islamic community in Serbia cannot order what one can read," a statement signed by eight NGOs said.