How a Serbian congressman helped Jackson free three POWs: Reverend Jackson played central figure, but fluently Serbian Rep Rod Blagojevich played the chief negotiator

In Canada, British Columbia NDP MP Svend Robinson may be the only Canadian MP to venture into the Balkans this week on his solo "fact-finding humanitarian mission," but on Capitol Hill, a Serbian member of Congress played a key role in freeing three American POWs in an historic mission.

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