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  • July 2008

    • Karadzic Delivered to Hague

      Reuters  |  Jul 30, 08 5:23 AM CDT

      Karadzic Delivered to Hague

      (Newser) - Bosnian war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic was whisked from a Serbian jail and handed over to UN officials today to face trial at The Hague on charges of genocide. He's expected to appear at court today. The former leader of the Bosnian Serbs was escorted by masked officers from the Serbian secret police in a convoy of black jeeps for a flight to the Netherlands, Reuters reports. Riots broke out earlier in Belgrade yesterday as Karadzic supporters clashed with police. More »

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      Serbia  • war crimes  • extradition  • The Hague  • Radovan Karadzic  • Sarajevo  • Srebrenica

    • Karadzic Arrest Shows the Hague's Value

      Time  |  Jul 23, 08 11:09 AM CDT

      Karadzic Arrest Shows the Hague's Value

      (Newser) - For all those who doubt the effectiveness of an International Criminal Court warrant, just look at Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic. Samantha Power imagined the arrest differently when she was reporting from Sarajevo in 1995, but his diminished circumstances now show just how crippling and demeaning it is to run from the international community, she writes in Time . More »

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      Serbia  • Bosnia  • Radovan Karadzic  • Yugoslavia  • Sarajevo  • International Criminal Court  • Samantha Power

    • Hunt Shifts to Butcher 'Serb God'

      Associated Press  |  Jul 23, 08 6:22 AM CDT

      Hunt Shifts to Butcher 'Serb God'

      (Newser) - Former Bosnian leader Radovan Karadzic is finally behind bars, but his alleged partner in genocide, Gen. Ratko Mladic, remains at large. Mladic is an even more ruthless figure who until a few years ago brazenly appeared in downtown Belgrade, attending soccer games and eating at gourmet restaurants, despite a $5 million reward for his capture, AP reports. More »

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      United Nations  • Serbia  • genocide  • war crimes  • Bosnia  • The Hague  • Belgrade  • Radovan Karadzic  • Boris Tadic  • Sarajevo  • Srebrenica  • Ratko Mladic

    • Karadzic: Poet Turned Monster

      Times (UK)  |  Jul 22, 08 7:00 AM CDT

      Karadzic: Poet Turned Monster

      (Newser) - Serbian strongman Radovan Karadzic viewed himself as a high-minded intellectual but his hardline nationalism drove him to become responsible for Europe's most bestial atrocities since the Nazis, writes the Times of London. The former Bosnian leader, now captured after 12 years on the run, was a poet and author and worked as a psychiatrist for years before entering politics. More »

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      Serbia  • war crimes  • Bosnia  • Radovan Karadzic  • Sarajevo  • ethnic cleansing  • Serbs

  • December 2007

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