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...What about the other big Bosnian war fugitive still at large...
...Serbia after succesfully evading justice for more than ten years. Unfortunately for Carla Del Ponte, the chief prosecutor of the international war crimes tribunal in the Hague, Mladic's arrest happened only in news flashes and newspaper headlines around the world. In real life, the former commander of the Bosnian Serb army indicted for reckless bombardment of Sarajevo and the slaughter of at least 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica in 1995, remains as elusive as ever - despite mounting pressure on the Serbian government to deliver him to the Hague, or face international isolation and even sanctions. The rampant speculation raised...
...news that Mladic was captured and flown to the Netherlands via a US Air Force base in Bosnia was first launched on Tuesday afternoon by a folksy local television station in the eastern Bosnian town of Bijeljina. Soon it was picked up by several media outlets in the Serbian capital of Belgrade, and then by major international news agencies and cable television news. The ensuing media frenzy lasted for days despite strong denials of the Serbian government, the Tuzla air base commander, and even Carla Del Ponte, who called for an urgent press conference on Wednesday to state that Mladic...
...year-old general, who led Bosnian Serbs during the 1992-95 Bosnian war, was retired in 1996 and lived quite openly in Belgrade despite an international warrant for his arrest. He was protected by Slobodan Milosevic, the long-time Serbian president who was himself indicted for war crimes in Bosnia and Kosovo. After Milosevic's downfall in 2000, Mladic went underground, although he was reportedly seen at several remote locations in Serbia. Since 2000. Serbian authorities insisted that they had no idea about Mladic's whereabouts, even though they continued to send his pension checks to his family, who still...
...Sydney eight men were charged with conspiracy to prepare and plan a terrorist act in relation to the manufacture of explosives. In a bail hearing for Mirsad Mulahalilovic, police allege the Bosnian refugee's home contained plastic caps and piping - materials that can be used for explosives packing - together with a chemical which could be used to manufacture explosives...