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Noted "That's your problem." SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC, ex-President of Yugoslavia, when asked by the Hague war crimes tribunal if he wanted all 51 pages of indictments read aloud at his arraignment hearing
The snaring of Milosevic was a triumph for the eight-year-old court and its chief prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte, who spent months barnstorming through Western capitals demanding his transfer. The tribunal has gone after Serb, Croat and Muslim suspects and successfully prosecuted 19 defendants, but until now has yet...
Milosevic's swift transfer may have the perverse effect of forestalling a moral catharsis within Serb society. The Serbian government's dash to deliver its former leader in time to procure international aid has made the country's compliance with the war-crimes tribunal seem a matter of economic self...
Speaking before reporters last Friday, prosecutor Del Ponte insisted that "the Serbian people are not on trial here. It is Slobodan Milosevic as an individual who will now face trial." But beginning with Milosevic's arraignment Tuesday, the sheer sensation of the trial will thrust many long-concealed crimes into...
As obvious as Milosevic's culpability might appear, the tribunal's verdict will not come soon. Even the start of the trial remains months away: Milosevic's lawyers will likely file a raft of procedural appeals to delay the hearings. The three judges who will hear the case - Richard May...