THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Ratko Mladic defiantly refused on Friday to enter pleas to what he called “obnoxious” allegations that as the Serb military chief during the Bosnian war he orchestrated the worst atrocities of a conflict that claimed 100,000 lives. He claimed he was defending “my people and my country.” Appearing in a U.N. courtroom shielded by bulletproof glass 16 years after he was first indicted, Mladic told the Dutch presiding judge he was “gravely ill,” but would only give details of his health out of earshot of the public. Read full article > >

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Mladic tells war crimes court does not want to enter pleas to ‘obnoxious charges’ against him

Former Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic made his first appearance before the Hague war crimes tribunal, while relatives of victims of the Bosnian war gathered outside the courtroom. Initially he asked the judge not to read the charges out loud, but…

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Mladic Appears Before Hague

Former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic files an appeal against his extradition to the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague.

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Mladic files extradition appeal

Ratko Mladic’s lawyer has requested a new medical examination, arguing the former Bosnian Serb general is not healthy enough to face genocide charges.

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Lawyer: Mladic too ill for trial

Former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic is to file an appeal against his extradition to the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague.

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VIDEO: Mladic to appeal against extradition

Even though his men slaughtered nearly 8,000 Muslim boys and men in a bout of “ethnic cleansing” during the July 1995 Srebrenica massacre, and established “rape camps” in eastern Bosnia for women, thousands of supporters of accused war criminal Ratko…

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Thousands Protest Arrest of Ratko Mladic

Serbian police step up security as ultra-nationalists prepare to protest over the arrest of ex-Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic, charged with war crimes.

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Serbia alert over Mladic protests

Former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic knows he will be transferred to a UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague, his lawyer says.

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VIDEO: Mladic ‘knows he will be transferred’

Belgrade doctors are to decide if former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic is fit to attend a hearing on his extradition to The Hague tribunal.

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Mladic health fear delays hearing

The capture of the former Bosnian Serb commander, Ratko Mladic, was the biggest single obstacle to Serbia’s path towards a European future.

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Mladic Arrest Opens Door to Serbia’s Long-Sought European Union Membership

Before he went into hiding, Ratko Mladic, the former commander of the Bosnian Serb Army who was arrested on Thursday in connection with the 1995 massacre of nearly 8,000 men and boys at Srebrenica, embraced the spotlight.

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The Lede: A Bosnian Serb General Who Loved the Cameras Returns to the Spotlight

NEW YORK — Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general charged with orchestrating the largest mass killing of civilians in Europe since World War II, was arrested Thursday in Serbia, ending a nearly 16-year manhunt that stood as a test of the West’s commitment to hold accused war criminals accountable. Mladic, 69, was indicted twice, first in 1995 by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, on more than a dozen counts of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war. He was charged with commanding troops responsible for enforcing the 46-month siege of Sarajevo and for slaughtering about 8,000 Bosnian Muslims near the town of Srebrenica in July 1995. Read full article > >

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Serbia arrests Ratko Mladic on war crimes charges

Women who lost their husbands and sons during the genocide at Srebrenica have called for justice after the arrest of Fugitive Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic.

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Ratko Mladic, a former Bosnian Serb commander who’s been on the run for many years, has been arrested in Serbia, according to an announcement from the country’s president. (May 26) Read full article > >

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War crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic arrested

Ratko Mladic, wanted for the Srebrenica massacre of Bosnian Muslims, is arrested in Serbia and moves to extradite him to The Hague tribunal begin.

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