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'Butcher of Bosnia' to Face War Crimes Tribunal Friday

Ratko Mladic will make his first appearance before a U.N. tribunal in The Hague on Friday to answer a list of war crimes charges that includes genocide.

The former Bosnian Serb military commander is accused of masterminding atrocities throughout the 1992-95 Bosnian war.

He is being held in an isolation cell following his extradition from Serbia....
 

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