Serbia arrests wartime military chief Mladic

Serbia on Thursday arrested Europe's most wanted man, former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic, ending a 16-year manhunt for the general accused of masterminding the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.President Boris Tadic said the 69-year-old had been detained by Serbian security forces, predicted that the capture would foster reconciliation within the Balkans. "Today, early in the morning, we arrested Ratko Mladic," Tadic told reporters.

1400 GMT: Serbia's deputy war crimes prosecutor Bruno Vekaric says that it could take up to seven days to complete the procedure to extradite Ratko Mladic to the UN court in The Hague, my colleagues report from Belgrade.Serbia announced the arrest of former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic on Thursday, ending a 16-year manhunt for the general accused of masterminding the Srebrenica massacre, Europe's worst since World War II.

Former military chief Ratko Mladic appeared in court, hours after his arrest in Serbia ended a 16-year manhunt for the general accused of masterminding the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.Europe's most-wanted man was arrested in the early hours of Thursday in a village in northern Serbia, but there were immediately questions over whether the 69-year-old Bosnian Serb was fit to stand trial after he claimed to be ill."Today, early in the morning, we arrested Ratko Mladic," Serbian President Boris Tadic announced.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A UN court has formally convicted Radovan Karadzic of one count of genocide and sentenced him to 40 years imprisonment. Presiding Judge O-Gon Kwon says the former Bosnian Serb leader is criminally responsible for murder, attacking civilians and terror for overseeing the deadly 44-month siege of the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, during the country’s war. Kwon says Karadzic used a campaign of sniping and shelling targeting the city’s civilians as a way of furthering his political goals.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Former Bosnian Serb army commander Gen. Ratko Mladic slammed the United Nations’ Yugoslav war crimes tribunal Tuesday as a “satanic court” and refused to testify as a defence witness for his former political master, Radovan Karadzic. A courtroom reunion of the two alleged chief architects of Serb atrocities during Bosnia’s 1992-95 war lasted only about an hour as Mladic repeatedly told judges he would not answer former Bosnian Serb President Karadzic’s questions, citing ill health and an unwillingness to risk incriminating himself.

Serbia has arrested Europe's most wanted man Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, Serbian president Boris Tadic told a press conference on Thursday.