(Reuters) – War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday to face trial at The Hague on charges of genocide for his actions in the 1992-95 Bosnia war. Karadzic spent 11 years on the run before his arrest in Serbia.
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FACTBOX: Suspects on run from Yugoslav war crimes tribunal
(Reuters) – War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday to face trial at The Hague on charges of genocide for his actions in the 1992-95 Bosnia war. There are now only two men on the run from the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague.
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(Reuters) – War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday to face trial at The Hague on charges of genocide for his actions in the 1992-95 Bosnia war. Here are some key facts about Karadzic:
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