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U.N. Prosecutor Blames Karadzic for 1995 Srebrenica Massacre

... letter to judges that he would attend a procedural hearing Tuesday on his defense case. Prosecutor Alan Tieger focused on Europe's worst atrocity since World War II as he wound up his opening statement Monday for the tribunal's judges. Tieger called the July 1995 slaying in Srebrenica "one of humanity's dark chapters" and laid the blame squarely at Karadzic's feet....

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Karadzic's genocide trial set to go on without him

The genocide trial of Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic is set to continue in The Hague on Monday despite his boycott of the proceedings. Prosecutor Alan Tieger is scheduled to conclude his opening statement in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia which had started on Tuesday by branding Karadzic the "supreme commander" of an ethnic cleansing...

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Muslim Mass murderer attends trial, calls for delay

... an appointment. If convicted, Karadzic could be handed a life jail sentence. On Monday, prosecutor Alan Tieger dubbed the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of more than 7,000 Muslim men and boys 'one of humanity's dark chapters', accusing Karadzic of sanctioning the atrocity. He also stands charged for the 44-month siege of the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, which ended in November 1995 after...

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Karadzic Promises to Attend War Crimes Trial Tuesday

... committed genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity during the 1992-95 Bosnian war.Alan Tieger, who is an American and the lead prosecutor, has cited Mr. Karadzic’s own words, drawn from public speeches, telephone intercepts and video clips, as he prepared his followers for war or urged them to keep on fighting. Mr. Tieger painted a picture not of a civil war that broke...

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Karadzic boycotts war crimes trial again

Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic again boycotted his own war crimes trial at The Hague on Monday but pledged in a letter to judges that he would attend a procedural hearing Tuesday on his defence.The trial has proceeded without him, with United Nations prosecutor Alan Tieger winding up his opening statement Monday before judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the...

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Prosecutor Blames Karadzic for Srebrenica Massacre

... in a letter to judges that he would attend a procedural hearing Tuesday on his defense.Prosecutor Alan Tieger focused on Europe's worst atrocity since World War II as he wound up his opening statement Monday for the tribunal's judges. Tieger called the July 1995 slaying in Srebrenica ''one of humanity's dark chapters'' and laid the blame squarely at Karadzic's feet.''The murder...

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Prosecutor blames Karadzic for Srebrenica massacre

... in a letter to judges that he would attend a procedural hearing Tuesday on his defense.Prosecutor Alan Tieger focused on Europe's worst atrocity since World War II as he wound up his opening statement Monday for the tribunal's judges. Tieger called the July 1995 slaying in Srebrenica "one of humanity's dark chapters" and laid the blame squarely at Karadzic's feet."The murder...

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Karadzic: "Sarajevo will be a black cauldron where Muslims will die"

... will die. They will disappear … from the face of the earth'," the senior prosecutor, Alan Tieger, cited Karadzic as saying in an intercepted call. He was referring to the 43-month siege of Sarajevo that began in 1992 and killed an estimated 10,000 as the former Yugoslavia was torn apart by Serbs, Croats and Muslims fighting for land. "The supreme commander had directed...

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Radovan Karadzic 'regretted that not all Bosnian Muslims died at Srebrenica'

By Bruno Waterfield in The Hague Published: 5:44PM GMT 02 Nov 2009 Radovan Karadzic Photo: AP The former Bosnian Serb president boycotted the United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague again but agreed to attend a hearing on Tuesday aimed at continuing the trial without him unless he takes his place in the dock. Alan Tieger, the UN prosecutor, concluded his case, begun last week,...

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Karadzic again absent from war crimes trial - Summary

... the prosecution continued reading the indictment against the 64-year old defendant. Prosecutor Alan Tieger used extensive photo material and video footage to prove Karadzic had personally orchestrated war crimes and crimes against humanity during the 1992-1995 Bosnian war. Tieger also tried to show the three-year siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica massacre in 1995 had been...

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Karadzic to continue trial boycott

... Serb campaign to eliminate Muslims and Croats from Serb-claimed territory in Bosnia. Prosecutor Alan Tieger is scheduled to finish his opening statement Monday afternoon and is expected to allege that Karadzic masterminded the 1995 massacre of some 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica, Europe's bloodiest atrocity since World War II.Karadzic is charged with two counts of genocide...

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Karadzic to continue trial boycott

... Serb campaign to eliminate Muslims and Croats from Serb-claimed territory in Bosnia.Prosecutor Alan Tieger is scheduled to finish his opening statement Monday afternoon and is expected to allege that Karadzic masterminded the 1995 massacre of some 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica, Europe's bloodiest atrocity since World War II.Karadzic is charged with two counts of genocide...

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Karadzic's genocide trial to continue

Prosecutor Alan Tieger is scheduled to conclude his opening statement in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia which had started on Tuesday by branding Karadzic the "supreme commander" of an ethnic cleansing campaign of Muslims and Croats during Bosnia's 1992-95 war.

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War crime tribunal weighs up next move as Karadzic refuses to appear

... who still enjoys some support in both Bosnia and Serbia.In his opening statement, prosecutor Alan Tieger called Karadzic the "undisputed leader" and "supreme commander" of the Serbs responsible for atrocities throughout Bosnia's brutal four-year war.He said: "Karadzic harnessed the forces of nationalism, hatred and fear to pursue his vision of an ethnically segregated Bosnia."Prosecutors...

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War crime tribunal weighs up next move as Karadzic refuses to appear

... who still enjoys some support in both Bosnia and Serbia.In his opening statement, prosecutor Alan Tieger called Karadzic the "undisputed leader" and "supreme commander" of the Serbs responsible for atrocities throughout Bosnia's brutal four-year war.He said: "Karadzic harnessed the forces of nationalism, hatred and fear to pursue his vision of an ethnically segregated Bosnia."Prosecutors...