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Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic dies in hospital
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What happenedMladic, who had suffered several strokes in recent months, was serving a life sentence in The Hague for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The headline splitJapan Times frames it as "Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic dies in hospital". Washington's Top News (WTOP) frames it as "Ratko Mladic, ex-Bosnian Serb warlord who oversaw atrocities, dies as a prisoner at 84".
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Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic dies in hospital
Mladic, who had suffered several strokes in recent months, was serving a life sentence in The Hague for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Ratko Mladic, ex-Bosnian Serb warlord who oversaw atrocities, dies as a prisoner at 84
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Ratko Mladic, the bullish Bosnian Serb general whose forces besieged the Bosnian capital for several years in the 1990s and carried out the worst massacre in Europe...
