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Former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic convicted of genocide dies
ABC News - International and The Sun describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedFormer Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic convicted of genocide dies.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Ratko Mladic, Murderous ‘Butcher of Bosnia,’ Dies at 83". The right frames it as "‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Ratko Mladic dies aged 84 after being convicted of genocide for orche...".
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24 sources across Left, Center, and Right all describe the same event.
Framing confidenceStrong
78/99 — headlines create a clearly different first impression.
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Left / center-leftRatko Mladic, Murderous ‘Butcher of Bosnia,’ Dies at 83
The New York Times · Center-left · News report
CenterFormer Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic convicted of genocide dies
France 24 · Center · News report
Right / center-right‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Ratko Mladic dies aged 84 after being convicted of genocide for orchestrating massacre
Former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic convicted of genocide dies
Former Bosnian Serb military leader Ratko Mladic, convicted of genocide in the 1992-95 war in Bosnia, has died in the United Nations detention centre in The Hague after suffering sever...
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BELGRADE/AMSTERDAM, Aug 27 - Ratko Mladic, convicted of genocide for orchestrating the 1995 massacre of at least 8,000 Muslims in a U.N.-designated \"safe area\" of Bosnia, Europe's worst a...
Ratko Mladic, Murderous ‘Butcher of Bosnia,’ Dies at 83
A general during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, he was convicted in the killing of some 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica, Europe’s deadliest massacre since World War II.
'Butcher of Bosnia' Ratko Mladic, guilty of genocide after Srebrenica massacre, dies
Ratko Mladic, known as the 'Butcher of Bosnia', has died at the age of 84 while serving a life sentence for orchestrating atrocities during the Balkan wars
‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Ratko Mladic dies aged 84 after being convicted of genocide for orchestrating massacre
A RUTHLESS warlord dubbed the "Butcher of Bosnia" has died in prison. Serbian commander Ratko Mladic, who died aged 84, had been serving a life sentence for committing a genocide in Bosnia...
Ratko Mladic, ex-Bosnian Serb warlord who oversaw atrocities in Bosnia, has died at 84
Ratko Mladic was one of the most notorious figures of a war that killed over 100,000 people in the 1990s. He commanded his troops to "scorch the brains" of the Bosnian Muslims and boasted o...
Ratko Mladic, ex-Bosnian Serb warlord who oversaw atrocities in Bosnia, dies in prison at 84
FILE — Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic enters the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, to hear the verdict in his genocide trial, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017 (AP Ph...
Convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladić dies in Hague prison
The former Bosnian Serb military commander, sentenced to life for the summary execution of more than 8,000 Bosniaks in July 1995 and the years-long siege of Sarajevo, died at 84. He spent 1...
Bosnian Serb commander and war criminal Ratko Mladic dies in prison
Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military chief dubbed the “Butcher of Bosnia” for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, has died, Serbian state broadcaster RTS reported on Thursda...
Ratko Mladic, who was serving a life sentence for genocide in the 1992-95 war in Bosnia, has died in the UN detention centre in The Hague, a UN official has said.
