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Thousands Attend Funeral of War Criminal Mladic in Serbia
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What happenedThousands of people in Serbia attended the funeral of Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb commander convicted of war crimes, while the European Union warned against glorifying him.
The headline splitBloomberg frames it as "Thousands Attend Funeral of War Criminal Mladic in Serbia". Washington's Top News (WTOP) frames it as "War criminal Mladic is buried as a hero in Serbia despite EU warnings".
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Thousands Attend Funeral of War Criminal Mladic in Serbia
Thousands of people in Serbia attended the funeral of Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb commander convicted of war crimes, while the European Union warned against glorifying him.
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