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Mladic is in Serbia, says U.N. prosecutor.

Carla del Ponte, the chief war crimes prosecutor for the U.N., said the fugitive Ratko Mladic is in Serbia.  She said she has evidence that Mladic is on the move more than in the past due to government pressure for his arrest.  Mladic is wanted for genocide from the Srebrenica massacre of 1995, where over 5,000 Muslim males were killed in the U.N. safe-zone.  Serbia has been lobbying for entrance into the European Union and del Ponte has urged the EU Enlargement Commission not to close Serbia's negotiation until Mladic, and the remaining fugitives, are handed over to The Hague for prosecution.

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Daniel Graeber

Daniel Graeber is a writer for United Press International covering Iraq, Afghanistan and the broader Levant. He has published works on international and constitutional law pertaining to US terrorism cases and on child soldiers. His first major work, entitled The United States and Israel: The Implications of Alignment, is featured in the text, Strategic Interests in the Middle East: Opposition or Support for US Foreign Policy. He holds a MA in Diplomacy and International Conflict Management from Norwich University, where his focus was international relations theory, international law, and the role of non-state actors.

Areas of Focus:International law; Middle East; Government and Politics; non-state actors

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