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Prosecutors outline war crimes case against Karadzic

File photograph of former Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic in the court ...

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A view of the courtroom where the start of the war crimes trial of ...

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Survivors of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre watch the proceedings at the ...

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Bosnian women stage a protest in The Hague at the start of the trial ...

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A view of the seat where former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic ...

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Bosnian Muslim Suhra Malic and a friend watch the proceedings at the ...

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Bosnian Muslim Suhra Malic reacts while watching proceedings at the ...

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Former Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic is taken to a waiting ...

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Former Bosnian Serb President Plavsic waves to supporters after ...

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Former Bosnian Serb President Plavsic is greeted by supporters after ...

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Former Bosnian Serb President Plavsic smiles with Bosnia's Serb ...

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File photograph of former Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic in the court ...

Radovan Karadzic led a genocidal campaign to make Bosnian Muslims "disappear from the face of the earth" and carve out a mono-ethnic state for Bosnian Serbs, war crimes prosecutors told a UN tribunal on Tuesday. In opening statements, prosecutors painted a picture of the former Bosnian...

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