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Thu 07 Jul 2009UN war crimes court rejects Karadzic's claim of immunity
THE UNITED Nations war crimes court in The Hague has thrown out a claim by former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic that a secret deal made with a US envoy protects him from prosecution for genocide.
Mr Karadzic asked for his case to be dismissed on the grounds that Richard Holbrooke, Washington’s peace mediator for Bosnia at the end of its 1992 to 1995 war, promised him immunity from prosecution if he withdrew completely from politics.
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