At 4:00 am on the morning of April 1, 2001, Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic surrendered after a 40-hour stand-off at his home in Belgrade. Milosevic has pleaded non-guilty to the domestic charges of abuse of power and theft of state funds; he will spend the next 30 days in custody at in Belgrade's central prison. During the stand-off, the former president had repeatedly stated that he...
In an extraordinary and rapid turn of events, former Yugolosav President Slobodan Milosevic has been extradited to the Netherlands, where he will be tried by the UN War Crimes Tribunal, sitting in The Hague. Milosevic was ordered to make his first court appearance next Tuesday. The first head of state to be tried by the Tribunal, the former Yugoslav President will be charged with crimes against...