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Chatter: 'Butcher of Bosnia' on trial

Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb army commander nicknamed the "Butcher of Bosnia," has gone on trial in The Hague.
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Former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic went on trial today in The Hague. 

Mladic is accused of genocide and crimes against humanity during the Bosnian War of the 1990s, including the alleged orchestration of the Srebrenica massacre.

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