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Pakistan finally catches on to 'witness protection'

KARACHI, Pakistan — Witnesses in Pakistan disappear with such shocking frequency that most killers — even the ones that confess — go free.

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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Yemen president Ali Abdullah Saleh granted immunity

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