Defiant Mladic refuses to enter plea

FORMER Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic faced the UN war crimes tribunal yesterday as a defiant general who never lost a battle, denying the charges against him as “obnoxious” and “monstrous”.

Sat, 04 Jun, 2011 - 01:00

Douglas Hamilton, The Hague (Reuters)

Wearing a military forage cap, which he later removed, Mladic began the hearing with a brief salute.

“The whole world knows who I am. I am General Ratko Mladic,” he said at the end of his first appearance.

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Courts Place: Srebrenica Place: Sarajevo Place: Bosnian Place: The Hague Person: Mladic Person: Ratko Mladic Person: Alphons Orie Person: Orie Person: Ramiza Gurdic Person: Aleksandar Aleksic Person: Serbs Person: Munira Subasic Person: Martin Meissner Organisation: UN Organisation: Hague Organisation: AP

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