War crimes tribunal rules against Blair subpoena request

The UN war crimes tribunal hearing the Slobodan Milosevic case today decided against issuing subpoenas to Prime Minister Tony Blair and former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.

The former Yugoslav leader has repeated sought to call the Blair, Schroeder and other heads of government to testify about the 1999 Nato bombing campaign against Serbia designed to end the Serbian army action in Kosovo.