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Serbia offers 10m euros for Mladic capture

The Serbian government has raised to 10m euros (£8.7m, $13.8m) its reward for information leading to the capture of war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic.

It said that by raising the reward tenfold it showed a clear commitment to removing the final obstacle to Serbia's entry into the European Union.

Gen Mladic is accused by international prosecutors of genocide while leading Bosnian Serb forces in 1992-95.

The reward for the capture of Croatian Serb leader Goran Hadzic was also raised, from 250,000 to 1m euros, said Serbian deputy war crimes prosecutor Bruno Vekaric.....

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