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Nazi War Crime Suspect Dies at 98

VIENNA (AP) — Authorities say a suspected Nazi war criminal sought by Croatia has died at 98 in Austria.

They say Milivoj Asner died Tuesday at a home for the aged in the southern city of Klagenfurt.

Austrian authorities had said Asner, a naturalized Austrian citizen, suffers from dementia and was not healthy enough to be extradited to Croatia for trial on alleged atrocities....

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