NATO hails news of Karadzic arrest

Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:25pm EDT
 
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO said on Monday reports that Bosnian Serb warcrimes indictee Radovan Karadzic had been arrested was long-awaited good news.

"If this information is confirmed, this is indeed good news for the international community and this is news we have been hoping for quite some time," a NATO spokesman said.

"This is good news in terms of what we are expecting from Serbia. It needs to be seen in a positive light," he said.

 
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