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A lawyer acting for the former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has confirmed that he'll fight moves to extradite him to the International War Crimes Tribunal at The Hague where he's wanted on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. Mr. Karadzic who was arrested in Serbia on Monday has three days in which to appeal against his transfer to the Netherlands. He was questioned by a Serbian judge on Tuesday who ruled that he should be extradited. The Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said the arrest of Mr. Karadzic showed his country was firmly committed to the EU membership.

We want to be a cornerstone of peace, we want to be a regional player for regional stability. We are truly committed to peace and international rule of law, be it when it comes to our cooperation with The Hague tribunal or be it in our defense of our sovereignty over Kosovo.



Earlier the Serbian authorities gave details of the life of Mr. Karadzic during the almost thirteen years he evaded capture. He used false papers and worked in Belgrade as a practitioner of alternative medicine. Nick Thorpe reports from Belgrade.



With a flowing white beard to disguise his angular jaw and a new name Dragan Dabic to hide behind, Radovan Karadzic's disguise was almost perfect. Serbian intelligence officers were actually on the trail of the support network of his wartime ally, the Bosnian Serb military Commander Ratko Mladic when they stumbled on Karadzic instead. According to the office of the war crimes prosecutor in Belgrade, agents then waited for the right moment, when he was alone and could be arrested without endangering the public. That finally happened on a bus in the Belgrade's suburb on a Monday evening.



After weeks of political maneuvering and two days of stormy debate, the Indian government has survived a Parliamentary vote of confidence. The vote was called after left-wing parties withdrew their support for the governing coalition in protest at a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with the United States. Chris Morris reports from Delhi.



Never before have wads of money been waved in the middle of the Lower House amid allegations of bribery and corruption, the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had to abandon his attempt to give a closing speech as chaos reigned. But in the end he won't have minded. The government won the day. As for the nuclear deal with the United States, its future now is more dependent on whether it gets through the US Congress before elections in America than on any political opposition here in India.



Around 800 Africans living in South Africa, who were driven from their homes by violence against foreigners, would be deported from the country. Riot police moved them out of the temporary shelters they've been living in after they refused to register with the government. 200, 000 Africans were left homeless by May's violence.



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The Italian Parliament has given its final approval to a law that makes it impossible to prosecute the Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during his time in office. The law grants immunity to the four highest state officials, but the opposition says it's tailor-made for the Mr. Berlusconi. From Rome here is David Willey.



Mr. Berlusconi, who's long claimed that he's a victim of Italian Justice, having been sent for trial at least 6 times on corruption charges, although never convicted, is now secure from what he describe as harassment by politically biased prosecutors and judges for another 5 years. If he were to cease being Prime Minister before then, the trial in which he is currently involved in Milan would continue.

A court in New York is due to hold a hearing on the infamous case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were executed in the United States in 1953. The Rosenbergs were accused of passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union during a time of anti-communist witch-hunts led by Senator Joseph McCarthy. Campaigners have for long time said the couple were tried unfairly.



The Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia and Venezuela have agreed to extend cooperation on energy. After meeting his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez, Mr. Medvedev said three Russian energy companies would be allowed to operate in the Orinoco belt in Venezuela. He gave no details of anticipated arms deals between the two countries. Earlier President Chavez called for a strategic alliance with Russia to protect Venezuela from the United States.



Three residents of the Greek Island of Lesvos have lost in an attempt to ban the use of the word of lesbian to describe gay women; a court in Athens ruled the word did not define the identity of the islanders. The Island's name was applied to gay women in acknowledgment of the poet Sappho who wrote love poems about both women and men.

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