Milosevic Rejects U.N. Warrant
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BELGRADE, Yugoslavia — A defiant Slobodan Milosevic refused to accept an arrest warrant from the U.N. war crimes tribunal Thursday, a day after the court threatened Yugoslavia with sanctions for failing to serve it.
The warrant and a list of war crimes charges against the former president were delivered to Belgrade’s Central Prison, where Milosevic has been held since his arrest April 1.
But a lawyer for Milosevic said the ex-president refused to accept the documents from a court official, who left them tucked between the bars in the tiny window of his cell door.
On Wednesday, Yugoslav officials received a letter from the U.N. court warning that failure to deliver the warrant could lead to new sanctions.
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