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Slobodan Milosevic: 1941-2006

Slobodan Milošević, the former Yugoslav president and accused war criminal, has died in United Nations custody. Milošević, 65, was found dead in his bed in his prison cell at a U.N. detention center near The Hague.
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Slobodan Milošević, the former Yugoslav president and accused war criminal, has died in United Nations custody.

Milošević, 65, was found dead in his bed in his prison cell at a U.N. detention center near The Hague. Early reports indicated his death appeared to be due to natural causes.

The man who led his country into the Balkan wars had suffered in recent years from a heart condition.

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