The former Bosnian Serb leader on Thursday*was convicted of ge**cide, war crimes and crimes against humanity by a*United Nations tribunal in The Hague for leading*the siege of Sarajevo and the 1995 massacre of more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica.
Karadzic, 70, was*sentenced to 40 years in prison.*The decision was delivered 18 months after a five-year trial. The*case*is widely viewed as one of the most important war crime trials since World War II. Read more...