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Demjanjuk says he's too sick for trial

John Demjanjuk says he's in too much pain to follow his trial on charges he served as a guard at a Nazi death camp.

The 90-year-old told the Munich state court in a rare statement Tuesday that he belongs "in the hospital and not the courtroom."...
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