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Serbia asks Interpol for help in finding Ratko Mladic

Serbia has asked Interpol to help find war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic, according to Tanjug news agency.

The Serbian Interior Minister, Ivica Dacic, met Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble in France on Tuesday.

Interpol may be able to determine whether Mladic "is in Serbia or in some other countries, members of Interpol", Tanjug quoted the minister as saying.

Mladic has been indicted by the UN war crimes tribunal on charges of genocide and other crimes against humanity.

Among the crimes the fugitive is charged with is the massacre of more than 7,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica.

Stepping up hunt
Mladic has been on the run since the end of Bosnia's civil war in 1995.

Interpol suggested the request concerned all war crimes suspects....
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