SERBIA / BOSNIA/ HAGUE: 27 May UPDATE: Ratko CAUGHT! Judge Rules Mladic Fit To Be Shipped To Hague...After 16 Years On The Run.

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   A Belgrade judge has ruled that Ratko Mladic is fit to be transferred to the Yugoslav tribunal in The Hague.
    He reportedly had suffered 2 strokes in the past that left one arm limp...and was taking medicines.
   After 16 years in hiding, Mladic, 69, was finally arrested.
   The ex-Bosnian Serb army chief is accused of the worst mass murder in Europe since WW2...the 1995 murders of 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica.

 

    He was captured in the village of Lazarevo in northern Serbia...about 80km/50 miles north of Belgrade...living under an assumed name.
   The arrest can only help Serbia in its quest to join the EU.
    Up until yesterday,  Serbia has been regarded by many...as a "pariah state," dragging its feet on Mladic and refusing to recognize the independence of Kosovo
   “It’s a very brave decision by the Serbian president,” said French President Nicholas Sarkozy. “It’s one step forward for Serbia’s integration in the EU.”
    But its continued reluctance over Kosovo's recognition still remains a big impediment to full EU acceptance of Serbia.

TO SEE 1:25 AP ENGLISH VIDEO REPORT...with excellent archival footage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jY2Xdx8Lj4&feature=player_embedded

FOR NYTIMES MLADIC PROFILE:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/27/world/europe/27balkans.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all