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UN Tribunal: Milosevic Not Poisoned
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=116660C:3919ACA President of UN
war crimes tribunal says blood tests on former Serbian leader found no
evidence he died by poisoning



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Judge Fausto Pocar, center, and registrar Hans Holthuis, rear, leave
at the end of a press conference in The HagueThe president of the U.N.
war crimes tribunal says blood tests on former Serbian leader Slobodan
Milosevic found no evidence he died by poisoning.

Judge Fausto Pocar announced the findings of a report Friday at the
U.N. tribunal headquarters at The Hague, but said the test results are
only provisional.







Slobodan Milosevic (2000 file photo)Milosevic died last week of a
heart attack, but questions about what caused the attack after early
blood tests indicated he was taking an unprescribed antibiotic
(rifampicin). But Pocar says no evidence of the drug was found in
Milosevic's system. The judge says the tests found traces of other
drugs, but not, in his words, "in toxic concentrations."

Many of the late Serbian leader's supporters in Serbia have voiced
concerns he may have been poisoned.

Milosevic will be buried Saturday in his native Serbia.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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