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Mourners Bid Final Farewell to Former Yugoslav President Slobodan
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=116A0D9:3919ACA Milosevic died of
heart attack in detention at UN war crimes tribunal at The Hague





Socialist party officials stand beside the coffin of Slobodan
Milosevic during a final farewell, in Belgrade, March 18, 2006 The
body of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic is en route to
its burial site on the grounds of his family home in the Serbian town
of Pozarevac, east of Belgrade. 

Officials from Milosevic's Socialist party say at least
50,000 supporters gathered in a city square in Belgrade Saturday to
pay respects to Milosevic who died last week while in detention at the
U.N. war crimes tribunal at The Hague.  Officials determined he died
of a heart attack.

Socialist party officials have eulogized Milosevic as a hero and
supporters chanted "Slobo! Slobo!" as his coffin was displayed in the
square.

Serbian President Boris Tadic ruled out a state funeral or any
official remembrances for Milosevic, who was on trial for war crimes
and genocide in the Balkan conflicts in the 1990s.

Milosevic's widow, Mira Markovic, and son, Marko, planned to remain in
Russia where officials said the two expressed fear they would be
detained if they traveled to Serbia for the funeral.

A Serbian court this week suspended an arrest warrant for Markovic on
charges of abuse of power, but authorities said they would still
require her to surrender her passport and appear before a judge.

Milosevic, known as the "Butcher of the Balkans," was arrested in
2001.  His trial, which lasted nearly four years, was due to end in
the next few months.

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


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