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Thursday, July 01, 2004

Former judge in trial of Milosevic dies
Chris Buell at 9:09 AM ET

Richard May (BBC News profile), who stepped down from his post on the UN tribunal at The Hague this spring due to ill health, has died at the age of 65. May headed the trial of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic during the first phase of proceedings. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has a note from Judge Theodor Meron about May's death. BBC News has more.




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