Serb prosecutor sees Karadzic extradited next week

By Ivana Sekularac BELGRADE (Reuters) - War crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic will be extradited to the United Nations tribunal in The Hague at the earliest on Monday, Serbia's chief war crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic said on Friday. The leader of the Bosnian Serbs in the 1992-95 Bosnia war, who is indicted twice for genocide, was arrested this week after 11 years in hiding, and is now held in a Belgrade prison. "Karadzic's lawyer has until midnight on Friday to file an appeal to the extradition order," Vukcevic told Reuters. The appeal may be sent in by post, which adds a small delay to the process. "The panel of judges has three days to decide on the appeal, but I assume they will meet on Monday. Then the justice minister has to sign the extradition order." Vukcevic said that in theory, the panel of judges could accept... [read full story]