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The lawyer of former Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadzic was expected to launch an appeal Friday to block his client's extradition to The Hague to face an international war crimes tribunal.

A three-day deadline for the appeal to be filed was due to expire later Friday, a court spokesman in Belgrade told The Associated Press.

Karadzic's lawyer, Sveta Vujacic, told CNN earlier this week that an appeal was planned. She also said that Karadzic, whose arrest was announced earlier this week, planned to defend himself if extradited to The Hague. Read full article »

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