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Ratko Mladic, ‘Butcher of Bosnia’ convicted of genocide, dies

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Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb general known as the "Butcher of Bosnia" who was convicted of genocide for orchestrating the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, has died at the age of 83. A United Nations official confirmed his death on Thursday.

Mladic served as a general during the Balkan wars of the 1990s. He was held responsible for the killing of at least 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica, an atrocity recognized as Europe's worst and deadliest massacre since World War II.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, US) (US) Focuses on the official U.N. confirmation of his death and genocide conviction.
NYT World (US) Emphasizes his specific age at death and uses more descriptive language.
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