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Ex-Premier of Kosovo Surrenders to U.N. Court

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From Times Wire Reports

Kosovo’s former prime minister surrendered to the U.N. war crimes tribunal at The Hague, a day after resigning.

Ramush Haradinaj arrived at the U.N. detention unit under police escort after a flight from Pristina.

He is to be charged in connection with atrocities allegedly committed during the 1998-99 war between ethnic Albanian separatists and Serb forces.

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Serbian officials accuse him of command responsibility in the alleged killing of Serb civilians by the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army in 1998. Haradinaj has denied the charges. Kosovo remains a province of Serbia and Montenegro, but is administered by the United Nations.

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