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BBC News with Marry Small.

One of the world's most wanted men, the former Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic, has been arrested after almost 13 years on the run. His arrest was confirmed in a statement from the Serbian President, Boris Tadic, saying that Mr. Karadzic should be taken before judges in Belgrade. Ivana Miloradovi has more.

Radovan Karadzic is one of the three most important Serbian suspects indicted for war crimes by the special tribunal in The Hague. He stands charged with serious war crimes including two counts of genocide, relating to the Bosnian conflict in the early 1990s. He has been in hiding for more than 12 years. International peacekeeping forces in Bosnia have tried to locate and arrest him on several occasions without success. The arrest of Mr. Karadzic and his former wartime commander, Ratko Mladic, has been set as a condition for the further integration of Serbia into the European Union and NATO.

The EU's Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn has welcomed the arrest of Mr. Karadzic as an important step by Serbia on the way to EU membership. He said it was a milestone in Serbia's cooperation with the War Crimes Tribunal. The capture of Mr. Karadzic comes on the eve of a meeting of EU foreign ministers which is scheduled to discuss closer relations with Serbia.

The government and opposition in Zimbabwe have given themselves a fortnight to negotiate an end to the country's political crisis after President Robert Mugabe and his political opponent Morgan Tsvangirai shook hands on a deal to begin immediate talks. At a joint news conference in Harare broadcast live on Al Jazeera, Mr. Mugabe set out what they would aim to achieve in their power-sharing agreement.

"We sit here to chart a new way of political interaction and this is out of a decision that we assist each other and we assist Zimbabwe to overcome the political and economic situation which requires support."

The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said all sides needed to negotiate seriously and in good faith.

The former driver of Osama bin Laden has gone on trial at the first war crimes hearing at the United States Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay. Salim Hamdan pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy and supporting terrorism. He could face life imprisonment if convicted by a jury of US military officers. Jack Izzard reports from Washington.

Six and a half years after he was arrested, Salim Hamdan's trial has finally begun. His lawyers entered a not-guilty plea on his behalf. Prosecutors accused him of being part of Al Qaeda's inner circle. Hamdan has said that he did work as a driver for Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan for several years, but was never a member of Al Qaeda.

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Parliamentarians in France have approved radical plans by President Nicholas Sarkozy to reform the country's constitution by the narrowest margin of just one vote. Mr. Sarkozy has said that the reforms would make France more democratic but critics say he is turning the country into an autocracy. The most contentious part of the bill is a plan to let the president to address parliament, something the French head of state has been barred from doing to ensure the separation of executive and legislative powers.

The BBC has found evidence that the murder of albinos in Tanzania has continued despite government efforts to stamp out the practice of using their body parts in witchcraft. A BBC undercover reporter was offered albino body parts for sale by witch doctors. Karen Allen reports. (Www.hxen.net)

In the past four weeks in and around a remote fishing region of Wanza, two albinos have fallen victim to chilling attacks. A 52-year-old man was butchered to death in his backyard as he ate a meal with his wife, and just a week ago a seven-month-old baby was snatched from his parents' arms and hacked to death with machetes. Although the Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has ordered a census of all albinos in Tanzania to be carried out in a bid to offer protection, there are growing suspicions that elements within the Tanzanian police may be involved in the trade.

The Malian government and Taureg rebels fighting for more autonomy have signed a ceasefire agreement after four days of negotiations in Algeria. The talks between government envoys and the Democratic Alliance for Change went ahead despite an attack on a Malian police station by a different Tuareg rebel group on Saturday.

For the first time since the abolition of the monarchy in Nepal, a president has been appointed. Ram Baran Yadav of the Nepali Congress Party was selected by a Constituent Assembly over his Maoist opponent Ram Raja Prasad Singh after weeks of political deadlock. His victory is seen as a setback for the Maoists.

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