Serbian ex-president Karadzic arrested

BELGRADE: Former Serbian president Radovan Karadzic, wanted for "genocide and crimes" during the Bosnian war, has been arrested after 11 years on the run.

The Bosnian Serb was in disguise and working as a doctor near Belgrade, and was arrested on Monday, Serbian officials said yesterday. They showed reporters a photograph of an unrecognizable Karadzic, thin and with a white beard and long flowing hair.

His arrest was one of the main conditions of Serbia's entry into the European Union (EU). And it could move Belgrade closer to the EU and possibly get it the status of a membership candidate state this year.