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Serbian PM denies negotiating surrender with wanted war criminal

[JURIST] Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica [Wikipedia profile] denied earlier reports Thursday that his government was negotiating a surrender with war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic [BBC profile]. Two Serbian newspapers and a rights activist claimed [JURIST report] that the government was contacting Mladic, who is wanted [JURIST report] by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website] in connection with the Srebrenica massacre [Wikipedia profile]. Kostunica said the media was hampering efforts to locate Mladic. Reuters has more.

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Charles Manson sentenced to death

On April 19, 1971, Charles Manson was sentenced to death for ordering the murders of Sharon Tate and others. The sentence was then commuted to life after the Supreme Court of California overturned the death penalty in 1972. Learn more about the trial of Charles Manson from the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law.

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On April 19, 1967, John, Paul, George and Ringo - aka "The Beatles" - signed a partnership deed agreeing that the group would continue for a (further) period of ten years. When The Beatles split up prematurely in 1970, Paul applied to have the partnership terminated and a receiver appointed.

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