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Milosevic Is Buried

March 18, 2006 -- Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic was today buried to his hometown of Pozarevac in Serbia.

Milosevic was interred in the grounds of his family home, following a private ceremony.

As the hearse carrying the body made its way through Pozarevac to the burial site, hundreds of townspeople filled the roads to overflowing.

In Belgrade earlier, some 50,000 people gathered to bid farewell to Milosevic, whose coffin was on display outside parliament.

The vice president of Milosevic's Socialist Party of Serbia, Milorad Vucelic, told the crowds in Belgrade that Milosevic's family could not attend the funeral because of "threats."

"Because of controversial statements by the authorities in Serbia regarding security of the family of Slobodan Milosevic during the funeral and especially because of threats and blackmail addressed to [his wife] Mira Markovic, the family was prevented from coming to the funeral and will not be present at the funeral," Vucelic said.

Milosevic died of a heart attack at the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague on March 11. He had been standing trial on charges of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity during the Balkans wars in the 1990s.

(compiled from agency reports)

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