Milosevic 'savagery' on trial as thousands alleged killed

Wednesday, February 13, 2002

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Slobodan Milosevic orchestrated the murders of thousands of people in a campaign of "savagery" with the sole goal of satisfying his all-consuming thirst for power, a prosecutor said Tuesday, opening the former Yugoslav president's trial for war crimes.

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