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Photo Gallery Capturing Karadzic

The arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, the man accused of orchestrating Europe's worst massacre since World War II, has unleashed an outburst of joy in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. In Belgrade, police have amassed in front of the court building where Karadzic is being held.
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Scenes of jubilation: Bosnian Muslims in Sarajevo celebrate the arrest of alleged Serb war criminal Radovan Karadzic.

Foto: DPA
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In the Serbian capital of Belgrade, however, Karadzic still enjoys some support. Here, one of his supporters is led away by police.

Foto: AP
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A Belgrade newspaper's front page: Karadzic was one of the world's most wanted men.

Foto: REUTERS
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A new identity: Karadzic managed to escape the clutches of the authorities by growing a beard, changing his hair style and wearing glasses.

Foto: AP
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The trained psychiatrist had been working in a private medical surgery in Belgrade specializing in "alternative medicine," and had called himself Dragan Dabic.

Foto: REUTERS
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The former Serb leader was being held at the special court in Belgrade on Tuesday. A large police presence was brought in to secure the area.

Foto: AP
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Karadzic's brother Luka makes a phone call outside the court building. He doesn't believe his brother handed himself in. "It's not his style," he told reporters.

Foto: AP
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A judge questioned the alleged war criminal, who has refused to answer questions.

Foto: REUTERS
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Karadzic (right) with General Ratko Mladic, who also stands accused in the Srebrenica slaughter, is still on the lam.

Foto: REUTERS
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As recently as March, soliders from the European Union's EUFOR peacekeeping force unsuccessfully searched for Kardzic at the home of his relatives in the town of Pale.

Foto: REUTERS
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Some Bosnian Serbs still regard former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic (left), Karadzic (center) and Mladic (right) -- who the international community accuses of having committed horrendous war crimes -- as heroes.

Foto: REUTERS
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The UN war crimes tribunal has been hunting for Karadzic for over a decade. He stands accused of genocide and other crimes.

Foto: AP
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After his arrest dozens of his supporters gathered in front of the Belgrade court house where Karadzic is being held. Police arersted several.

Foto: AFP
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A cemetery in Sarajevo in 1994: Serb forces laid siege to the Bosnian and Herzegovinan capital for 43 months between 1992 and 1996. One of the charges against Karadzic relates to the siege, during which the civilian population had to live in fear of shelling and sniper fire.

Foto: DPA
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A mass grave near Pilicer: The bodies here are believed to be some of the 8,000 mission persons who fled Srebrenica in July 1995. Karadzic is accused of orchestrating the massacre at Sebrencia in which 8,000 Muslim men and boys were murdered.

Foto: REUTERS
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Srebrenica massacre: Hundreds of coffins of Bosnian Muslims, whose bodies were found in mass graves, are prepared for a funeral in July 2007.

Foto: REUTERS
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A meeting between Karadzic and General Mladic in 1993.

Foto: REUTERS
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US posters of Karadzic and Mladic in Sarajevo in 2002: A $5 million reward was offered for information leading to their arrests.

Foto: AFP
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Women from Srebrencia watch TV coverage of proceedings at the International Court of Justice in The Hague in February 2007 at an office in Tuzla. Behind the women the walls are covered with picture of their missing loved ones. The court ruled that month that Serbia had failed to prevent genocide in Bosnia.

Foto: REUTERS
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Karadzic's wife Ljiljana: In 2005 she appealed on TV for her husband to hand himself in to save the family from the numerous house searches. After the news first broke, she said she couldn't believe her husband had been arrested.

Foto: DPA
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Bosnian Serbs demonstrate in April 2004 in Pale following a nighttime raid by NATO special forces searching for Karadzic.

Foto: AFP
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