January 5, 2017 7:49 AM

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Former Prime Minister of Kosovo Haradinaj arrested for alleged war crimes

French police has arrested the former Prime Minister of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj based on a Serbian arrest warrant for alleged war crimes. <br/><br/>Haradinaj served as a rebel commander in the 1998-1999 Kosovo conflict, which eventually led to the Kosovo declaring independence. He twice faced war crimes charges at the UN but was acquitted both times. <br/><br/>Kosovo's foreign ministry said, his arrest was unacceptable, and that it was working to secure his release. Mr Haradinaj, now an opposition leader in Kosovo, was arrested by police at Basel Mulhouse Freiburg airport in eastern France.

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