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Trial of Ratko Mladic resumes in The Hague

The trial of former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic resumes. It was suspended on Thursday when he fell ill and was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure, though his lawyer, Branko Lukic, said he soon felt better. The trial had only resumed last Monday after being suspended on May 17 at the request of the defence. Mladic, 70, is being tried for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in Bosnia's 1992-95 war, which claimed 100,000 lives and displaced 2.2 million people. He is accused of creating a plan to rid multi-ethnic Bosnia of Croats and Muslims and of having a hand in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in which nearly 8,000 Muslim men and youths were slaughtered.

C.Y. Leung faces first grilling by Legco

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying faces a baptism of fire when he attends his first question-and-answer session in the Legislative Council, the last before the Legco term ends. He is expected to face tough questions concerning illegal structures at his home on The Peak and the resignation and arrest of his development secretary, Mak Chai-kwong, who was in office for just 12 days, for abuse of the civil service housing allowance in the 1980s.

Ukrainian foreign minister visits Beijing

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Konstantin Gryshchenko pays an official visit to China from tomorrow until July 22 at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart, Yang Jiechi. Bilateral relations have been on a fast track since President Hu Jintao signed a joint statement with President Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine last year upgrading the relationship to a strategic partnership.

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