BELGRADE COURT REJECTS SLJIVANCANIN'S APPEALS

BELGRADE, June 27 (Hina) - The Belgrade county court's trial chamber has dismissed appeals submitted by attorneys of a Hague tribunal's indictee, Veselin Sljivancanin, to a decision ordering detention for Sljivancanin and a decision that all conditions have been met for his extradition to the UN war crimes tribunal, a Belgrade daily, "Glas javnosti", writes Friday. #L# The final decision on the extradition of Sljivancanin, indicted for war crimes at Ovcara outside Vukovar in 1991, will be made by Human and Minority Rights Minister Rasim Ljajic. The date of his transfer will be set by the Serbian interior ministry in agreement with the Hague tribunal. Sljivancanin was arrested on June 12. Glas javnosti writes that at a hearing before the county court, he said the indictment against him was full of untruths. (hina) lml sb