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This topic was discussed on World Have Your Say on 3 June, 2011. Listen to the programme.

I'm watching Ratko Mladic making his first appearance at the Hague. In the first few minutes there has been disagreement on the date of his birth and a discussion on where he was born.....this could take a while....Mladic is answering directly to the judge and does not appear frail though the judge did say they can discuss his health later. There's also disagreement around the world whether Mladic should be appearing in the Hague at all.

Here's a little fromon what people are talking about:
Serbia is continuing a fierce debate, arguing whether the General's extradition to The Hague was the right thing to do. Serbian Radical Party (SRS) that is considered nationalistic stated that it strongly condemned the regime of Boris Tadic for the shameful extradition of the Serbian hero, General Ratko Mladic. They added that this "treacherous act" was threatening the survival of the Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina. - Ed.) and the country's national interests.

Does that surprise you or do you sympathise with the SRS? Here a little of what you are saying online.

Tetradugenica‎ tweets ratko mladic was a hero of serbia and i must protest his villification in the international press

A tweets from WeDoAdventureWe've just seen a Banja Luka newspaper declaring "Mladic is our hero". 12000 demonstrated against his arrest here yesterday. #adifferentpov

wambelzig‎ tweets I am surprised how many people still see Ratko Mladic as a Serbian National Hero,seems still some people have learned anything from that war
As I was typing Mladic has just told the court "I am a gravely ill man".... to be continued.
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