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Indicted war criminal Radovan Karadzic has announced he will defend himself at his upcoming trial in The Hague. The former Bosnian Serb leader is still to appeal his extradition to the Netherlands, as more details emerge about his secret life as a fugitive.

Algeria: Anger of the Dispossessed The history of Algeria has been turbulent with the transition from colonialism to revolution to socialism to Islamic insurgency. Today it is viewed as a breeding ground for terrorists. How has Algeria´s history - and the manipulation of it - contribute to the state it´s in today and what does the future hold? Rediscovering the New World Tony Horwitz believes most Americans are confused about American history. It's almost like they think Christopher Columbus sailed to America, dropped off the Pilgrims and sailed home. When he began pondering his own knowledge of the founding of America by Europeans he realised that he'd "mislaid an entire century".

More details have emerged about the circumstances of Radovan Karadzic's capture and how the indicted war criminal managed to evade capture for over decade. Surprisingly, the 63-year-old fugitive and Europe's most wanted man was living a very public life in Belgrade working as a doctor in a private naturopathy clinic under a false identity. Sporting a long white beard and glasses, he even managed to give public lectures and publish articles on alternative medicine.

As reported earlier, the former Bosnian Serb leader was living a bizarre double life in Belgrade where he worked as an alternative medicine practitioner. The 63-year-old is now in custody with proceedings to extradite him to the International War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague now underway.

Indonesia's Attorney General has confirmed that the executions of the Bali bombers is imminent. The three were convicted for their role in two nightclub bombings that killed 202 people in 2002. Even at death's door, the bombers have continued to defend their actions as the religious duty of Muslims to wage Jihad. It's now feared their executions could exacerbate militant anger and spark revenge attacks within Indonesia.

More on the breaking news of the arrest of one of the world's most wanted men, Radavan Karadzic, Serbia's wartime president. Radovan Karadzic is expected to be taken to the International Criminal Court in The Hague following his arrest in Serbia today.

One of the world's most wanted men, Radovan Karadzic, has been arrested in Serbia after being on the run since 1997. He was Serbia's wartime president in Bosnia and has been indicted for genocide for the 43-month siege of Sarajevo which claimed 12,000 lives. He is also wanted on charges surrounding the 1995 massacre of up to 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica, the worst atrocity in Europe since World War Two.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is now in the middle of a two day trip to Israel. He is the first British leader to address the Israeli parliament, where he expressed his support for Israel and his optimism that a landmark Middle East peace deal can be made. He also reiterated Britain's commitment to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

Major General Jim Molan is set to leave the Australian Defence Force after a 40-year career, and he's written a remarkably revealing account of his time in Iraq entitled Running the War In Iraq: An Australian General, 300,000 troops, the bloodiest conflict in our times.

Civil war - what's in a name

The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon Born in 1964, Aleksandar Hemon grew up in Sarajevo, Bosnia, and became a journalist. In 1992 he travelled to America on a US-sponsored goodwill tour. His home city came under siege while he was in Chicago, where he stayed as a refugee. After a wide variety of low-level, minimum-wage jobs, he started writing in his second language, English, in 1995. His acclaimed collection of stories The Question of Bruno provoked comparisons with Conrad, Nabokov and Kundera when it appeared in 2000 and won several awards. His new book is The Lazarus Project. Aleksandar Hemon won one of the American MacArthur Foundations' famed "genius grants" in 2004 to fund research for the book which is an exploration of immigration and identity.

Fareed Zakaria (Part 2) Newsweek International's editor, Fareed Zakaria, returns to the program to discuss the latest political developments in the US and abroad - in particular, in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Music and the Brain Oliver Sacks' latest book "Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain" is a collection of twenty-nine essays on subjects ranging from musical seizures, the fear of music, musical savants, music and blindness, dementia and music therapy, and musical dreams.

Remembering Fromelles

From reporter to refugee Edison and Sony are journalists. They fled the bloodshed of Sierra Leone to start a new life in Sydney. But the past is always with them and explaining and documenting it is now the core of their work here in Australia. Journalists and their sources The assumption of confidentiality between a journalist and his or her source is enshrined in the Australian journalists' Code of Ethics. In Perth this past week one News Limited journalist has has his adherence to the code tested. He was threatened with gaol for not disclosing the name of a whistle-blower. Meanwhile, a new editorial policy has come into effect at the ABC which seeks to provide guidance on the way reporters should deal with their sources. But could it cause more harm than good?

Many officials in Africa have voiced concern about the ramifications of war crimes charges brought against Sudan's president, Omar al-Bashir. Already, the chairman of the African Union, Tanzania's foreign minister Bernard Membe, has warned the move could provoke 'military coups and widespread anarchy' in the Sudan.

At just 25 years old, Sean McCarthy was killed in a roadside bomb attack, making him the sixth Australian soldier to die in Afghanistan. It's been a bloody month for Afghanistan, but soldiers are not the only ones in the firing line. The International Red Cross says 250 civilians have been killed or injured in the last six days, sparking a call for both sides to spare innocent lives by distinguishing between civilians and fighters.

Reporting 'The Troubles' After a career spent reporting the joys and frustrations of Northern Ireland, BBC journalist Denis Murray has now called it a day, but not before speaking with the Media Report about his experiences.

The spectre of terrorism

Standard Operating Procedure - Philip Gourevitch Philip Gourevitch was covering the 2004 presidential election for the New Yorker magazine in the year the Abu Ghraib photographs came out showing the abuse of prisoners by American soldiers. He expected that this would change the nature of the conversation about America's conduct of the Iraq war. This didn't happen and ultimately only a handful of low-ranking soldiers were convicted of abusing prisoners. When filmmaker Errol Morris began to send him transcripts of interviews he had done with some of those soldiers Philip Gourevitch decided to work on a book with Morris looking at who and what was hidden by the framing. The book, like the film, is called Standard Operating Procedure.

Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have withdrawn plans to give land to a Hindu shrine. Author: bbcworldnews Keywords: BBC News Unrest over Kashmir shrine plans Added: July 3, 2008

Children in Zimbabwe According to UNICEF, Zimbabwe has a higher number of orphans in proportion to its population than any other country in the world, and most of these cases are as a result of parents dying from AIDS. What sort of effect will the recent political violence in Zimbabwe, coupled with the Mugabe regime's ban on the distribution of food aid a month ago, have on these children? Getting the dirt on being clean From soaking in Roman baths to centuries of filth, the reasons why we clean ourselves, or don't, have been influenced by the prevailing thoughts of the day be that religion, medicine, or commercialism. Today, in the western world, we live in a perceived sanitised state, but is it good for us? Central Arnhem Land Student A conversation Phillip recorded at the North Australia Forum in Darwin with a young traditional man from Central Arnhem Land whose ambition is to become a renowned film maker.

After six years as a captive of leftist guerrillas in the Colombian jungle, French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, has this morning been rescued by Colombian military forces. Ms Bentancourt was freed along with three US nationals and 11 Colombian soldiers, who were also being held captive by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC. The charismatic green-party politician was seized in during a bid to win Colombia's presidential race in 2002.

The Arab summit in Egypt is still grappling with the problem of Zimbabwe, and is debating a resolution calling on Robert Mugabe's government to enter into a power sharing deal with the opposition. In the meantime, the US is pushing the United Nations for stronger sanctions against Zimbawe, while France said it will only recognise a governement led by opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai.

Large-scale military drills by the Israeli military is again stoking speculation that Israel might attack Iran's nuclear facilities. The story is also being fuelled by an article by American journalist Seymour Hersh who is saying the US is running a covert operation in Iran and conducting cross border raids. Washington denies any such operation, but the endless speculation of an attack is helping drive up world oil prices.

Christina Lamb: writing reportage, writing stories We may think we know the difference between fact and embellishment, between objective reportage and storytelling, but do the two ever go hand in hand? One woman who thinks they should is British journalist Christina Lamb. Cion by Zakes Mda (review) South African born novelist and playwright Zakes Mda says the end of apartheid made it easier for him to write.

New technology is increasingly breaking down barriers for the blind community. Global positioning systems, mobile phones with scanners and cameras, screen-reading software, as well as less sophisticated but equally useful stuff like talking kettles and measuring jugs - they've become the 'tricks of the trade' for people who are visually impaired. Even shopping on the internet creates new opportunities - as Jenny explains "I've never been able to browse before, and now I can". And there's a website where folk share information about how to use new consumer items - things the manuals don't tell you, like whether the 'on/off' switch is at the top or the bottom! Five people who have no vision talk in this program about their lives, and about the way new technologies are making a difference.

Palestine Inside Out SUMMARY: Saree Makdisi suggests that the only way to solve the bitter conflict between Palestinians and Israelis is to forget the two-state solution and create a single secular state. Bottlemania SUMMARY: Bottled water is about as ubiquitous as any consumer product on earth these days. But is the whole bottled water phenomenon a triumph of marketing over commonsense? What are the actual health benefits of a product that can cost 10,000 times as much as tap water? Carr and Beattie SUMMARY: Is presidential candidate Barack Obama too liberal for America? Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis and George McGovern, were regarded as being progressive and failed to in their bid for the presidency. Will this be Obama's fate? Managing the Boom SUMMARY: The Kimberley region of WA is an area that contains several national parks as well internationally significant galleries of indigenous rock art. The Kimberley also contains valuable deposits of minerals, precious stones such as diamonds and large reserves of natural gas. So what are the competing interests of employment, development and environmental and cultural heritage? Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Century SUMMARY: Professor Tony Judt suggests that we have entered an `age of forgetting´ - particularly in relation to the twentieth century. So are those who forget the lessons of history doomed to repeat them?

Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has called for armed peacekeepers to be called into the country to restore democracy while US President George W Bush called tomorrow's runoff presidential elections a "sham" and has joined Britain in refusing to recognise the results. Britain has also stripped President Mugabe of his knighthood while pushing the EU for further sanctions.

North Korea will today make an unprecedented disclosure of its nuclear activities, as part of its nuclear disarmament deal in exchange for economic aid. The declaration is expected to outline all the nuclear materials and facilities in its possession and, once it's verified, the US will take steps to remove North Korea from its list of nations that sponsor terrorism. But Washington's not in a rush, with the communist state yet to disclose its entire cache of atomic weapons.

The UN Security Council has unanimously declared that Friday's planned presidential elections in Zimbabwe cannot be free and fair after opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai pulled out of the race earlier this week and sought refuge in the Dutch embassy in Harare. That view is now shared by South Africa's ruling ANC party in its strongest condemnation to date on the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe and comes ahead of a planned emergency meeting of Southern African leaders in Tanzania tomorrow to discuss the crisis.