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War crimes suspect quizzed after epic hunt 
Prosecutors showed an image of Karadzic as he looked before his capture.
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A judge has ordered ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic handed over to the U.N. war crimes court to face charges of genocide and other atrocities against Muslims and Croats in his country, a Serbian prosecutor said Tuesday.
Karadzic has three days to appeal the ruling that would send him to the tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, Serbian war crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic said. Karadzic's lawyer Sveta Vujacic said he will appeal the order.
Texas, Mexico prepare for Tropical Storm Dolly Texas mobilized National Guard troops and residents along the Gulf Coast near the Mexican border were buying plywood, flashlights and other supplies as Tropical Storm Dolly ? expected by forecasters to strengthen into a hurricane this week ? headed their way.
Hurricane warnings were issued late Monday for parts of the Texas and Mexico coasts, meaning hurricane conditions were expected in those areas by the end of Tuesday.
Lawmakers move to curb Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac pay Democrats and Republicans queasy about a federal rescue of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are coalescing around the idea of letting the government slap limits on the multimillion-dollar pay packages of their executives.
Key lawmakers ? puzzling over how to explain to constituents why they voted to bail out the troubled government-sponsored firms ? see new curbs on compensation for the top officers as a crucial measure to cut down on the cringe factor.
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