Swiss federal prosecutor to become U.N. war crimes prosecutor?

Swiss Federal Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte is now tipped to be a favourite candidate for the post of the chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Del Ponte met U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday.

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