Serb forces pounded the city every day from higher ground positions, trapping Sarajevo's ill-prepared residents in the valley below.

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The episode seemed to cast a momentary doubt over Britain's decision to release him from almost 17 months' detention, on the ground that the elderly general was too ill for extradition or trial.

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