Serb nationalist sentenced to 2 years for contempt

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal sentenced Serb ultranationalist Vojislav Seselj to two years imprisonment Thursday for refusing to remove information from his website that revealed the identities of witnesses who had been granted anonymity by the court.

Seselj, who revels in expressing his contempt for the U.N. court, remained defiant, refusing to stand up when Presiding Judge Stefan Trechsel read out his sentence.

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