Rifampicin, the apparently unprescribed antibiotic that a Dutch toxicologist said he found in former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic's system earlier this year, is used together with other drugs to treat tuberculosis. It also can be used alone to treat certain bacterial infections or asymptomatic carriers of a type of meningitis.
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Russia pressed the U.N. war crimes tribunal on Monday to let its doctors examine the post mortem results of Yugoslav ex-leader Slobodan Milosevic, who died in jail soon after being refused treatment in Moscow.
Russian news agencies quoted Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying that Moscow was disappointed with the tribunal's rejection of Milosevic's request to undergo treatment in a Moscow clinic despite guarantees of his return.
"In the situation where we were distrusted, we also have the right to distrust," Lavrov told Russian reporters.
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Serbian President Boris Tadic's office said: "The president believes a national funeral for Slobodan Milosevic would be completely inappropriate because of the role that he played in Serbia's recent history, and contrary to the direction the people of Serbia clearly showed on October 5, 2000," referring to his ouster in a popular uprising.
But officials of Milosevic's Socialist Party said they would bring down the Serbian government if it fails to comply with a demand for his funeral to be held in his homeland.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said that Milosevic had been a "malign influence" on the region.
"I hope very much that his passing will enable the people of Serbia better to come to terms with their past, which is the only way they can properly face the future," Straw said at a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Salzburg.
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The Belgrade Courts have, in the meantime, abolished the warrant for the arrest of Slobodan Milosevic’s widow, Mirjana Markovic. According to the Reuters news agency, it has received information from a senior official of the Serbia Socialist Party that the warrant has been nullified. The Belgrade District Court has accepted a guarantee for Mira Markovic to not be arrested if she enters the country. However, if she does not voluntary report to the courts for interrogation, she will be arrested and taken into custody. The indictment for the misuse of official position against Markovic remains valid and active. The court accepted a guarantee of 15,000 euros, stating that it is an adequate guarantee which negates the possibility of Markovic avoiding her responsibilities to the Serbian courts. Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said that the decision to allow Mirjana Markovic to re-enter the country for her husband’s funeral will enable the family to hold the services in Belgrade. “A funeral is a civilised act which must be respected.” Kostunica said. The Prime Minister added that it is in the spirit of the Serbian tradition to behave with respect in such events.
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