Slobodan Milosevic found dead in his cell

   Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic died yesterday in his prison cell in The Hague. Mr.
   Milosevic was in the middle of a lengthy trial, being accused of crimes against humanity and
   war crimes. He had been held in detention since his spectacular capture amid a gunfight in a
   Belgrade suburb in June 2001. The independent Serbian Radio station B92 first broke the news.
   The UN war crimes court in The Hague later confirmed that: "Today, Saturday March 11, Slobodan
   Milosevic was found lifeless on his bed in his cell at the United Nations detention unit in
   Scheveningen. The guard immediately alerted the detention unit officer in command and the
   medical officer. The latter confirmed that Slobodan Milosevic was dead."

   Initial reports are that Mr. Milosevic died from natural causes and not

   

   suicide or foul play. However, the court immediately announced it would

   

   be launching an inquiry and a full autopsy into the death. The 65-year-old

   

   detainee had suffered from a series of ailments that repeatedly

   

   interrupted his trial. He had used his previous experience as a lawyer to conduct

   

   his own defence. He beguiled numerous prosecution teams with his tactics and

   

   managed to extend his trial, the costliest in legal history. He tried on various

   

   occasions to call former US President Bill Clinton and serving British Prime

   

   Minister Tony Blair to stand in his defence. Mr. Milosevic played a central role in

   

   the wars in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo, in which 200,000 people died -- many

   

   from ethnic cleansing.

   

   

   1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article's headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T)
   or false (F):

   a.   Slobodan Milosevic was a former ruler of Czechoslovakia.                           T / F  
   b.   Mr. Milosevic quietly surrendered to UN officials in June 2001.                    T / F  
   c.   CNN was the first to report the news of Mr. Milosevic's death.                     T / F  
   d.   It is likely that Mr. Milosevic died in his sleep.                                 T / F  
   e.   There is no suspicion of suicide or foul play being a part of the death.           T / F  
   f.   Mr. Milosevic's trial was the costliest in legal history.                          T / F  
   g.   Bill Clinton and Tony Blair testified at Mr. Milosevic's trial.                    T / F  
   h.   Mr. Milosevic was a peripheral figure in the Balkan wars of the 1990's.            T / F  

   2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:

   a.   former                                       apprehension                                 
   b.   lengthy                                      postmortem                                   
   c.   capture                                      incumbent                                    
   d.   confirmed                                    genocide                                     
   e.   command                                      murder                                       
   f.   foul play                                    one-time                                     
   g.   autopsy                                      distracted                                   
   h.   beguiled                                     drawn out                                    
   i.   serving                                      charge                                       
   j.   ethnic cleansing                             verified                                     

   3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one
   combination is possible):

   a.   Mr. Milosevic was in the                        causes and not suicide or foul play       
   b.   held in detention since his                     wars in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo        
   c.   Serbian Radio station B92                       spectacular capture amid a gunfight       
   d.   found lifeless                                  former US President Bill Clinton          
   e.   The guard immediately alerted                   autopsy into the death                    
   f.   died from natural                               prosecution teams with his tactics        
   g.   launching an inquiry and a full                 middle of a lengthy trial                 
   h.   He beguiled numerous                            the detention unit officer                
   i.   He tried on various occasions to call           first broke the news                      
   j.   played a central role in the                    on his bed in his cell