Ratko Mladic has made his first appearance at the war crimes court in The
Hague, dismissing the charges against him as "monstrous" and "obnoxious".

The former head of the Bosnian-Serb army has refused to enter any pleas -
claiming he is "gravely ill."

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Police and health and safety officials are investigating an explosion which
killed three men and a woman at an oil refinery in southwest Wales.

It happened yesterday evening as maintenance was carried out on a storage tank
at the Chevron refinery in Pembrokeshire.