No sign of poisoning in Milosevic's body: Tests

By Afp, The Hague
Forensic tests found no sign of poisoning or the unprescribed antibiotic rifampicin in the body of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, the president of the UN war crimes tribunal said yesterday.

Tests by the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) showed "no indication of poisoning" or rifampicin, a powerful antibiotic that could have counteracted Milosevic's heart medication, said the tribunal president, Fausto Pocar.

Other drugs were found in the samples tested, but "not in toxic quantities," he said.