"This is a very important day for the victims who have waited for this arrest for over a decade. It is also an important day for international justice because it clearly demonstrates that nobody is beyond the reach of the law and that sooner or later all fugitives will be brought to justice.", Serge Brammertz, head prosecutor for the U.N. War Crimes Tribunal.

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"He was at large because the Yugoslav army was protecting him. But this guy in my view was worse than Milosevic ... he was the intellectual leader.", Richard Holbrooke, former U.S. ambassador who negotiated an end to the 1992-1995 Bosnian War, told CNN, referring to former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic.

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"As the phone rang, I knew something was wrong. I'm shocked. Confused. At least now, we know he is alive.", Ljiljana Karadzic, Karadzic's wife.

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"This news gives us immense satisfaction. The new government in Belgrade stands for a new Serbia, for a new quality of relations with the EU.", EU foreign affairs chief Javier Solana said.

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"He just said that these people showed him a police badge and than he was taken to some place and kept in the room. And that is absolutely against the law what they did.", Sveta Vujacic, Karadzic's lawyer in Serbia.

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"We congratulate the government of Serbia, and thank the people who conducted this operation for their professionalism and courage.", statement from the White House.

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"The four years that I was working with NATO to try and catch him were peppered by rumors of where he was, in this cafe, on that mountain, in this valley, so it's been a long hoped for day.", Lord Paddy Ashdown, former top international administrator in Bosnia, told BBC radio.