The war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is due to begin at The Hague. Skip related content
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He is charged with 11 counts, including genocide, over the 1992-95 Bosnian War.
There is speculation he may not appear for the start of the trial. In a letter he wrote: "This process is not ready to start, simply because the defence was not granted sufficient time and resources to prepare."
The trial is the biggest The Hague has handled since that of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic.
Karadzic went into hiding from 1996 but was discovered living in Belgrade in July 2008 in disguise with a full thick beard.
The break-up of Yugoslavia in the 1990s saw some of the worst atrocities in Europe since World War Two as Serbs, Croats and Muslims fought for territory. More than 100,000 people were killed in warfare and through policies such as "ethnic cleansing".
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