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Tue 11 Nov 2009Karadzic attends Hague tribunal
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appeared in court today for the first time since his trial for genocide started but said he would take no further part unless he had more time to prepare his defence.
Mr Karadzic, acting as his own attorney, refused to attend the opening last week of the proceedings before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, where he faces 11 war crimes charges, including two of genocide during the 1992-95 Bosnian war.
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