THE HAGUE, Sept 23, 2008 (AFP) - The UN war crimes prosecutor Tuesday presented an updated indictment against Radovan Karadzic to expedite the case against the Bosnian Serb wartime leader, arrested in Belgrade in July.

THE HAGUE, August 29, 2008 (AFP) - Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic refused to enter a plea before a UN war crimes court Friday, attacking the tribunal's independence and labelling it 'a court of NATO'.

THE HAGUE, August 29, 2008 (AFP) - Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic refused to enter a plea Friday before the UN war crimes tribunal, which he dismissed as 'a court of NATO'.

THE HAGUE, August 29, 2008 (AFP) - The UN's Yugoslav war crimes court Friday entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic to genocide and war crimes charges after he refused to file his own plea.

THE HAGUE, August 29, 2008 (AFP) - Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic on Friday made his second appearance before the UN's Yugoslav War Crimes court which is trying him for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

BANJA LUKA, August 28, 2008 (AFP) - Posters claiming war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic's innocence appeared Thursday in several Bosnian Serb towns, a day before he was due to enter a plea before a UN court.

The posters were plastered in the Bosnian Serb entity's administrative capital Banja Luka featuring a sketched profile of Karadzic, according to an AFP correspondent.

THE HAGUE, August 26, 2008 (AFP) - War crimes accused Radovan Karadzic demanded that the UN war crimes court annul his trial over procedural mistakes, threats against him and other lapses, according to a statement made public Tuesday.

SARAJEVO, August 23, 2008 (AFP) - The family of war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic met Saturday with Bosnian leaders to complain that their assets had been frozen and that they were not being allowed to work.

A supporter of Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic critically injured in clashes with ...

A supporter of Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic critically injured in clashes with ...

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BELGRADE, August 3, 2008 (AFP) - Serbia's president vowed Sunday to continue to cooperate fully with The Hague-based UN war crimes court following the arrest of genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic, dismissing the need for any 'additional pressure' on the Balkan country.

BELGRADE, August 3, 2008 (AFP) - Serbian President Boris Tadic was due to speak to reporters Sunday for the first time since the arrest of Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic for genocide and war crimes.

Tadic's press conference was due at 1:00 p.m. (1100 GMT) in Belgrade, his office announced.

PRAGUE, August 2, 2008 (AFP) - Radical supporters of Czech side Sparta Prague on Saturday sent a message of support to former Bosnian Serb leaders Radovan Karadzic and General Ratko Mladic.

The fans unfurled a banner reading 'R. Mladic, R. Karadzic, chin up,' during a league match against Mlada Boleslav. 'Impossible to divide the Slavs. Death to the EU,' the banner added.

BELGRADE, August 2, 2008 (AFP) - Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic was protected by the United States until a CIA phone bug caught him breaking the terms of his 'deal', Serb newspaper Blic reported Saturday, quoting a US intelligence source.

STOCKHOLM, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - Noone promised Radovan Karadzic he would avoid a UN war crimes trial if he withdrew from public life, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, who helped mediate the Balkans conflict, said Friday.

'Such a deal never existed. There has not been any attempt to drop the charges' against Karadzic, Bildt told Swedish public radio.

BELGRADE, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - Radovan Karadzic's lawyer said Friday he was seeking the return from Serbian authorities of a seized laptop containing files needed for his defence before the UN war crimes tribunal.

THE HAGUE, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic said Friday the United States wanted him dead and accused it of reneging on a deal to shield him from trial by the UN war crimes court.

THE HAGUE, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic said that US negotiator Richard Holbrooke wanted him dead, according to court documents seen Friday.

Claiming Holbrooke had promised him freedom from prosecution by the UN war crimes court if he disappeared from the public eye, Karadzic said Holbrooke later reneged on their deal.

THE HAGUE, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - US negotiator Richard Holbrooke promised Radovan Karadzic that he would avoid trial at the UN war crimes court if he withdrew from public life, the Bosnian Serb wartime leader claimed in court documents seen Friday.

THE HAGUE, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - Radavan Karadzic will exploit tactics already used by late Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic at his UN war crimes trial and try to embarrass the United States over alleged back door deals at the end of the Bosnian war, experts believe.

WASHINGTON, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Former US negotiator Richard Holbrooke denied in an interview aired Thursday that he once cut a deal with ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic that would have allowed him to avoid facing war crimes charges in exchange for keeping a low profile.

THE HAGUE, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic made a combative first appearance at the UN war crimes court Thursday, claiming 'irregularities' in his capture and waiving legal counsel.

THE HAGUE, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic claimed Thursday to have struck a deal with US negotiator Richard Holbrooke at the end of the 1992-95 Bosnian war which he now said had put his life at risk.

SARAJEVO, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Mothers of those killed in the Srebrenica massacre watched with bitterness and tears on Thursday as Radovan Karadzic made his first appearance before the UN war crimes tribunal.

THE HAGUE, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic claimed Thursday to have made a deal with US negotiator Richard Holbrooke at the end of the 1992-95 Bosnian war that involved his withdrawal from public life.

THE HAGUE, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Former Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic claimed Thursday to have been kidnapped for three days before being handed over to authorities.

'I was arrested irregularly,' he told judge Alphons Orie during his first appearance before the UN's Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague.

THE HAGUE, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic said Thursday he would conduct his own defence throughout his genocide trial before the UN's Yugoslav war crimes court.

BELGRADE, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Radovan Karadzic's appearance Thursday before a UN war crimes court received almost blanket TV coverage in Serbia, where he was caught 10 days ago after more than a decade on the run.

THE HAGUE, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Former Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic claimed irregularities in his capture and contested the date of his arrest, when he appeared before a UN war crimes court Thursday.

THE HAGUE, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic opted Thursday to delay entering a plea to 11 charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity before the UN war crimes court.

Judge Alphons Orie explained to Karadzic that he need not enter a plea immediately, and could do so within 30 days from the initial appearance.

THE HAGUE, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic waived his right to counsel for his first appearance Thursday before the UN war crimes court in The Hague, saying he wanted to represent himself.

THE HAGUE, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic made his first appearance Thursday before a UN war crimes court to face genocide charges after more than a decade on the run.

Sporting a new, short haircut, Karadzic was clean shaven in a dark blue suit and tie.

THE HAGUE, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic stood before the UN war crimes court Thursday to face genocide charges, in his first public appearance since his arrest after nearly 13 years on the run.

THE HAGUE, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Photos of a thin, seemingly relaxed Radovan Karadzic, minus the beard and long hair he used to avoid detection, emerged Thursday hours before his first appearance in a UN court on genocide charges.

BELGRADE, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - Radovan Karadzic will use his legal right to postpone the start of his war crimes trial by one month, his Serbian lawyer said ahead of his client's first appearance before a UN tribunal on Thursday.

'We agreed in Belgrade that he would ask for a 30-day delay and he will certainly do that,' the lawyer, Svetozar Vujacic, told AFP.

BELGRADE, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - A Serbian newspaper published pictures Thursday of Radovan Karadzic shorn of his guru-like hair and beard, ahead of his appearance before the UN war crimes tribunal.