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Page last updated at 03:45 GMT, Friday, 23 October 2009 04:45 UK

Karadzic 'will not show' at trial

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Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has said he will not appear at his trial in The Hague next week.

Mr Karadzic sent a letter to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), saying his defence was "not ready".

He denies 11 charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, dating back to the Bosnian war.

Peter Biles reports.

READ MORE: Karadzic plans to boycott trial

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