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Karadzic absent as trial resumes

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The genocide and war crimes trial of ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has resumed in The Hague in his absence, a day after it was adjourned.

Mr Karadzic is boycotting proceedings, saying he needs more time to prepare his defence. But the court ruled the trial could begin without him.

In opening remarks, prosecutors described him as "supreme commander" of a campaign of ethnic cleansing.

Mr Karadzic denies all charges relating to the Bosnian war of the 1990s.

Ben Brown reports.

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