People sit in a downtown cafe as former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appears on television screens in Sarajevo November 3, 2009. Karadzic appeared on Tuesday for an administrative hearing in his war crimes trial, temporarily giving up his boycott to ask for more time to prepare his case. Reuters Pictures 2 weeks ago

People sit in a downtown cafe as former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appears on television screens in Sarajevo November 3, 2009. Karadzic appeared on Tuesday for an administrative hearing in his war crimes trial, temporarily giving up his boycott to ask for more time to prepare his case.

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  1. People walk past a life-size picture of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic in the centre of Banja Luka November 21, 2009, which has been put up to commemorate St. Arhangel Mihailo's Day. St. Arhangel Mihailo is the slava, or patron saint, of Karadzic's family. Karadzic was indicted over episodes including the 43-month siege of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo that began in 1992 and the genocide of about 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica in 1995.
  2. People pose with a life-size picture of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic in the centre of Banja Luka November 21, 2009, which has been put up to commemorate St. Arhangel Mihailo's Day. St. Arhangel Mihailo is the slava, or patron saint, of Karadzic's family. Karadzic was indicted over episodes including the 43-month siege of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo that began in 1992 and the genocide of about 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica in 1995.
  3. Mirsad Tokaca, director of the Sarajevo-based Research and Documentation Centre, presents an atlas of war crimes that took place during Bosnia's 1992-95 war, that includes 50,000 geographic points where war activities took place, accompanied with photos and video-clips of the events, in Sarajevo November 3, 2009. Tokaca said the atlas aimed to help people learn about facts from the war to better face and understand the recent past. The Bosnian war crimes atlas, available on the website www.idc.org.ba, was launched on the same day when the mastermind of the Bosnian war, Bosnian Serb ex-leader Radovan Karadzic, appeared before the Hague war crimes court temporarily giving up the boycott of his trial.
  4. Television sets braodcasts a live transmission of the trial of wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic (UP) during his first court appearance since the start of his genocide trial at International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, in a coffee shop in Sarajevo, on November 3, 2009. Karadzic has refused to leave his jail cell since the trial started on October 26, saying he needs more time to review more than a million pages of prosecution evidence and the statements of hundreds of witnesses. He is charged with 11 counts of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in the 1992-95 Bosnian war that claimed some 100,000 lives and caused 2.2 million people to flee their homes.
  5. A person reads as a television set braodcasts a live transmission of the trial of wartime Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic (UP) during his first court appearance since the start of his genocide trial at International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, in a coffee shop in Sarajevo, on November 3, 2009. Karadzic has refused to leave his jail cell since the trial started on October 26, saying he needs more time to review more than a million pages of prosecution evidence and the statements of hundreds of witnesses. He is charged with 11 counts of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in the 1992-95 Bosnian war that claimed some 100,000 lives and caused 2.2 million people to flee their homes.
  6. People sit in a downtown cafe as former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appears on television screens in Sarajevo November 3, 2009. Karadzic appeared on Tuesday for an administrative hearing in his war crimes trial, temporarily giving up his boycott to ask for more time to prepare his case.
  7. Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, right, enters the courtroom of the U.N.'s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday Nov. 3, 2009. Radovan Karadzic appeared in the courtroom for the first time since his trial began last week on charges of ordering Serb atrocities throughout the Bosnian war. Karadzic has boycotted the trial's first three days, saying he has not had enough time to prepare his defense even though he was indicted in 1995.
  8. Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic enters the courtroom of the U.N.'s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday Nov. 3, 2009. Radovan Karadzic appears in the courtroom for the first time since his trial began last week on charges of ordering Serb atrocities throughout the Bosnian war. Karadzic has boycotted the trial's first three days, saying he has not had enough time to prepare his defense even though he was indicted in 1995.
  9. Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, center background, is watched by journalists in the courtroom of the U.N.'s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday Nov. 3, 2009. Radovan Karadzic appears in the courtroom for the first time since his trial began last week on charges of ordering Serb atrocities throughout the Bosnian war. Karadzic has boycotted the trial's first three days, saying he has not had enough time to prepare his defense even though he was indicted in 1995.
  10. Journalists watch former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic (C) as he sits in the courtroom of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in the Hague November 3 2009. Karadzic appeared on Tuesday for an administrative hearing in his war crimes trial, temporarily giving up his boycott to ask for more time to prepare his case. Karadzic, 64, has denied all 11 war crimes charges brought against him over the 1992-95 Bosnian war, including two genocide charges -- for the massacre of 8,000 Muslim men and boys at Srebrenica and for broader atrocities.
  11. Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic (R) appears in the courtroom of the ICTY War Crimes tribunal in The Hague November 3, 2009. Karadzic appeared on Tuesday for an administrative hearing in his war crimes trial, temporarily giving up his boycott to ask for more time to prepare his case.
  12. Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic enters the courtroom of the U.N.'s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday Nov. 3, 2009. Radovan Karadzic appears in the courtroom for the first time since his trial began last week on charges of ordering Serb atrocities throughout the Bosnian war. Karadzic has boycotted the trial's first three days, saying he has not had enough time to prepare his defense even though he was indicted in 1995.
  13. Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic enters the courtroom of the U.N.'s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday Nov. 3, 2009. Radovan Karadzic appeared in the courtroom for the first time since his trial began last week on charges of ordering Serb atrocities throughout the Bosnian war. Karadzic has boycotted the trial's first three days, saying he has not had enough time to prepare his defense even though he was indicted in 1995.
  14. Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic enters the courtroom of the U.N.'s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday Nov. 3, 2009. Radovan Karadzic appeared in the courtroom for the first time since his trial began last week on charges of ordering Serb atrocities throughout the Bosnian war. Karadzic has boycotted the trial's first three days, saying he has not had enough time to prepare his defense even though he was indicted in 1995.
  15. Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic enters the courtroom of the U.N.'s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday Nov. 3, 2009. Radovan Karadzic appears in the courtroom for the first time since his trial began last week on charges of ordering Serb atrocities throughout the Bosnian war. Karadzic has boycotted the trial's first three days, saying he has not had enough time to prepare his defense even though he was indicted in 1995.
  16. Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appears in the courtroom of the ICTY War Crimes tribunal in The Hague November 3, 2009. Karadzic appeared on Tuesday for an administrative hearing in his war crimes trial, temporarily giving up his boycott to ask for more time to prepare his case.

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