Milosevic's illness halts UN war crimes trial

Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's war crimes trial in The Hague has been suspended for the third time this month…

Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's war crimes trial in The Hague has been suspended for the third time this month due to his ill health.

Milosevic, who has suffered from high blood pressure, flu and fatigue since his trial opened in February 2002, is charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo in the 1990s.

The UN war crimes tribunal said in a statement that the hearings would be cancelled for the remainder of this week.

The court did not give details about Milosevic's condition.

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Earlier this month, judges asked doctors to examine Milosevic to check his physical and mental condition. Milosevic has rebuffed calls to appoint a lawyer to help him with his defence in court.

The 62-year-old former Serb strongman, who was last year examined by a cardiologist, refused to undergo a psychiatric examination ordered by judges last December to gauge the toll the trial was taking on his mental health.