A rejuvenated Slobodan Milosevic returned to court today and clashed with a former Voice of America reporter as UN prosecutors enter the final weeks of their attempt to prove the Serb leader committed war crimes.

FORMER Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's bullying tactics may have terrorised opponents in the past but he was no match for a high-ranking Irish army officer at the UN War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague yesterday.

The war crimes trial of Slobodan Milosevic at the UN tribunal in The Hague was delayed again today after the former Yugoslav president complained of a fever.

Slobodan Milosevic’s trial resumed at the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague today after a two week delay due to the former Yugoslav president’s poor health.

Slobodan Milosevic’s prosecutors today asked the UN war crimes tribunal for a lengthy extension of their deadline to present their case against the former Yugoslav president.

FORMER Bosnian Serb leader Biljana Plavsic, who expressed remorse for the horrors committed against non-Serbs during the Bosnian war, was sentenced yesterday to 11 years in prison.

Biljana Plavsic, the former Bosnian Serb leader who expressed remorse for the horrors committed against non-Serbs during the Bosnian war, was today jailed for 11 years by the UN war crimes court.

Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic complained to the UN tribunal today he is being deluged with documents filed by prosecutors in his war crimes trial.

The UN war crimes court will not force former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to accept a defence lawyer against his will in the trial against him.

Slobodan Milosevic’s war crimes trial resumed today with the former Yugoslav president still leading his own defence, despite calls from UN prosecutors that a lawyer be imposed for the sake of his frail health.

The pressures of defending himself against scores of war crimes charges took its toll on Slobodan Milosevic today, and he was too tired to appear in court.

TWO former Yugoslav presidents faced off at a UN war crimes tribunal yesterday, with genocide suspect Slobodan Milosevic arguing that Croatian leader Stipe Mesic was the real criminal.

Two former Yugoslav presidents faced off at a UN war crimes tribunal today with genocide suspect Slobodan Milosevic arguing that Croatian leader Stipe Mesic was the real criminal.

A FORMER Yugoslav Army soldier told the Slobodan Milosevic trial yesterday how he helped massacre Kosovo Albanian civilians, including a baby that “screamed unbelievably loud” after it was shot.

Slobodan Milosevic is at serious risk of suffering a heart attack, his war crimes trial has heard.

A Kosovar farmer giving evidence against Slobodan Milosevic has left before the former Yugoslav president could finish his cross-examination.

Slobodan Milosevic won his first victory in The Hague today as the UN war crimes tribunal barred the prosecution’s senior investigator from giving evidence, saying it was based on hearsay.

Slobodan Milosevic has opened his defence against charges he masterminded a ruthless campaign of murder in the Balkans in his quest to create a "Greater Serbia".

Slobodan Milosevic is due to finally tell his story today at the United Nations war crimes tribunal, giving him a chance to rebut allegations that he masterminded a ruthless campaign of murder and expulsion in the Balkans in his quest to create a ‘‘Greater Serbia’’.

Slobodan Milosevic has challenged the legality of the UN war crimes tribunal and of his arrest.

The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal is to appoint a lawyer to assist Slobodan Milosevic.

The trial of Slobodan Milosevic at the War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague has been adjourned.