Milosevic goes on trial for genocide

Slobodan Milosevic relaxed in his chair and smiled across a UN courtroom today as prosecutors accused him of genocide, claiming he was the kingpin in a plan to wipe out Bosnia’s Muslims.

On the opening day of war crimes hearings on his role in the 1991-1995 wars in Croatia and Bosnia, Milosevic portrayed the Serbs as victims of ethnic aggression and said his policies had been aimed at peace, not war.