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Mladic trial delayed until May
The war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has delayed the start of the trial of former commander of Bosnian Serb forces General Ratko Mladic to give his lawyers more time to prepare.
Bosnian Serb General, Ratko Mladic's defence team claim they need more time to go through thousands of pages of evidence before the trial can commence
The trial, which was scheduled to begin on 27 March has been delayed to 14 May, with defence lawyers claiming they needed to go through thousands of pages of evidence.
The 68-year-old defendant denies 11 counts of war crime charges, including two for genocide.
Mladic was arrested in Serbia last year after 16 years on the run.
He is charged with genocide at Srebrenica, where 7,500 Muslim men and boys were killed in July 1995.
He also faces charges over the 43-month siege of Sarajevo, from May 1992 to November 1995.
In December, the tribunal reduced the number of charges against the general from 196 to 106 because of fears about his health.
Mladic has repeatedly complained about various ailments since his arrest, and was admitted to hospital in October after his lawyer had said he had pneumonia.
