Ratko Mladic back in court after health scare

Former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic was back in court today for his genocide trial at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal after recovering from a health scare that saw him rushed to hospital last week.

The 70-year-old former general rose slowly from his chair in the courtroom as the judges entered and then polished a pair of reading glasses as his lawyer, Branko Lukic, resumed the cross-examination of a witness which was interrupted last Thursday when Mladic complained of feeling ill.

Neither Mr Lukic nor Presiding Judge Alphons Orie has said anything about Mladic's health.

The tribunal released a statement on Friday saying that tests carried out at a Hague hospital showed Mladic was fit to stand trial.

He faces 11 charges alleging he masterminded Serb atrocities throughout the Bosnian war. Mladic denies wrongdoing.

AP