This is the fifth year of The Trial
of the first head of state
to be indicted for war crimes.
He is 64 and faces 66 charges
dating from the 1990's.
350 witnesses have taken the stand.
Thousands of Muslims were killed
in genocides and separate military offensives
in Bosnia, Kosovo and Croatia.
A whole battery of presidents
may defend him though two have comitted suicide
There are 22 days left in the trial
Three judges will deliberate
for a further month.
The trial has been adjourned 20 times
(Milosevic had many instances of ill-health
like flu and high blood pressure).
Since 2003,the trial has taken place
3 times per week for the self-acting president.
Estimates of those killed have been halved
by a project designed to decide exactly
how many were killed by Milosevic.
The project was designed by a Norwegian Centre
at a cost of 450 euro-dollars.
It will produce the final death toll figures
at the end of March.
A verdict may be reached at the end of 2007.
The trial continues.....
