**The UN’s Yugoslav war crimes court has appointed a lawyer for ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and adjourned his genocide trial to 1 March.**Mr Karadzic - who has been representing himself - appeared in court for the first time on Tuesday after boycotting the start of the trial.
He argued that he had insufficient time to prepare his defence and sought a 10-month adjournment.
Mr Karadzic was arrested in Belgrade in 2008, after nearly 13 years on the run.
During his time in power, Mr Karadzic was president of the Bosnian-Serb Republika Srpska, and commander of its army during the 1992-1995 Bosnian conflict, which left more than 100,000 people dead.
He was indicted in 1995, and faces two charges of genocide, nine of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
He was taken to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague last year.
Prosecutors say Mr Karadzic led an ethnic cleansing campaign in the conflict, calling him the “undisputed leader” of Serbs responsible for carrying out atrocities.
Prosecutors have said he was responsible for the Srebrenica massacre, in which up to 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were killed.
The Bosniak people - most of them Muslims - are descended from Bosnian Slavs who adopted Islam under Ottoman Turkish rule in the Middle Ages
Mr Karadzic has not entered a plea, but is protesting his innocence.
He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted.