**Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has lost his appeal that war crimes charges against him be dropped.**He had appealed against a court ruling made in July that a trial would still be held despite his claim of immunity.
However, he was successful in appealing against the start date of his trial at the International War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague.
It was due to start on 21 October but has been postponed for five days as Mr Karadzic wanted more time to prepare.
Immunity claim
He is charged with 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including genocide.
The charges relate to the 1995 massacre of about 8,000 men and boys at Srebrenica during the Bosnian war.
Mr Karadzic was arrested and brought to the tribunal last year, after more than a decade in hiding.
He denies all charges and wanted them dropped on the grounds that he was offered immunity by former US mediator Richard Holbrooke in 1996 if he left public life.
Mr Holbrooke has repeatedly denied the claim.
The judges ruled on Tuesday: “Even if the alleged agreement were proved, it would not limit the jurisdiction of the tribunal, it would not otherwise be binding on the tribunal and it would not trigger the doctrine of abuse of process.”