Researchers from North Carolina State University are proposing a health-based approach to identifying groups at high risk of genocide, in a first-of-its-kind attempt to target international efforts to stop these mass killings before they start.

Bosnian Muslim survivors of the Srebrenica massacre (above) listen to news of the initial war-crimes tribunal appearance of Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader accused of directing a reign of terror during the 1992-95 war.

By CLAIRE SOARES For the women of Srebrenica - wives who lost their husbands, daughters robbed of their fathers and brother, mothers who buried sons - it was a day they thought would never come, as Radovan Karadzic appeared in the dock, accused of masterminding and marshalling a campaign of genocide against the Bosnian Muslims.

Public Bosnian B-H TV One devotes a half of its prime-time evening newscast to Radovan Karadzic's first appearance before the Hague tribunal.

By ED JAMES THE arrest of the former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic could help pave the way for Serbia finally to join the European Union, Foreign Secretary David Miliband signalled yesterday.