Sarajevo - The chairman of Bosnia's nationalist Serbian Democratic Party (SDS) has denied that the party gave up its founder, war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, according to a report published Thursday.

The former Bosnian Serb leader has been indicted on charges of war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity and severe breaches of the Geneva Conventions by The Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

London, Aug. 1: Former Bosnian-Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has accused the United States of trying to assassinate him.

Appearing before a UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Karadzic, who is now known to his jailers as prisoner number 38, informed Dutch judge Alphons Orie that Richard Holbrooke, the former United States Assistant Secretary of State, had granted him immunity as part of a wider Bosnia peace deal agreed in 1995.

"My commitment was to withdraw even from literary life and all sorts of public life," he said.

Amsterdam - Dutch daily newspaper Algemeen Dagblad on Thursday published the first photo of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic since he has been shaven and had a haircut.

The paper, which published the photo on its front page, said the picture was taken on Monday while Karadzic was still in his cell in Belgrade.

War crimes suspect Karadzic was arrested by the Serbian authorities in Belgrade on July 21. On the run for almost 13 years, he had long hair and a beard when captured.

The picture also appeared in other outlets including Serbian newspaper Blic and British tabloid The Sun.

Belgrade  - Serbia's ultranationalist opposition party on Wednesday accused President Boris Tadic and "his regime" of provoking clashes that broke out during a protest over the arrest of war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic.

The Radical Party's claim was in line with a stream of anti-government rhetoric at Tuesday's rally in Belgrade, which the party organized. Hours later, Serbia extradited Karadzic to the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands.

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Belgrade  - Serbia's government Tuesday sought buyers for its ailing JAT airline, saddled debt and aging planes.

JAT's debt totalled 247 million euros (388 million dollars) and its assets 162 million euros at the end of 2007, the Serbian privatization agency said in its notice in the Politika daily, which called for tenders within two days.

Serbia is lowering its price for JAT from a hoped-for 150 million euros for a 51-per-cent stake, Economy Minister Mladjan Dinkic said last week. The state may sell up to 75 per cent of the airline if the offer is right, he said.

Serb media have cited Russia's Aeroflot, Icelandair and Air India as possible buyers for the 81-year-old airline, which has nine Boeing 737s and three ATR turboprops.