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Wed 11 Nov 2002Health fears halt Milosevic trialHAGUE: Former Yugoslav president Mr Slobodan Milosevic's trial ground to a halt yesterday for the second time this month as his ailing health sparked concern about disruption to Europe's top international war crimes case since the second World War.Mr Milosevic, who has high blood pressure, chose to mount his defence himself against charges of ethnic cleansing in the Balkans in the 1990s, in a show of contempt for the tribunal. But poor health has halted proceedings in The Hague five times in nine months.