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...Milton Katz was a man of tremendous vision, intellect and accomplishment," Harvard Law School Dean Robert C. Clark said in a statement. "He played a major role in the reconstruction of Europe after World War II as ambassador to the Marshall Plan and he was one of the prime shapers of international legal studies at Harvard Law School...
...range missiles into the East China Sea less than 100 miles north of the island and conducted a set of sea-air military exercises from Aug. 15 to Aug. 25 in the same area. China's state media also launched sulfurous invective against Lee, and the country recalled its ambassador from Washington and delayed approval of the new American ambassador...
...case, Hussein Kamel apparently did not leave Iraq empty-handed. The first Jordanian official reports that the general, before the flight with his brother, their wives, assorted Saddam grandchildren and 15 army officers, had brought out $50 million. How did he clear the Iraqi checkpoint? An Arab ambassador based in Baghdad replied wryly, "If you're Hussein al-Majid and you're driving to Jordan, you can bring out not only $50 million but $5 billion and no one will search you." Baghdad later accused the "traitor dwarf" of stealing public funds...
...Ambassador to the United Nations Madeleine Albright showed classified spy-satellite photos to the Security Council that she said made a "compelling case that there were wide-scale atrocities committed in the area against defenseless civilians." The photos showed large patches of freshly dug earth near Srebrenica--believed to be mass graves--that had not been there earlier. Six thousand men and boys are still missing after the Serb capture of the "safe areas" of Srebrenica and Zepa in Bosnia...
...Krajina and controlled by the Muslim-dominated Bosnian government. The Croats helped the Bosnian Muslims and took two towns in Bosnia controlled by the Serbs. Following that action, the Croats seemed to gear up for a full-scale offensive. There was a brief moment of hope when the U.S. ambassador to Croatia, Peter Galbraith, announced concessions by the Serbs. The U.S. had been trying to broker a peaceful settlement. But the moment passed; at 5 a.m. on Friday, the shells began falling on Knin...