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...SURRENDERED. MILORAD LUKOVIC, 39, former paramilitary leader suspected of masterminding the 2003 assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic; in Belgrade. Lukovic, a onetime backer of former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosovic, headed a feared antiterrorist police unit called the Red Berets. After Milosovic's 2000 fall from power, Lukovic initially supported Djindjic's administration, but he was soon removed from his police post...
...buying only hope," he complains. Papadopoulos dismisses warnings that this is the last chance, though he also allows that the odds of permanent partition, something he says he's worked his life to prevent, are increasing. Bishop Chrysostomos, leader of the island's Orthodox faithful and an ardent backer of the oxi campaign, is defiant: "As soon as we say no, six days after [that] we will be in the E.U.," he says, proudly. "Our voice will be heard even louder." Will anyone still be listening...
Walsh and the baseball coaches of Northeastern, BC and UMass have set up a meeting this July with the Red Sox Special Events Coordinator to discuss plans for the future. Possible options include finding a locally-based sponsor like Dunkin’ Donuts, the current backer for the Hockey Beanpot...
...senator from Illinois who ran unsuccessfully for President in 1988; in Springfield, Illinois. Simon, who wore a trademark bow tie and large glasses, argued for shifting spending from the military to social programs, but favored balanced budgets. The son of American missionaries to China, he was a key congressional backer of Taiwan...
Sophomore Mike Baria (141 lbs.) placed sixth, losing his final bout of the weekend 3-0 to George Mason’s Rob Backer, who is ranked...