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...popular politicians. His Democratic Party trounced its pro-China opposition 12 seats to two (out of 20) in this week's elections, which were the most democratic in Hong Kong's history. But as the Democrats gain prominence, they find themselves with few friends, caught in a vise on Bosnian peacekeeper would envy--and determined to press...
Croatian forces are withdrawing from around the Bosnian Serb stronghold of Banja Luka after meeting stiff resistance. Wednesday, Serb President Slobodan Milosevic apparently sent 1,000 paramilitary troops under Zeljko Raznatovic, or "Arkan," to reinforce the city. The United States considers Arkan a possible war criminal, and says he's responsible for some of the worst atrocities in the Balkan war. "Arkan started out as a big-time bank robber in Europe years ago," reports TIME's Edward Barnes. "He would literally just walk in and point a gun at someone. Later he did political killings for the old Yugoslav...
Being overcautious in the use of military force is a Powell trademark. Powell also opposed intervening in the Bosnian crisis in its early days, when it would have been much less costly to resolve. The so-called "Powell Doctrine" calls for military intervention only when easy, painless success is all but guaranteed...
General Dragomir Milosevic, the commander of the Bosnian Serb forces around Sarajevo, said he would remove the rest of his army's heavy weapons before a NATO deadline Wednesday. Serbs have withdrawn about half of their weapons so far. From Sarajevo, Alexandra Stiglmayer reports that U.N. officials say they are pleased with the Serb compliance. Serbs have rounded up many of their weapons in preparation for transportation outside the 12.5 mile exclusion zone around the city. Late Sunday night, NATO gave them another 72 hours to pull back, but warned that air strikes would resume if all the guns weren...
Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke will meet with Croat President Franjo Tudjman and Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic in Zagreb on Tuesday. He is expected to discuss reining in the combined Muslim-Croat forces, which have made significant territorial gains in northwest and central Bosnia during the past week. U.N. officials now say Muslims and Croats control more than half of the country and are still pressing forward. Although Holbrooke's peace plan calls for a cease-fire agreement by September 25, Stiglmayer reports that Bosnia's Foreign Minister Muhamed Sacirbey told reporters today that the fighting would continue, since...