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Just hours after the Bosnian parliament ratified an agreement that would create a federation with Bosnian Croats, U.S. officials pledged $10 million for the reconstruction of Sarajevo. At week's end U.N. officials reported at least 17 Muslims and two Croats murdered by Bosnian Serbs in the northern Bosnian town of Prijedor...
Even if he finds a deal he can accept, Milosevic will have to lean on Bosnian Serbs, especially militia leaders, who view the Muslim-Croat plan as nothing more than an alliance uniting the Serbs' enemies. Rather than join a federation tied to Croatia, the Bosnian Serbs are far more likely to hold out for a republic of their own with links to Serbia -- Greater Serbia in effect, if not in name...
...senior official in Washington called the week's developments "a visible sign of momentum." He referred not only to the negotiations but also to the U.N.-brokered arrangement to open roads and bridges in Sarajevo beginning this week. The deal is wrapped tightly in cumbersome conditions. Both the Bosnian government and the Serbs encircling Sarajevo will have to approve -- or veto -- each traveler's plans in advance. Vehicles must have a U.N. escort. Military movement on the roads is banned and so are commercial trucks, leaving the city still dependent on U.N. humanitarian shipments. Still, it does provide the first...
...international focus is on keeping up the diplomatic pace. American envoy Charles Redman plans to sit down with Bosnian and Croat leaders to decide how much territory they will ask the Serbs to cede and what relationship the Serbs will have with their motherland. The Bosnian Serbs have been backing away from their previous willingness to hand over enough land to provide the Muslims and Croats with 50% of the country...
...Bosnian Serbs and the Muslim government of Bosnia signed an agreement to open the besieged capital of Sarajevo to the outside world beginning Wednesday. The U.N.-brokered accord does not permit military or commercial traffic. In Washington, Bosnian Croats and Muslims signed the constitution of a new federated state, confederating it with Croatia. Meanwhile, Croatian Serbs and the government of Croatia said that they will meet in Zagreb this week to hold peace talks aimed at ending their three-year...