Word: confirmation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...interests to protect. Karadzic is still popular with Bosnian Serbs, and Milosevic, who is not, would only lose ground by removing him. He may have good reason not to hand Karadzic or Mladic over to the Hague, since they are among the few potential witnesses who could confirm his own complicity in war crimes. Yet Milosevic badly needs Western economic aid and diplomatic approval to revive his flattened economy. Kornblum pointedly reminded him that sanctions can be reimposed if Western powers decide he is not carrying out his commitments. His response: What if Karadzic gives up his formal duties...
...Chechnya strategy also seems to have included killing the charismatic rebel leader, Jokhar Dudayev, a feat that was accomplished on April 21 when Russian electronic-warfare experts reportedly zeroed in on Dudayev's satellite phone and called in air strikes. Satarov won't directly confirm that the killing was timed to aid Yeltsin's campaign, but he gleefully acknowledges that "it wins votes for us." He also admits the Yeltsin campaign high command "discussed all this in advance" and knew when the killing would be attempted. He does, however, lament that "we haven't turned Dudayev's death...
...seems like you are using UHS to confirm your suspicions [about supposedly mentally ill students]," Simons said...
Jill Reilly, a spokesperson for the district attorney's office, said the charges against Kaveh L. Afrasiabi were dropped because key witness Shobhana Rana '89 was not able to confirm Afrasiabi's identity as the man she said sent hostile letters to her boss, Reza Alavi, a research associate at the center...
...heatedly denied the sexual-harassment charge and placed the blame squarely on Ovitz, whom he accused of fomenting "rumors and innuendo that have no basis in fact." Said Ohlmeyer: "Michael Ovitz is the Antichrist, and you can quote me on that." Ovitz would not comment. Sources close to McDermott confirm she was upset at Ohlmeyer's behavior (though she never threatened to bring formal charges) and say ABC approached her only after Ovitz learned she was unhappy and seeking to leave...