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...former President in the dock would shock Serbs into recognizing the crimes done in their name are having to rethink. And worse may lie ahead. This week prosecutors begin the second part of their case against Milosevic - for his responsibility in the ethnic cleansing of Bosnia and Croatia. In this phase of the trial, he is expected to dwell heavily on how Serbs are victims, not perpetrators, of the Balkan wars, a popular refrain at home. "Milosevic was politically dead before he was transferred to the Hague," says Dragoljub Zarkovic, a leading Belgrade editor. "The tribunal has given...
...such handcrafted, small print-run books as Non with the availability of a trade paperback. Ng Suat Tong has sharply edited the selections for a variety of styles, subjects and cultures. Perfect for a newcomer, each contribution has a short accompanying intro to the artist. It mixes artists from Croatia, Hungary and Malaysia with many of America's new generation of comix creators. Tom Hart's fat, almost crude lines perfectly match the brutal ecstasy of his superb "Sandra Brown," a story of lust and mud. In one of the several non-fiction entries, Canadian David Collier boldly finds...
...maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $500,000 fine. SENTENCED. FIKRET (BABO) ABDIC, 63, once considered to be the richest man in Bosnia; to 20 years in prison for war crimes that led to the deaths of 121 civilians and three prisoners of war; in Karlovac, Croatia. Following the collapse of communist Yugoslavia, Abdic distanced himself from the Bosnian government and declared himself ruler of a small autonomous region. To enlist the aid of Serb fighters to defend his fiefdom, Abdic turned his back on his fellow Muslims and set up camps where about 5,000 people...
...WORST COACH Italy's ultra-defensive Giovanni Trapattoni underestimated three opponents in a row?Croatia, Mexico and South Korea. Dishonorable Mention: Trap, again, winning the Sore Loser prize for cooking up a conspiracy theory to explain Italy's second-round exit...
...That shouldn't be a problem in the first round. Croatia, whose technique and style lit up France '98, is an aging team, and it has already lost one star in Igor Tudor. But even Croatia's second best should be enough to topple Mexico and tourist-class Ecuador, ensuring that it advances along with Italy...