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...this autumn. Highly recruited by superpower Stanford, Bergman chose to stay on the east coast, bolstering Harvard's lineup for next season. She will be joined by Susanna Lingman, ranked in the top 35 nationally and sought after by UCLA, Ashley Hyotte from Sudbury, Massachusetts, and Helis Zulijani from Croatia, who was once ranked No. 2 in the country's 16-and-under age group...
...Nations panel assessing the condition of a still unified Yugoslavia back in 1991 called it a state in the "process of dissolution." Well, it took 10 years of bloodshed, but the job is almost done. The original six Yugoslav republics have been whittled down to two. First Slovenia and Croatia went their own ways, then Bosnia withdrew, triggering the long siege of Sarajevo, then Macedonia managed to get out miraculously without violence. Now, with a seemingly minor election later this week in the small mountain republic of Montenegro, Serbia's remaining partner in the incredible shrinking federation...
...There is the larger question of Milosevic's role in war crimes. The ex-President's startling admission - made last week in a written response to the charges - that the money from Kertes' office was used not for personal gain but to fund Serb rebel armies in Croatia and Bosnia was the first time that the strongman had acknowledged Belgrade's financial role in fomenting the Balkan wars...
...Once one of Milosevic's closest confidants, Kertes swore in 1991 that he "was ready to fight for the President until the last drop of my Hungarian blood." Later, he reportedly helped organize several groups of Serb paramilitaries, including the notorious Red Berets, that spearheaded ethnic cleansing campaigns in Croatia and Bosnia...
...that as much as $4 billion in levies collected at Serbia's borders was diverted to Milosevic. Now, say Milosevic's lawyers, Kertes is telling all. To defend himself from that testimony, Milosevic said the stolen funds were not for personal gain but to arm Serbian rebels in Croatia and Bosnia. But that admission, the first ever, was welcomed by U.N. war-crimes prosecutors trying to document Belgrade's role in fomenting the Bosnian war. Kertes is under heavy police guard in an undisclosed location and reportedly near nervous collapse for fear that one of his erstwhile friends might somehow...