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...army holds to its pledge, it represents a shift in the role that the military will play in Belgrade. In March of 1991, Serb President Slobodan Milosevic brought army tanks onto the streets of Belgrade to halt protests. He also used the military to launch wars in Croatia later that year and in Bosnia in 1992. But Milosevic has neglected the army in favor of a strong police force, a slight that may cost him. The students have also asked for a meeting with Serbia's police chief, Zoran Sokolovic, to demand the removal of his forces from Belgrade streets...
HOSPITALIZED. FRANJO TUDJMAN, 74, President of Croatia; reportedly with cancer; at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington...
...last time Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and Croatian President Franjo Tudjman met alone, in 1991, many believe they discussed the division of Bosnia. This time, a more promising result: After a meeting Wednesday near Athens, they surprised the diplomatic community by announcing the establishment of diplomatic relations between Croatia and Serbia, which have been at war for most of this decade. "For the entire region, this is probably a good thing. The jury's still out for the federation of Bosnia and the unstable government there," says TIME's Central Europe bureau chief Massimo Calabresi. "Stronger ties between Serbia...
...last time Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and Croatian President Franjo Tudjman met alone, in 1991, many believe they discussed the division of Bosnia. This time, a more promising result: After a meeting Wednesday near Athens, they surprised the diplomatic community by announcing the establishment of diplomatic relations between Croatia and Serbia, which have been at war for most of this decade. "For the entire region, this is probably a good thing. The jury's still out for the federation of Bosnia and the unstable government there," says TIME's Central Europe bureau chief Massimo Calabresi. "Stronger ties between Serbia...
...Dream Team. We know that the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team, which trademarked the name, is going to win in Atlanta, barring a natural disaster or an alien invasion. We know that Shaquille O'Neal is going to be slamming on Angola, that Gary Payton will be stripping Croatia of the ball and that Charles Barkley will jab Lithuania with his elbows. Americans may love every moment of it, but they'll know the outcome of every game. There will be no dream there, only the hard realism of superiority. The players on the women's squad, though...