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...Croatia to End U.N. Mandate
Setting up what an observer called a game of "high-stakes poker," Croatian President Franjo Tudjman decided not to extend the United Nations peacekeeping mandate in Croatia, which expires March 31. Diplomats fear that removing the buffer of 15,000 Blue Helmets could allow animosities between Croats and the Croatian Serbs or between Croatia and Serbian-ruled Yugoslavia to flare into renewed fighting...
...depth of the Pope's disappointment was apparent when he visited Croatia on Sept. 10. He walked unsteadily and gasped for breath, leading to rumors that he might be near death. What may have troubled the Pope more than physical discomfort was a fear that his mission as priest and prophet would end prematurely. Five days later, John Paul summoned senior Curia officers to his summer retreat at Castel Gandolfo. "He was tired," said an official, "and obviously suffering with his hip." And then the Pope surprised his aides by declaring once again, "I have to go to Sarajevo...
...only they would cease further killing. That prospective inducement looked very much like a prize that the U.S., particularly since Clinton became President, has sought expressly to deny the "ethnic cleansers": formation of a Greater Serbia between the rump Yugoslav state and the Serbs in breakaway Bosnia and Croatia. Douglas Hurd, the British Foreign Secretary, and French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe were to visit Belgrade this week to consult on the initiative with Slobodan Milosevic, Serbia's nationalistic President...
Bosnian Serbs today fired rockets at a United Nations vehicle in the Bihac area, wounding four peacekeepers. The soldiers -- taken to hospitals in Zagreb, Croatia -- were part of the contingent of 1,200 poorly equipped Bangladeshis in Bihac who are completely surrounded by advancing Serb forces. Croatian Serbs sent guided missiles at the U.N. armed personnel carrier; when other U.N. troops tried to rescue the soldiers, they came under sniper fire. But as they blew hot in Bihac, Serbs allowed the first fuel shipment in weeks to reach U.N. forces in Sarajevo.Post your opinion on theInternationalbulletin board...