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...case did not work quite so smoothly. Yugoslav authorities indicated that they would turn over the four West German terrorists. But they also made clear that in return, Belgrade wanted action on longstanding extradition requests involving "Yugoslav citizens who had committed political terrorism against Yugoslavia." Specifically, they wanted eight Croatian nationalists who have sought political refuge in West Germany. Although the vast majority of the 20,000 or so Croatian emigres in the Federal Republic are politically inactive, there have been incidents in which Yugoslav diplomats were murdered, wounded or harassed by extremists demanding independence for Croatia...
...prison for shooting Yugoslav Düsseldorf Vice Consul Vladimir Topic. But some of the "political terrorists" are considered by Bonn to be political refugees; among them is Nikola Milivevis, who was granted asylum in West Germany since his only "crime" appeared to be that he headed the Catholic Croatian Workers Movement, which had no known ties to extremism...
Despite his youth and choirboy looks, the 5-ft. 6-in. Kucinich (pronounced Koosin-itch) is a savvy veteran of Cleveland's bruising ward politics. The son of a truck driver, he grew up on the city's ethnic, working-class West Side (his father is Croatian, his mother Irish). At 23, he won a seat on the city council and six years later was elected clerk of courts, the city's second highest elective office. A maverick Democrat with a strong anti-Establishment bias, he has built his power base among poor and working-class voters...
Cleveland: Dennis Kucinich smiles like an altar boy and snarls like a truck driver-a potent combination in a city of energetic ethnics. Part Irish, part Croatian, standing 5 ft. 6 in. and looking even younger than he is, Democrat Kucinich is accused of going for the jugular even when he does not have to. He accused Republican Mayor Ralph Perk in the primary of selling out to business interests and neglecting the neighborhoods. Perk finished a poor third behind Kucinich and State Representative Feighan...
...There they wait patiently in line to register, at $55 to $117 a ten-to twelve-week session, for more than 800 courses ranging from Arabic to Zen. The electronically minded can choose from among 75 courses that explicate computer wizardry; language devotees can immerse themselves in Gaelic, Serbo-Croatian or Swahili. There are more than 80 courses in the down-to-earth business of real estate. And a beguiling "Broadway Matinee" course offers tickets to four shows and includes directors, producers and critics among its lecturers...