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Slobodan Milosevic admits he lost Yugoslavia's presidential election, but not the full extent of his defeat - and that sets the stage for a dramatic showdown with an opposition ready to take to the streets to claim its victory. Preliminary official results announced Tuesday put opposition leader Vojislav Kostunica eight points ahead of the Serb strongman, but deny him the 50 percent margin required to claim first-round victory. Opposition leaders scoff at the figures released by Milosevic's electoral commission, confidently claiming that independent officials monitoring the count at local ballot stations confirm that Kostunica won 55 percent...
...election results to his advantage, he is probably savoring the possibility that an opposition boycott of any runnoff election might give him an opportunity to fraudulently reclaim the presidency. Mass protests may even prompt him to declare an emergency and call of any further elections. But his acknowledgement of defeat could also be a prelude to a new survival strategy, in which Milosevic cedes the presidency but uses his majority in the federal parliament and his power base inside Serbia to hamstring a Kostunica government...
Sharing the spoils was a swimming lesson Van den Hoogenband also taught Thorpe in the 200-m freestyle, breaking a world record in the semifinal to turn up the pressure on the teenager. Thorpe seemed to cope better with defeat than his expectant countrymen, accepting his silver medal with composure and grace. "It was a great race and it was a real privilege to swim in it," said Thorpe after the 200 m. "I gave it my best shot and while I was a little disappointed with the time, I wasn't with the result." The new champ had been...
With the win in its first league contest, Cornell found redemption after a harsh defeat at the hands of Bucknell to start their season. After managing only 26 yards in the Big Red's rushing attack last week, Evan Simmons had 117 yards on 25 carries against the Bulldogs...
Dartmouth (0-2, 0-0 Ivy) continued its struggles of last season with another defeat, this time at the hands of cross-state rival New Hampshire...