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Such logic aside, Western diplomats point out that Milosevic, like other autocrats, is not above creating bloody diversions if he feels his grip on power is threatened--as it may be by unexpected results in upcoming elections. And while independent-leaning Montenegrins, many of whom fought for Milosevic in earlier Balkan wars, do not savor the prospect of another battle, there is little love lost for a President whose policies have wrecked the economy and turned their homeland into a pariah state. One thing is clear: if there is a war in this tiny republic, it will be cataclysmic...
...move of unmasked aggression, a kind of diplomatic dare that caused outrage. It was backed with muscle: over the summer the Yugoslav army reasserted its authority in border areas at the expense of the local police. A Western diplomat called Milosevic "a python, slowly tightening his grip." Later this month, sources tell TIME, the Yugoslav army has scheduled training exercises in Montenegro to coincide with the elections. "[Milosevic] is going to set the stage for action," says General Wesley Clark, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander for Europe...
Bruce Teigen has six more thank-you notes to write. But his fingers, chafed and bloated, can't grip a pen very well anymore. He is blind in his left eye and has blurry vision in his right, but Bruce, never a complainer, vows to complete the chore in the coming days. His mother Phyllis Moore pulls out a stack of blank greeting cards for him to choose from. "This one says, 'With special thoughts of you,' and has a cute teapot on it," she calmly tells her son as he sits on his well-worn living-room rocker. "This...
...time world champion Swedish handball team, may be best known for his other nickname: "the Snake." He's no Richard Hatch, though. In Wislander's case, the title refers to an uncanny ability to slither through a field of opponents toward the goal. To get a grip on the sport, a popular one in Europe, think soccer using hands instead of feet, with some dribbling thrown in. Adept at both offense and defense, Wislander, 36, is 10 years older than the average player. He leads an equally experienced team of thirtysomethings, many of whom have played together for a decade...
...President Clinton last week visited the troubled country to showcase the $1.3 billion in mostly military U.S. aid being sent ostensibly to help Colombia's security forces fight the war on drugs. But nothing is that simple in a country that has been in the grip of an almost 40-year civil war in which all of the major protagonists - the left-wing guerrillas of the FARC and ELN groups; the right-wing paramilitary groups; and the government's own army (which will be the prime beneficiary of the aid) - have been linked both with ugly human rights abuses...