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...understood perfectly what Milosevic wanted and bent over backwards to fulfill his wishes." European Union foreign ministers have urged Serb authorities to turn over the two fugitives by the end of March. That would restore credibility to the tribunal and allow Serbia to proceed with long-delayed talks to join the E.U. But the deadline is unlikely to be met. The death of Milosevic has fanned nationalist sentiment and increased fears among officials that arresting Mladic now would produce a violent backlash that could threaten government stability. "We are in deep trouble," a senior Serb official involved in the hunt...
...efforts of the security services. "Either they are protecting Mladic," he says, "or they are incompetent." Still, Serbia's efforts to shake off its past, however halting they may be, offer some hope. One day Mladic and Karadzic will likely be caught. One day, Serbia's ambitions to join the E.U. will be met. But you did not have to stand last Saturday in a light rain, under a steel-gray sky, and watch a man who had brought so much misery to so many laid to rest while a reverent crowd mourned his passing, to know that...
...universities refuse to be paternalistic about students’ sexual behavior or alcohol abuse, the idea that, after three years of learning at the feet of these professors, Harvard’s law graduates aren’t smart enough to make up their own minds on whether to join the military or not, is hypocritical in the extreme. Law firms participating in the same recruitment interviews are offering upwards of $125,000 a year to new graduates. Presumably that is the market value of intelligence and judgment honed by three years at Harvard Law. But the professors?...
...still in the beta-testing stage, but if you want to join it, you can sign up for a limited time here. Getting started is free, by the way - you only enter credit card info when you start trading...
...chance to play G. I. Joe for a couple of years.” Delany, in a Superman T-shirt, aviator sunglasses, leather jacket, and heavy black boots, looks the part of soldier/badass. But this tough-guy persona is no act. Having graduated high school in 1999, Delany joined the Marines, pushing college aside. “I needed a chance to grow up,” Delany says. The unenthusiastic student proved to be a much more attentive soldier, and quickly climbed the ranks. After 9/11, Delany’s battalion became the only anti-terrorist unit...