Word: kosovo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Much of the reporting on Kosovo has focused on the tragic tales of murder and forced evacuation...
...there's happy time in Kosovo too, especially when Coors Light is involved...
WASHINGTON: In Congress, it's lonely out front. Faced with John McCain's resolution to give President Clinton "all necessary force" to win the war in Kosovo, the Senate on Tuesday morning took a look around, counted heads -- and chickened out. "This is the wrong language and it's at the wrong time," Majority Leader Trent Lott said before the Senate voted 78-22 to set aside McCain's motion for another day. "The Senate isn't ready to take a stand yet," says TIME congressional correspondent Jay Carney. "Half of them like McCain's resolution, and the other half...
...general Javier Solana and German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, Clinton did offer a significant concession to European fears that Washington may be being too intransigent: The President suggested NATO might call a temporary halt to its air campaign if that would aid the "larger purpose" of stopping Serb repression in Kosovo. In other words, Washington is ready to cut a deal if -- and that's a very big "if" -- Milosevic puts enough on the table...
...gulf between NATO's demands and Milosevic's initial offers right now remains too vast to begin negotiations. The alliance insists on an almost total Serb withdrawal from Kosovo and the return of refugees under the protection of a NATO-led force; Milosevic has offered only a partial withdrawal and a lightly armed international force excluding NATO member countries. The alliance will try to bridge that gulf by piling on the pressure. "NATO is escalating its air offensive because Belgrade had grown accustomed to the previous level of bombing," says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "Escalation is designed to increase...