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...because it may achieve exactly the opposite result, amplifying U.S. skepticism over involvement in the U.N. And therein lies the tragedy of the breakdown between the U.S. and its allies: They want Washington to play a leadership role in world affairs; at the same time, situations from Iraq to Kosovo are reminders that the U.S. can't do without the United Nations in the pursuit of its own national interests. The U.N. vote was ultimately a reminder that the real beneficiaries of the current discord between Washington and its allies are America?s enemies...
...KOSOVO Roadblock Clashes NATO peacekeepers broke through road blocks and clashed with Serb protesters in northern Kosovo, hurling stun grenades and tear-gas canisters and leaving one woman dead and 10 other people injured. The clashes followed an attempt by U.N. administrators to set up a tax collection point on a road leading into northern Kosovo, legally part of Serbia...
Burris is optimistic despite divisive issues like the cemetery flag. In 1991, when he ran for city council, Stone Mountain's population was 15% black. Now, with blacks accounting for more than 60%, it is increasingly multicultural. Recently the city council helped some 400 Kosovo refugees settle here. "I'm as proud of that as probably anyone would be of their ancestors fighting," he says. "I'm not saying racism is gone. But we're beyond having the challenge of racism to deal with. We have to learn how to live in a multicultural society...
There is a tendency to view the two sets of charges against Milosevic, those for abuse of power in Yugoslavia and those for war crimes in Kosovo, as competing for priority. The international community is more interested in the war crimes charges and is thus insisting on having a war crimes trial in The Hague at the expense of a trial for corruption in Yugoslavia. However, not only are both sets of charges crucial for the future of the Balkans, but the purposes of both trials will be better served in Yugoslavia...
...justice as a dictator, he also needs to stand trial as a war criminal. His rhetoric of nationalism and hatred certainly served to inspire the atrocities committed in the name of the Serbian people across the Balkans, and specific evidence exists pertaining to his direct role in crimes against Kosovo Albanians. This evidence forms the basis of the Hague Tribunal indictment. But, as Yugoslav Ambassador to the U.S. Milan St. Protic emphasized in a recent speech at the Kennedy School, Yugoslav authorities are determined to add war crimes to Milosevic’s indictment at home. Trying Milosevic...