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SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO Goodbye, Yugoslavia Seventy-four years after its foundation, Yugoslavia was formally dissolved. Politicians of the federation's two remaining republics voted to create a looser union, which will have one army but two currencies, and which will be given a three-year trial run. Last year the European Union urged separatist-leaning Montenegrins to shelve their desire for independence from larger Serbia. The E.U. feared that a move toward independence by Montenegro would encourage other secessionist movements, notably in neighboring Kosovo...
...agents are keeping a tight watch on a handful of suspected Iraqi intelligence officers in the US, according to government sources. They're also quietly keeping looser tabs on as many as 1,000 Iraqi nationals considered "persons of interest" because they are suspected to be fervent Saddam partisans. These covert monitoring programs, along with a recently disclosed overt FBI effort to interview about 50,000 Iraqi emigres scattered around the US, are aimed at spotting early warning signs that the Baghdad regime is attempting to organize terrorist attacks on US soil...
...stripped Jill Hennessy naked and had her kill men with piano wire, Crossing Jordan would still not be an HBO show. Brad Grey, who produces The Sopranos and several network series, says the difference is a strong point of view and subtle, adult storytelling. "At times that calls for looser standards and practices than the networks traditionally allow," he says. "But that's the tail wagging...
...lack of funding?it costs $500 to bring a single parent from East Timor to Sumedang?all combine to hinder progress. "It's an agonizingly slow process," says Jake Moreland, a UNHCR spokesman in Dili, East Timor's capital. "And time is precious. The longer they are apart, the looser these children's links are with their parents...
...Afghanistan resulted in the capture of a country but not bin Laden. Yet while al-Qaeda may be weakened, it's more elusive. The organization has dispersed, decentralized and delegated decisionmaking downward. Its leaders have shown immense skill in adapting to the more difficult working environment, relying on a looser network with more local initiative. Small-scale attacks on unprotected targets with simple weapons don't need the direct approval of superiors. Ideas have been implanted among Islamists that can be worked into plans by independent cells and free-lance jihadists...