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...White House hopes that U.N. ambassador-designate Richard Holbrooke is the master chef who can pull it off. Now in Belgrade, on Wednesday Holbrooke will try to arm-twist President Slobodan Milosevic into signing the troubled peace deal. "Milosevic is hanging tough," says TIME Central Europe bureau chief Massimo Calabresi. "But the deal is ultimately in his interests, and that may lead him eventually to sign." That and Holbrooke's powers of persuasion: The U.S. envoy brandished the threat of air strikes to bully Milosevic into the Dayton Accords in 1995 and a Kosovo cease-fire late in 1998. "Even...
...With reporting by Massimo Calabresi/Pristina, Bruce Crumley/ Paris and Mark Thompson/Washington
...Massimo Calabresi/Pristina
...large segment of Italy?s population that is left-leaning and opposed to an American military presence, says Burke. ?The verdict instead is bound to complicate relations between the U.S. and Italy,? says Burke, and will make matters more difficult for the current Italian prime minister, Massimo D?Alema, a leftist himself who nonetheless wants good relations with the U.S. ?The verdict will not lead to a closing of the Aviano air base -- it has been a key base for the various Balkan missions,? says Burke, ?but it could lead to a much closer surveillance of how the base operates...
...Reported by Massimo Calabresi/Pristina, Mark Thompson/Washington and Douglas Waller with Albright