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Italy's gone communist! Back in the domino-theory days of the Cold War, heads would be rolling at the CIA; instead, there was nary a raised eyebrow in Washington Thursday as reconstructed communist Massimo D'Alema made his maiden speech as prime minister. And that's not only because he's committed to a "caring capitalism" rather than any kind of socialism. "This government will pursue exactly the same economic policies as its predecessor," says TIME's Rome correspondent Greg Burke. "They're going to submit the same budget that brought down Romano Prodi, and this time...
...Reported by Massimo Calabresi/Kosovo, Dean Fischer/ Washington, James L. Graff/Brussels and Douglas Waller, with Albright
Serbia may be dragging its feet over withdrawing from Kosovo, but NATO will let President Milosevic off the hook despite issuing stern warnings on Thursday. "Holbrooke's agreement has been designed to allow everyone to save face," says TIME Central Europe bureau chief Massimo Calabresi. Milosevic is proclaiming himself the hero -- and silencing Serbs who disagree -- while NATO is able to recover some of its diminished prestige in the region: "NATO has managed to make it look as if they backed Milosevic down without actually having to bomb, which nobody really wanted to do," says Calabresi...
...minute to midnight in Kosovo, but President Slobodan Milosevic may be thinking that NATO's clock has stopped. U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke returned to Belgrade Thursday to issue yet another "last warning" to Milosevic. "Holbrooke returned in search of a deal," says TIME Central Europe bureau chief Massimo Calabresi. "But it's difficult for Milosevic to accept the large-scale withdrawal of Serb police demanded by the West, because that won't go over well with Kosovo's Serb minority...
...With reporting by Dejan Anastasijevic/Pristina, Massimo Calabresi/Vienna and Dean Fischer/Washington