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...largely autonomous provinces. Of these, Serbs would clearly predominate in one and Muslims in three, with power-sharing agreements between Muslims and either Serbs or Croats required in five others. The last province would be long-besieged Sarajevo, slated to become a demilitarized open city. Both Bosnia's Serb nationalist leader Radovan Karadzic and the republic's President Alija Izetbegovic, a Muslim, criticized the plan but at the time agreed to attend a second session this week...
...effectively enough to the challenges facing Russia. Thirty-five other countries recognized the independence of the Baltic countries before Bush and Baker finally acted. State Department foot-dragging on providing economic aid has contributed to Russia's current financial woes. Economic uncertainties have made the threat of a nationalist coup to topple Yeltsin very real...
...ELECTION, THE ODDS WOULD PROBAbly have been against Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. The U.S. had publicly charged him with war crimes, the international community was tightening economic sanctions on his country, and the inflation rate was running at 20,000% annually. But none of that mattered. Milosevic, the virulent nationalist, was re-elected with 55% of the vote in the race for the Serbian presidency...
...With nationalist sentiment the ruling emotion, the war-crimes charges may have added cachet to some candidates. Washington had linked ultra-nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj and Serb militia chief Zeljko ("Arkan") Raznjatovic to Bosnian atrocities. Both were elected to the Serbian parliament. Though British Prime Minister John Major joined George Bush in pushing for enforcement of the U.N.-ordered no-fly zone over Bosnia, the Serbs showed no sign of backing off. The elections only emphasized their continuing defiance and kept Milosevic firmly in control...
...contest the election, including one with the Stars and Stripes as its symbol. Hun Sen's ruling communists have renamed themselves the Cambodian People's Party, but find it hard to escape their Marxist, pro-Vietnamese history or reputation for corruption and brutality. Their principal competitor is the nationalist, anticommunist party founded by Prince Norodom Sihanouk, the country's former ruler...