Word: overthrowing
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...simultaneous exhortations for freedom and peace helped ensure that it remained bloodless. True to form, Kostunica displayed little emotion during the tumult. And as the uprising abated, he assumed the duties of head of state with such purposeful dispatch that an inauguration seemed anticlimactic. Analysts in Belgrade termed the overthrow of Milosevic "a miraculous event," but the ease with which Kostunica embraced his historic calling was something of a miracle...
...some official results were annulled. That seemed to imply that a whole new election was required and Milosevic could happily stay in power until his term ended in July. Such a slap in the face of legitimacy--even the sham variety normal in Yugoslavia--practically invited voters to overthrow Milosevic...
...respect for the current administration?s foreign policy was tempered only by the suggestion that he would have done more to unseat Saddam Hussein. On Yugoslavia and Milosevic, the lovefest continued: "I believe the administration deserves credit" for insisting on the U.S. intervention that contributed to Milosevic?s overthrow, Bush purred. Amidst all the back-patting, there was one moment of tension: When Gore attempted to trip Bush on his previous pledge to keep U.S. troops out of non-essential deployments, citing the war crimes in Bosnia, Bush fired back: "I don?t know who the questioner is here," prompting...
Slobodan Milosevic dared Serbs to overthrow him, and now they?re giving it their best shot. Flames rose from the federal parliament and state TV headquarters in downtown Belgrade Thursday, as demonstrators occupied the buildings, supported by tens of thousands of demonstrators outside. And most worrying for Milosevic may be the fact that the police for the most part refrained from using violence to stop them. The demonstrators are demanding that Milosevic concede the presidency to opposition leader Vojislav Kostunica, who beat the strongman at the polls 11 days ago. Milosevic had challenged his opponents to a fight...
...still on the wrong end of the tear gas and water cannon as a firebrand anti-apartheid leader. The conference's host, Czech president Vaclav Havel may be feeling a little nostalgic, too - after all, back in '68 he was just another Absurdist playwright trying to overthrow the system...