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That Friday deadline for resolving the baseball strike, imposed by acting commissioner Bud Selig, is looming without any solid hope for saving the season. One possible sign of optimism: an owners' proposal that would allow high-priced bidding to continue without salary caps, but would punish the biggest-spending clubs by levying a "tax" on salaries above a preset level, according to NBC-TV. Both the players and owners hope Selig extends that do-or-die date...
Defense lawyers offered a feisty performance in the courtroom, but the most significant action in the O.J. Simpson case last week was conducted behind closed doors -- and there the defense team took a hammering. In one instance, Simpson's lawyers were rebuffed when they tried to punish prosecutors for seeking evidence against Simpson from testimony in a grand jury investigating his friend Al ("A.C.") Cowlings, the driver of the fleeing white Bronco. The defense was responding to District Attorney Gil Garcetti's earlier statement that his team would not ignore "other evidence that comes out that assists us in another...
...NATO mission attacked Bosnian Serb targets near Sarajevo after a group of Bosnian Serbs broke into a U.N. compound and stole heavy weapons that were placed under U.N. control in February. The Bosnian Serbs' raid came one day after Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic cut economic and political ties to punish the Bosnian Serbs for their third rejection of a Western-brokered peace settlement. Although he has been their primary sponsor in the 28-month war, Milosevic appears to be fearful that continuing to support the Bosnian Serbs would lead to tightened trade sanctions against Serbia, thus weakening his grip...
...knee-jerk reaction to want to lift the arms embargo," says Graff. "It may mean justice for the Muslims, but it also means a nasty war." Meanwhile, Russia now wants trade sanctions against the Serb-dominated Yugoslavia lifted. That country, the Russians say, has done its bit to punish the Bosnian Serbs...
...Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic serious about cracking down on the battling Bosnians? We'll see in the days and weeks to come, says TIME's Central Europe Bureau Chief James Graff. For now, Yugoslavia's pugnacious stance towards its cousins eases the pressure on Western countries to punish the Bosnian Serbs, who rejected a peace plan last week. "Milosevic is doing all the dirty work for (the West)," says Graff. "So any consideration of real robust military actions does not have to be on the front burner...