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...study done for Democrats this spring reveals that voters are able to identify Republicans as the party of the privileged, but are unable to say who the Democrats represent. So dire is the Democrats' identity crisis that Clinton's Cabinet has begun to rebel, sometimes accusing the President of lacking leadership. "There's a real crisis here," says a Cabinet officer and longtime Clinton ally. "It's a crisis of confidence about what the Democrats stand for and what is their guiding principle. The Democrats have lost confidence in themselves...
...days last week, the Croatian city of Knin was drenched in a fiery rain of artillery shells, mortars and bombs. The self-styled capital of Krajina, the stronghold of nearly 200,000 rebel Serbs who seceded from Croatia in 1991, found itself the focus of a massive assault by the forces of Croatian President Franjo Tudjman. Within the first half-hour of the offensive, more than 200 shells fell on Knin. By Saturday panic had descended as well. As Croatian tanks began rolling through the streets, Knin's Serb leaders placed a last-minute call to the U.N., requesting...
...Tudjman is trying to get it back. In May he seized an area known as Western Slavonia (in the eastern part of Croatia) with ease from rebel Serbs, and if he wins back Krajina, Croatia's borders will be largely restored. What the consequences of this effort will be depends on Tudjman's own shrewdness and on the reaction of Milosevic. Right now the Serbian President appears exceedingly disinclined to enter the war on the side of his embattled brethren. The rebel Serb causes in Croatia and Bosnia have recently fallen from his protective grace as Milosevic has concentrated...
...passport to attend the U.S. premiere. American filmgoers can see an exciting movie that brings Devi's story to life with passion but without passing judgment. In India, though, a venal game is being played: the upper-class guardians of public morality who once defamed this low-caste rebel are now ensuring that Bandit Queen remains an untouchable...
...stirring of Croatia is one of the most important events of the war in years. One-third of the country was seized by rebel Croatian Serbs in 1991. Ever since, President Franjo Tudjman has been preparing openly for a campaign aimed at recapturing that land, and the Croatian armed forces have been rebuilding and training with new weapons. In May they took back Western Slavonia, and it has been assumed that a major Croat offensive would begin this summer. The action last week seemed to be the overture. By week's end, young men had disappeared from the streets...