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...controls. If Tudjman, flushed with success, tries to retake that, he will almost surely provoke Serbia's powerful army into a fight. Both Serbia and Croatia have moved forces near eastern Slavonia but have been cautious. According to a State Department analyst, the U.S. hope is that Milosevic will relinquish his control in exchange for the lifting of sanctions and a promise on the part of Croatia that it will not conduct "ethnic cleansing" in the region. But the economic and political cost to Milosevic of giving up Eastern Slavonia would be so high that it seems wishful thinking...
...Security Council demanded that the Bosnian Serb army relinquish control of the "safe area" of Srebrenica. But U.N. officials conceded that there was little likelihood that peacekeepers would take offensive action to retake the area. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali said he doubted that the U.N. could protect the remaining safe areas from capture by Serb troops. Security Council members are divided on how torespond to Serb aggression. France strongly advocates a military solution, using the new rapid reaction force to retake Srebrenica. But Russia is equally adamant that the U.N. should seek a diplomatic resolution, andTIME's Bruce Nelansays...
...West Bank's future is still under negotiation, its residents remain subject to the indignities of the occupation: checkpoints, curfews, the presence of an alien army. What's more, the Israelis continue to expand Jewish settlements in the West Bank, making Palestinians doubt that the Israelis will ever relinquish meaningful control over the area...
...about power. It gets it by whipping its members to a frenzy of antigovernment paranoia. It holds their attention and picks their wallets by flaunting its control over politicians who crave its approval or fear its wrath or just want its campaign money. And it very clearly won't relinquish even an iota of its influence without a fight...
Rather than relinquish its lead, Radcliffe stormed farther ahead, leaving the Terriers to wallow in The Black and White's wake...