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DIED. LUDWIG FREIHERR VON HAMMERSTEIN-EQUORD, 76, anti-Nazi conspirator; in Berlin. Part of the ill-fated July 1944 attempt by German officers to kill Hitler and end World War II, Hammerstein-Equord helped seize army headquarters. When it was retaken by SS troops, he escaped and hid until the defeat of the Third Reich...
Nearly 200,000 Serb refugees streamed out of the Krajina region in Croatia after the territory was retaken from the Serbs by Croatian forces. As joyous Croats celebrated, bitter Serbs denounced Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, whom they faulted for not coming to their aid. Yugoslav officials, struggling to cope with the huge influx of refugees, announced plans to send thousands of them to Kosovo, a region that is 90% ethnic Albanian and that many fear will be the next Balkan powder...
...course of two weeks, these new tactics have served the Bosnian government well: for the first time in 31 months of war, they are poking through the overextended lines of the Bosnian Serb army. Government forces have retaken 60 sq. mi. of territory from the Serbs near Bihac in the north, made significant gains around strategic Mount Igman overlooking the capital of Sarajevo and recaptured the town of Kupres and perhaps an additional 40 sq. mi. in central Bosnia...
Sachs: Because I think the new government is going to pursue incorrect and even dangerous policies. The communist Old Guard has essentially retaken almost all the major power positions. That made it impossible to continue...
Despite such worries, the mood in the provincial capital of Asmara, which was retaken by the front in May, is euphoric. Colored lights and miniature blue, green and red E.P.L.F. flags decorate National Avenue, the main thoroughfare. Streets are filled at all hours with people strolling about, many of them fighters promenading hand in hand with loved ones they have not seen in many years. The Italian-style cafes are busy late into the night. "Before, we lived like prisoners here," says Yohannes Ande, owner of a small convenience store. "You couldn't say the word Eritrea. You couldn...