Word: serb
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...Croatia. Although a new map of Bosnia and Herzegovina has yet to be drawn, they are expected to announce a breakthrough in defining the complex government structure that will rule over it, if and when peace is signed. Consensus has also been reached on constitutional arrangements for the Serb and Muslim-Croat "entities" inside Bosnia. "It's an awkward structure," concedes a State Department official. "But it's a hell of an improvement over killing people...
...achievements so far, Clinton has not only his envoy to thank, but also the fact that events on the battlefield and at the negotiating table seem, for once, to be working hand in hand. Though Holbrooke has served to push things along, the crucial breakthrough came only after the Serbs finally provoked the Western allies on Aug. 28 by firing a shell into a Sarajevo market, killing 38 civilians and triggering NATO's air strikes. While the bombardment kept the Serbs preoccupied, the Croat-Muslim juggernaut was free to surge ahead, and by last Wednesday it stood within 30 miles...
...disengagement around Sarajevo goes according to plan, the Serb and Bosnian government generals are scheduled to meet this week with U.N. military commanders to discuss extending the cease-fire to all of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It might take some doing to persuade the Bosnians to agree to that because of their latest successes on the battlefield. But Bosnian government officials last week began a series of television appearances to urge a move away from fighting to peacemaking...
...international mediators of the Contact Group--the U.S., Britain, France, Germany and Russia--are not predicting that progress will be easy. The agreement on principles two weeks ago presents as many questions as it answers: What kind of constitutional arrangement can create one country that contains both a Serb republic and a Bosnian-Croatian federation...
...State Department's Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs. His relationship with Secretary of State Warren Christopher and National Security Adviser Anthony Lake was rocky, and Wall Street, where he had carved out a lucrative career as an investment banker, beckoned anew. Then in July the Bosnian Serbs seized Srebrenica, a U.N.-designated "safe haven," and galvanized President Clinton into belated action. His departure plans suddenly on hold, Holbrooke took charge of the Administration's negotiations on Bosnia. Plunging zestfully into the Balkan thicket, he emerged last week with the dramatic Serb promise to lift the siege of Sarajevo...