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...still struggling with "Milosevic." Of the two candidates, Gore won points for the depth of his knowledge of foreign policy; Bush's weakness on this front was illustrated when he did not seem to understand that Russia's reluctance to endorse Serbian President Vojislav Kostunica had encouraged former president Slobodan Milosevic to stay in power. In general, however, the candidates did use some choice phrases to reveal different philosophies of foreign affairs. In rough terms, Gore has supported the broader, more interventionist policy of the Clinton Administration, while Bush has favored a far narrower, almost isolationist approach...
...have looked like a revolution, but last week?s ouster of Slobodan Milosevic was not quite the decisive break with the past implied by that term - as President Vojislav Kostunica is discovering, at his expense. Parties that made up Milosevic?s ruling coalition pulled out of talks with Kostunica on Wednesday, warning that they?d only return when a campaign to strip appointees of the old regime of their positions in the bureaucracy is halted. And that could be a serious problem for Kostunica, who lacks the parliamentary majority necessary to form a government unless he can persuade Milosevic...
...SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC Yugo voters cleanse ethnic cleanser from presidency. Get the hint: Leave...
Dictators almost never go gently after elections. And if ever one has had a compelling interest in staying on, it's Slobodan Milosevic. Yugoslavia's malign strongman of 13 years and mastermind of four ever more savage ethnic wars lives under international indictment for crimes against humanity. But, suddenly, the man who successfully depicted himself as at one with the Serb people has lost his aura of invincibility with the stunning official admission that he came in second in last week's presidential ballot. No one knew which of his nighttime hideouts he was holed...
...Slobodan Milosevic dared Serbs to overthrow him, and now they?re giving it their best shot. Flames rose from the federal parliament and state TV headquarters in downtown Belgrade Thursday, as demonstrators occupied the buildings, supported by tens of thousands of demonstrators outside. And most worrying for Milosevic may be the fact that the police for the most part refrained from using violence to stop them. The demonstrators are demanding that Milosevic concede the presidency to opposition leader Vojislav Kostunica, who beat the strongman at the polls 11 days ago. Milosevic had challenged his opponents to a fight...