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...effort to bring the Serbs back up to 49%, the Americans had tried to find some sparsely settled spots in Croat areas. That set off one of the worst tussles, over the so-called Posavina corridor, the narrow strip in the north, at the top of the map of Bosnia, that links Serb holdings in the northwest of the country with those in the east. Milosevic continued to seek a wider corridor. But Tudjman balked at handing over the parts held by Bosnian Croats as compensation for Serb losses elsewhere. This time Bill Clinton had to step in. He phoned...
When the most charismatic aspects of both Ace and Las Vegas are on display the effect is hypnotic. Ace really believes that he sells dreams, and his naivete is contagious. The shots of the Las Vegas Strip are are as seductive as have ever appeared in film. Whereas Mike Figgis presents a gloomier view in his exceptional "Leaving Las Vegas" and Paul Verhoeven fails to leave a lasting impression with "Showgirls," Scorsese chooses to focus on the intertwining glamour and power in this fickle town...
Then comes the hard part. By next May, Peres must begin negotiating the final settlement with the Palestinians. That will raise all the most explosive questions, such as those about the permanent status of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: Full-fledged Palestinian state? Federation with Jordan? Autonomous entity? And about Jerusalem: United capital of Israel or some sort of divided city? And about the fate of the Jewish settlers in what will be Palestinian territory. And about the right or nonright of Palestinian refugees to return to Israel and reclaim property there...
Perhaps the most ominous development was the decision by Croatian President Franjo Tudjman to send troops and heavy artillery to the U.N. buffer zone in eastern Slavonia, a strip of Croatia that was seized by local Serbs in 1991. An armed conflict there could bring in the powerful army of Serbia, yet Tudjman has vowed to take the territory back by force before the end of the month, when the U.N. mandate expires. The Serbs in eastern Slavonia profess to be unintimidated. "Let him come," says Slobodan Antonic, a commander of the main Serb military force there. "We have laid...
...Croats and Muslims signed an agreement at talks in Dayton, Ohio, to strengthen their political and economic federation, which would control one part of Bosnia; the remaining territory would be Serb-run. But lest the meetings become too productive, Croatian President Franjo Tudjman renewed his threat to retake a strip of Serb-held territory in eastern Croatia if negotiations do not provide its return by Nov. 30. Christopher warned Croatian leaders not to use force...