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...about the continuing flow of refugees out of Kosovo. Macedonia, in particular, does not want more ethnic Albanians on its soil for fear of upsetting its delicate ethnic balance. The country is continually pressing the allies to ferry them elsewhere, which the allies have so far done, flying several thousand to places as disparate as Albania, Turkey, Norway and Germany. None will be coming to U.S. terrritory, however. "America's offer of Guantanamo Bay was turned down by refugee groups," says Branegan, "because it was too far away and seemed like a prison...
...Yugoslavia must be allowed to run their course. Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's call for cease-fires and his government's declaration that "peace has been restored in Kosovo" are belied by the brutal treatment of the Kosovar Albanians. Reports vary, but it seems certain that several hundred thousand Kosovars have been forced from their homes into neighboring republics, while many more are refugees within their own borders...
However, the refugee slowdown is an ominous rather than positive development. Last week, the Yogoslav Army sealed the border to prevent refugees from escaping, although it has since reopened for brief intervals. It is impossible to know where the several hundred thousand "internally displaced" Kosovars are, or whether they have adequate food or shelter. There are no reliable sources of information on the ground within Kosovo, but refugees tell of a meticulous and organized refugees tell of a meticulous and organized effort to empty cities, towns and villages...
...skeptics, one constituency seems to practice that old-time religion: online traders. These e-buyers--indeed, they are mostly buyers--believe in the Net long-term. We know it was the e-little guys doing the buying because the average size of each trade was well below a thousand shares. What seems flaky to Wall Street seems downright rigorous to e-Main Street...
...surprised that I speak in your cliches?"). The Serbs at that moment were blasting Sarajevo apart and "cleansing" the countryside of Muslims. Milosevic told us smoothly, "There is no Serb aggression...We are merely protecting ourselves." Besides, the Croats "cleansed" several hundred thousand Serbs 50 years before...