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...first meeting between international war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte and Yugoslavia's new president Vojislav Kostunica appears to have ended badly Tuesday. Was this any surprise...
...When Vojislav Kostunica swept to the presidency in Serbia last fall in an orgy of street celebrations and political intrigue, Zoran Djindjic was largely out of sight. But last week Serbia's dynamic opposition leader returned to the stage as the country's first post-Milosevic Prime Minister. It's a crucial job. As Kostunica struggles to preserve the defunct Yugoslav federation of Serbia and Montenegro, Djindjic will have to jump-start the moribund economy and modernize the country, while selling the world on the idea of a new Serbia...
...think our guys tried every trick in the book to win the presidency? Think again. The post-ballot maneuverings of Al Gore and George W. Bush were nothing compared to what Slobodan Milosevic tried in Yugoslavia when, to his astonishment, an election went against him. On Sept. 24 Vojislav Kostunica, head of the center-right Democratic Party of Serbia, who had the support of a coalition of 15 opposition parties, seemed to have ended Milosevic's 13-year autocratic rule. But when the votes were counted, the state-run Federal Election Commission reported 48.22% for Kostunica, 40.23% for Milosevic...
...across the border from Kosovo are a sign that some Albanians won't be taking no for an answer, and may be hoping to provoke a showdown with Belgrade before the Bush Administration carries out its threat to withdraw U.S. forces from the region. The new government of President Vojislav Kostunica is prepared to restrain the Yugoslav army as long as NATO remains prepared to do curb the guerrillas, but that may put Western troops on a collision course with the Albanian nationalists. There's plenty of room for more fighting inside Kosovo and elsewhere in the region...
...Vojislav Kostunica gained people's confidence in a peaceful, democratic and legitimate way. LYUBOMIR T. GRUYITCH Belfort, France...