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...tiny handful of other Muslims appeared out of the rubble in recent weeks, few had thought it possible that any of its once large Muslim population could have survived in Grbavica. During the long siege of Sarajevo, this modern metropolitan area had been a haunt of Serb bands like Vojislav Seselj's White Eagles and Zeljko ("Arkan") Raznatovic's Tigers, who used it as a base for snipers and mortar attacks on the government-held center. Muslims who failed to flee at the start of war in April 1992 found themselves trapped inside the enclave, facing death at the hands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ONE FAMILY'S OR DEAL | 4/1/1996 | See Source »

With nationalist sentiment the ruling emotion, the war-crimes charges may have added cachet to some candidates. Washington had linked ultra-nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj and Serb militia chief Zeljko ("Arkan") Raznjatovic to Bosnian atrocities. Both were elected to the Serbian parliament. Though British Prime Minister John Major joined George Bush in pushing for enforcement of the U.N.-ordered no-fly zone over Bosnia, the Serbs showed no sign of backing off. The elections only emphasized their continuing defiance and kept Milosevic firmly in control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Re-Electing The Past | 1/4/1993 | See Source »

...Vojislav Savic, a passenger in a bus near Petrovac, said his view of the earthquake was "horrible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Earthquake Hits Yugoslavia, Kills 235 | 4/16/1979 | See Source »

Jugoslavian Foreign Minister Vojislav Marinkovitch said that the cabinet would not resign, would seek to rush ratification of the Treaty of Nettuno through the Skupshtina in the absence of the Croatian Deputies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YUGOSLAVIA: Throwback to Assassination? | 7/2/1928 | See Source »

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