Word: westernness
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Four eastern representatives, including Harvard, played on March 21 and 23 at New York's Madison Square Garden, while four western squads competed on the same dates in Kansas City. The winners of each bracket then faced off in the championship game on March...
Next month Western officials must certify that conditions can be met for free and fair Bosnian elections in mid-September. They patently can't, says the International Helsinki Federation. Even the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which will oversee the vote, concluded in a private "benchmark paper" that the minimal requirements set down in Dayton do not exist; there is no freedom of movement, no freedom of expression, no freedom of association. The blame for much of that lies directly with Karadzic, who has challenged or rejected every civilian provision of the Dayton pact...
...deadline for certification approaches, it is suddenly urgent to get rid of Karadzic and Mladic. The problem commands the highest priority at the White House, and other Western officials share the anxiety. Richard Goldstone, chief prosecutor at the Hague tribunal, appealed in Washington for military action to apprehend the Bosnian Serb ringleaders but returned last week with no encouragement. Bildt attempted to sideline Karadzic by elevating more moderate political rivals, among them Prime Minister Rajko Kasagic. When Karadzic sacked the Prime Minister two weeks ago, Bildt labored to transform the dismissal into a real power split that would displace Karadzic...
...Serbs, and Milosevic, who is not, would only lose ground by removing him. He may have good reason not to hand Karadzic or Mladic over to the Hague, since they are among the few potential witnesses who could confirm his own complicity in war crimes. Yet Milosevic badly needs Western economic aid and diplomatic approval to revive his flattened economy. Kornblum pointedly reminded him that sanctions can be reimposed if Western powers decide he is not carrying out his commitments. His response: What if Karadzic gives up his formal duties and fades from public view...
Terrible crimes against humanity have been committed in the heart of Europe. There are villains and victims. We need justice to have peace. If Western leaders had had political courage and willpower four years ago, bloodshed could have been stopped then. DRAGAN IVKOVIC Melrose Park, Illinois...