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...trophy to the Hague. Why? Because America's main interest in the Balkans is a democratic and stable Serbia, which in turn is the key to a democratic and stable Balkans. And Milosevic's deportation threatens to destabilize Serbia just as it begins its transition to democracy. The Yugoslav Prime Minister has already resigned (declaring "Yugoslavia is at the beginning of a crisis") and the government fallen...
SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC Former Yugoslav President given up to the Hague for war-crimes trial. Serbs him right...
Person of the Week FACING THE MUSIC Ex-Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic could serve life in prison for ordering the murder or expulsion of ethnic Albanians in Serbia. The first former head of state to be tried by the U.N. tribunal, he may also be implicated in the ethnic crackdowns in Croatia and Bosnia...
...arms. THE NETHERLANDS Judgment Day Former Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic was delivered to the U.N. tribunal in the Hague for prosecution as a war criminal. His extradition coincided with the release of $1.28 billion to Yugoslavia. International donors said that the loans and grants were intended to help the Yugoslav Federation rebuild its economy. Milosevic, the first former head of state to face a war-crimes tribunal, will appear before the court this week to hear the charges against him. MACEDONIA Back from the Brink Mediators pulled Macedonia back from civil war after the evacuation of armed ethnic Albanian rebels...
...Carla Del Ponte, who spent months barnstorming through Western capitals demanding his transfer. The tribunal has gone after Serb, Croat and Muslim suspects and successfully prosecuted 19 defendants, but until now has yet to bring to dock the supreme commanders of the Balkan wars. American officials who pressed the Yugoslav government to give Milosevic up, conditioning aid on his handover to the U.N., also claimed vindication. "Today's unfolding events demonstrate the wisdom of our position," crowed Joseph Biden, the chairman of the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee. By some measures Belgrade was the biggest winner of all: with Milosevic...