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...ever for a head of state. The former Yugoslav President, accused of directing the genocide of 300,000 non-Serbs and driving millions from their homelands, scornfully blamed NATO and claimed he was the real victim. "It is all lies," he fumed. "The real crime was the killing of Yugoslavia and crucifying...
...trial of former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic for crimes against humanity lends hope that justice may finally be served in one of the greatest tragedies of the last decade. Milosevic is accused of directing ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia on a scale not seen in Europe since the Holocaust. His trial is an important and unprecedented step towards holding heads of state accountable for atrocities committed under their leadership...
...pick a favorite foreigner it would be Janica Kostelic, whose story might be the most compelling of the Games. She and her brother, who also competed here, grew up poor in Zagreb when it was part of Yugoslavia. Their dad drove them to the hill when he could. They became champions, but Janica's career was constantly interrupted by injury; she's had three knee surgeries in the past few years. She came in here hoping for perhaps one medal, any shade. She left with four, three of them gold. No skier had ever won so many and no woman...
Slobodan Milosevic picked up where he left off: giving the court a history lesson on how the Serbs have always been victims of outside aggression, with last decade's wars just the latest manifestation. Milosevic said he tried to keep the peace in Yugoslavia and his trial is an example of "the instigators of war accusing the protagonists of peace." This could only be done, said Milosevic, with the help of Western media, whose journalists very often become "killers and mercenaries." After criticizing the West's media manipulation, Milosevic then proceeded to show an unidentified 45-minute news reel more...
...HAGUE Slobo Mounts His Defense The trial of Yugoslavia's former president at the international war-crimes tribunal in the Hague opened with the prosecution furnishing gruesome details of the way Slobodan Milosevic is alleged to have purged former Yugoslavia of non-Serbs. Milosevic then spent two days justifying his actions - and will go into extra time for an hour-and-a-half this week - after which the prosecution will produce its first witness. Milosevic, who doesn't recognize the tribunal's legitimacy, is conducting his own defense and seems to consider attack the best form. With aggressive gestures...