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...flag. In Bosnia's current state of lawlessness, guerrillas enter at will from Serbia and annex border towns. Sniper bullets and artillery shells whistle through the streets, catching innocent bystanders in the crossfire. In the week since independence was recognized, more than 100 have died, and the Serbian-dominated Yugoslav army has refused to intervene. Because of the close intermingling of Bosnia's Muslims, Serbs and Croats, some fear the casualties could eventually dwarf the toll in Croatia, where ethnic violence has taken more than 10,000 lives since last summer...
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO, that's what. The 12-member European Community and the U.S. have recognized the independence of the former Yugoslav republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The E.C. recognized Slovenia and Croatia last January, and Washington has now followed suit. And while Macedonia has declared its independence, the E.C. has not yet recognized it out of deference to Greece, which also contains a region it calls Macedonia and fears that an independent state could lay claim to some parts of Greek territory. The White House said the U.S. would coordinate its plans with the E.C. to recognize Macedonia, possibly...
Since Maastricht there has been a growing sense of irritation among Germany's neighbors on a variety of issues. The ink on the Maastricht agreement was hardly dry before Bonn pressured -- some say bullied -- the rest of the E.C. into recognizing the breakaway Yugoslav republics of Croatia and Slovenia. Most of the 12 preferred to wait to give E.C. negotiators a chance to implement a cease-fire, but Germany forced a decision by threatening to go it alone. Then, just before Christmas, the Bundesbank suddenly raised its interest rates, compelling most of the rest of Western Europe to follow...
SARAJEVO, Yugoslavia--Airstrikes by Yugoslav jets killed at least six people in Bosnia-Hercegovina yesterday as the United States recognized the republic's independence along with that of Croatia and Slovenia...
Ethnic Serbs in northern Bosnia proclaimed their own state and said they intended to remain allied with Serbia, the largest republic in what was the Yugoslav federation. Two Serb members of Bosnia's seven-person presidency announced their resignations...