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Swiss bankers just ain?t what they used to be. The federal police office of Switzerland has frozen any and all funds belonging to Slobodan Milosevic and four of his high-ranking Serb cohorts. All it took was a request from the Hague international war-crimes tribunal and the Swiss, long the favored financial refuge of the rich and shady, were ready to play ball. One thing: Despite claims by NATO officials that Slobo has been socking it away in not only Switzerland but Greece, Russia, Cyprus and Lebanon, the Swiss haven?t found any money yet. Which...
Quick, who killed more than 10,000 people last year and drove millions more from their homes? The answer begins with an M... Nope, it wasn?t Slobodan Milosevic; it was a hurricane with the easygoing moniker of Mitch. In fact, more people were turned into refugees by Mother Nature in 1998 than by wars and other conflicts, according to the International Red Cross World Disasters Report 1999. The report says that violent weather episodes from China and India through the Philippines and Central America killed 20,000 people and impacted dramatically on the lives of some 250 million others...
...voted 98-1 on Tuesday to release the back dues and cut the U.S. contribution to the organization?s budget to 20 percent from 25 percent. TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell says the change of heart ?- adopted by Democrats after Clinton went along ?- has a lot to do with Slobodan Milosevic. "Kosovo showed the importance of the U.N. in building an international consensus for action," he says. "Even though it wasn?t possible in this particular case, with China and Russia both having Security Council vetoes over the air strikes, NATO realized how tough it is to be out there...
...hear Slobodan Milosevic tell it, his surrender to NATO was the happy ending to a fairy tale. Appearing before his bombed-out, beleaguered nation on TV last Thursday, he said, "The aggression ended. Peace prevailed. Dear citizens, happy peace to us all!" It's hard to know how any rational Serb could stand it. After starting and losing four wars in eight years, Milosevic was calling on his people to rejoice. Some bought it, singing along to the government tune. But once the Serbs wake up from their agitprop reverie, they will discover a country in ruins. Some were already...
...administration envoy -- or that he deservedly enjoys broad bipartisan support in the Senate. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the crotchety Helms is the bottleneck for all overseas nominations, and he promises a third-degree on everything from ethics to "this administration?s misguided policy of appeasing Slobodan Milosevic." The three-day swipe session begins today. But Clinton's bow-out may have ensured that it ends happily...