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...thousands of interactive channels," says Slovenian student and Dunster House resident Andre Benedejcic '95. Benedejcic says he made many-friends--and even met his present girlfriend--over the Internet...
First, he partied at a Slovenian resort amid reports of glass smashing and heavy drinking ... then was in Croatia threatening war with NATO ... in Montenegro he announced a new secret weapon that "acts directly on the brain" ... and ended up in a ruckus at the Budapest airport, where a pistol was found in an aide's luggage...
...foreordained by centuries of ethnic antagonisms -- but the political and military muddle. No one seemed to be in charge, and the country appeared to be sliding into chaos. The federation's civilian leadership looked like spectators at a war of the army's making, while the rebellious Slovenian militia sought ways not just to eject federal troops but to humiliate them as well. The army itself seemed in jeopardy of splintering along the very ethnic lines that surely make Yugoslavia the most Balkanized of Balkan states...
...surrender control of its 27 border posts within three days. The issue was more than symbolic: in a country where customs duties account for as much as one-third of the government's revenue, the key crossings to Italy, Austria and Hungary are a major source of federal income. Slovenian information minister Jelko Kacin rejoined, "I state categorically that Yugoslavia no longer has a border with Italy or Austria." While Slovenia did demobilize 10,000 members of its forces and respond to federal demands to release prisoners and lift blockades around army bases, Kacin warned, "The war is not over...
...were hundreds who had turned themselves in, testimony to the lack of resolve within the ranks. Many of the troops fighting in Slovenia are raw recruits called up this year. Reflecting a conviction shared by many soldiers, Corporal Nebojsa Jankovic, 20, a Serb who saw two comrades killed by Slovenian fire, said of the army's attempted crackdown, "In my mind, it was a mistake...