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A WAR OF ONE'S OWN The president of Montenegro has fewer constituents than the new London mayor will have. But that might not stop Milo Djukanovic from being sucked into a new Balkan conflagration. Steve Crawshaw meets him
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Milo Djukanovic, president of the tiny Yugoslav republic of
Montenegro, is in no mood for diplomatic language. "Milosevic has
produced four wars in Yugoslavia," he says. "Now he is preparing a
fifth crisis. We don't know whether he will decide to open up a new
battlefield or if he will learn from the past. But we must brace for
the worst-case scenario - which is what Montenegro is used to."
Until recently, most people in Britain had scarcely heard of
Montenegro, which covers an area n...
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EU leader warns of crisis as Montenegro votes
The Independent - London
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