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	Slobodan Milosevic Slobodan Milošević , 1941-2006, Yugoslav and Serbian political leader, president of Serbia (1989-97) and of Yugoslavia (1997-2000), b. Požarevac, Serbia. He joined the Communist party in 1959, beginning his political career in the 1960s as an economic adviser to the mayor of... Read more
	ethnic cleansing ethnic cleansing the mass expulsion or killing of members of one ethnic or religious group in an area by those of another. The term has been in use since the early 1990s, as conflict spread in the former Yugoslavia; it became particularly associated with the bitter fighting between Bosnian Serbs... Read more
	Marshal Tito Marshal Tito The Yugoslav statesman Marshal Tito (born 1892) became president of Yugoslavia in 1953. He directed the rebuilding of a Yugoslavia devastated in World War II and the welding of Yugoslavia's different peoples into unity until his death in 1980. From its creation in 1918 until is... Read more
	Vojislav Kostunica Vojislav Koštunica , 1944-, Serbian politician, president of Yugoslavia (2000-03) and prime minister of Serbia (2004-8) b. Belgrade. A constitutional lawyer and liberal anticommunist, he lectured at his Belgrade Univ., but was fired (1974) for his criticism of Tito . A free-speech... Read more
	Vladimir Machek Vladimir Maček , 1879-1964, Croatian political leader. He headed the Croatian Peasant party from 1928. A vigorous opponent of the dictatorship of King Alexander of Yugoslavia, he fought for Croatian autonomy and was imprisoned several times. After Alexander's death, Maček was granted... Read more
	Karadjordjevic Karadjordjević or Karageorgevich , Serbian dynasty, descended from Karageorge (Karadjordje). Its ruling members were Alexander , prince of Serbia, and kings Peter I , Alexander , and Peter II of Yugoslavia. It was long involved in a feud with the Obrenović dynasty. The... Read more
	Ratko Mladic Ratko Mladic Ratko Mladic (born 1943) led the Bosnian Serb fight in the Balkan war against Muslims, Croatians, and Serbians which began in 1991. Mladic's savage leadership is reported to have resulted in the deaths of thousands of soldiers and civilians alike, and he has been charged with war... Read more
	Yugoslavia Yugoslavia , Serbo-Croatian Jugoslavija, former country of SE Europe, in the Balkan Peninsula. Belgrade was the capital and by far the largest city. Yugoslavs (i.e., South Slavs) consisted of Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, Macedonians, Montenegrins, and Bosniaks (also known Bosnian Muslims). Closely... Read more
	Radovan Karadzic Radovan Karadzic Radovan Karadzic (born 1945), the leader of the Bosnian Serbs, pursued a course of "ethnic cleansing" as he struggled to gain independence from the Muslim-controlled Bosnian government in the former Yugoslavia. He has been indicted by the World Court in The Hague for his actions.... Read more
	Vlachs Vlachs ETHNONYMS: Aromuni, Cincari, Vlasi Orientation Identification. The name "Vlachs" refers to the old Balkan ethnic group whose members are descendants of romanized and grecized Paleo-Balkan and Indo-European populations: Illyrians and Thracians. Also, the Vlachs are a recent... Read more

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	Milosevic continues defense in second day of arguments at tribunal News Wire article from: AP Worldstream ...blame for Yugoslavia's turmoil onto the...deportations of ethnic Albanians from Kosovo. "One of...that Serb forces performed...that tore Yugoslavia apart...convoy in Kosovo in May 1999...death and destruction in Croatia...
	Milosevic Rejects Charges at Trial News Wire article from: AP Online ...Yugoslavia's turmoil to Western...deportations of ethnic Albanians from Kosovo. "This...that Serb forces performed...that tore Yugoslavia apart...disintegration of Yugoslavia. They have...Croatia and Kosovo, and for...death and destruction in Croatia...
	Spark of hope amidst turmoil; Stories of terror from Albanian refugees come... Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland) ...the border from Kosovo. She said that...and wholesale destruction of entire villages...Serbian security forces. Once at the...Tom said. Kosovo, a region within...of the former Yugoslavia, is the latest...dominant Serb force. Joanne Berisha...since 1989 the ethnic Albanians ...
	DEVELOPMENTS IN KOSOVO:JAMES E.PARDEW, JR Transcript from: Congressional Testimony ...engagement in Kosovo relates directly...corner is in turmoil. In the past...Bosnia, and Kosovo as the former Yugoslavia broke apart...environment in Kosovo. However...Milosevic' s forces from Kosovo...international security force and the international...government. ...
	Envoy Relishes Balkan Challenge; Unflappable Hill Able to Ignore Snubs by... Newspaper article from: The Washington Post ...military force in Kosovo, Serbian...sympathetic to Yugoslavia's desire to block Kosovo's eventual...year-long ethnic war in Kosovo...relations with Yugoslavia. Hill was...far greater destruction caused by...amid the turmoil of Kosovo...
	Talking is the only way in Kosovo; Letters.(News) Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) ...cluster bombs in Kosovo, which are...adjacent to Kosovo have also been...in political turmoil. On the other...peacekeeping force. Human rights...bombing on Yugoslavia causing further destruction and loss of...worsen the ethnic conflict that...mandate in Kosovo are those ...
	U.S. envoy presses Milosevic as NATO strikes loom News Wire article from: AP Online ...conflict and the destruction of his own...any use of force by recommending...against the ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation...fighting to wrest Kosovo province from...republic of Yugoslavia. Milosevic...substantial forces from the province...attacks by Kosovo ...
	A bomb that slowed things up.(NATO bombing of Chinese embassy effects... Magazine article from: The Economist (US) ...end to the Kosovo crisis. But...diplomacy over Kosovo was starting...new political turmoil in Moscow adds...indignation, Yugoslavia's president...units from Kosovo, but this...withdrawal of his forces; the deployment...a military force; the safe...campaign of ``ethnic ...
	Ethnic Albanian leader tours countryside with U.S. envoy News Wire article from: AP Online ...PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (AP) _ Ethnic Albanian...returned to Kosovo's countryside...where Serb forces and ethnic...visiting Kosovo villages...see lots of destruction of property...because of the turmoil. ``We...republic in Yugoslavia, like Serbia...
	Wednesday, March 23 News Wire article from: AP Worldstream ...with thousands of ethnic Albanian demonstrators in Kosovo province, Yugoslavia.1990 - Soviet...military task force moves cautiously...young democracy into turmoil.2000 - Clearing...weapons of mass destruction had the United States...