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To: Yaacov who wrote (11017)	6/2/1999 4:41:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

well, Yaacov, I bet you Russia will get much more money to waist than even you thought <ggg> Milosevic studies peace plan Expectations are high for the first joint EU-Russian peace mission Russian and EU peace envoys have made their first joint attempt to persuade Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to accept a peace plan for Kosovo. Talks have broken up for the night and will continue on Thursday. Yugoslav negotiators presented some questions about the peace plan but have agreed to study it. A Russian spokesman said the talks were "pretty productive" but that no decisions on the draft were taken. The plan provides for a peacekeeping force for Kosovo with Nato troops working alongside Russian soldiers. The Russian envoy Viktor Chernomyrdin, speaking in Bonn before he and his EU counterpart, Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, set off for Belgrade, said there was now a realistic chance for peace. The envoys' journey to Belgrade came as the World Court rejected a Yugoslav attempt to bring an immediate end to Nato air strikes by legal action. President Bill Clinton has announced more US planes will be deployed to the Balkans and an extra 3,000 US troops will join the Kosovo peacekeeping force after the conflict Gap narrows Before leaving Bonn, Mr Chernomyrdin signalled significant changes in Russian policy. He said: A pause in the bombing should come once a withdrawal of Serb forces was verified, not earlier. Nato should choose the national composition of its peacekeeping force in Kosovo. This is the first time that Russia has indicated it would be prepared to accept US, British and other forces from countries engaged in the air strikes as part of the force in Kosovo. Mr Chernomyrdin said Russian troops may also be sent into Kosovo, operating separately from Nato under a different command. "The peacekeeping process should be under United Nations auspices. We underlined that we need to create the conditions (for the refugees) to return and live in safety," he said. "It is most important that a document is worked out between Yugoslavia and Nato covering withdrawal of Serbian forces and the timing of the deployment of peacekeepers." Extra US planes US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said that with broad agreement on Kosovo between Russia and the West, it was up to Mr Milosevic to make the next move. "The ball is in his court," she said. President Clinton has announced that 68 more US aircraft are to be deployed in the Balkans. Mr Clinton also said that an extra 3,000 US troops, taking the total to 7,000, will be joining the peacekeeping force that Nato wants to be stationed in Kosovo as part of a peace settlement. Delivering a speech to cadets graduating from Colorado Springs Air Force Academy he said: "Our European allies will provide the vast bulk of peacekeeping troops, but America will also contribute. "We have a moral responsibility to oppose crimes against humanity. "We cannot grow weary of this campaign because Mr Milosevic did not capitulate when the first bombs fell." Legal move blocked Yugoslavia on Tuesday failed in its attempt to bring an end to Nato's air campaign through legal action. Belgrade had asked the International Court of Justice in The Hague at the end of April to rule that Nato's air campaign amounted to genocide. The judges dismissed Yugoslavia's argument in each of 10 individual petitions taken against each of the Nato nations involved in the campaign, ruling that the court was not competent to judge Yugoslavia's request. But judges in The Hague expressed "profound concern" about the legal basis for Nato's use of force against Yugoslavia. (Click here to see a map of latest Nato strikes) For its part, the alliance showed no sign of halting its bombardment of Yugoslavia, with a series of day-time raids reported on the central Serbian towns of Jagodina and Cuprija. Nato strikes continued despite its embarrassing blunder on Tuesday when it mistakenly bombed Albanian troops several kilometres inside Albania's borders. Serb military targets across Kosovo have been attacked in the last 24 hours, officials said, and power lines, fuel depots and TV relay stations were hit. A Nato statement said the heaviest strikes were in south-western Kosovo near the Albanian border, where heavy fighting continues between Serb forces and the Kosovo Liberation Army. Sites in and around Belgrade were hit on Tuesday evening but the city was reported to be calm early on Wednesday. Also targeted overnight were a radio relay in Ruma, and an army barracks near Kursumlija, 190 km (120 miles) south-east of Belgrade. Other top stories Judges deliver Yugoslav decision Dublin refuses Yugoslav team visas Analysis: bridging the diplomatic gap UK defends record on Kosovo refugees (click here to return) Advanced options \| Search tips Back to top \| BBC News Home \| BBC Homepage © news.bbc.co.uk

To: Yaacov who wrote (11017)	6/2/1999 4:56:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 17770

Yaacov, Russians are back in the Middle of Europe...and Don't you tell me "I told you so" VBG

To: Yaacov who wrote (11017)	6/2/1999 5:06:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

The Irish government has refused to grant entry visas for Yugoslavia's footballers, making it impossible for them to play the Euro 2000 qualifying match against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin on Saturday. The move follows Uefa's announcement that the game must go ahead, despite the Balkan conflict. The Republic of Ireland could now face sanctions from European football's governing body over their refusal to play the crucial qualifier. Uefa had earlier warned that if the Yugoslav players were refused visas, the Irish team could be thrown out of Euro 2000. news.bbc.co.uk Back to top \| BBC News Home \| BBC Homepage ©

To: Yaacov who wrote (11017)	6/2/1999 9:35:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

There was much Democratic opposition to Judge Carswell because, well, he seemed shaky even on Constitutional law. When it came Senator Hruska's time to speak up in the Senate he did on behalf of the failing, the besieged Judge Carswell. Senator Hruska said: "It has been held against this nominee that he's mediocre. Well there are a lot of mediocre judges and lawyers and people. Most of the American people are mediocre. And they have a right to be represented on the Supreme Court." news.bbc.co.uk

To: Yaacov who wrote (11017)	6/3/1999 4:20:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 17770

Russia appeared to have accepted that NATO would require more than verbal assurances before stopping the bombing. But top general Leonid Ivashov, an outspoken critic of NATO, who was traveling with Chernomyrdin, said on his return to Moscow that the Russian military had other concerns. ''We are not quite satisfied with the role of NATO that is being imposed and the diminished role of Russia...Everything depends on the goodwill of NATO.'' A footnote to the proposals, obtained by Reuters at the EU summit in Cologne, stipulates: ''It is understood that Russia's position is that the Russian contingent will not be under NATO command and its relationship to the international presence will be governed by relevant additional agreements.'' The footnote was appended to the plan taken to Belgrade by Ahtisaari and Chernomyrdin but not included in the document submitted to the Serbian parliament, Western diplomats said. The U.N. refugee agency said it was now bracing itself for the awesome task of supervising movement of almost two million refugees in the Balkans after the Kosovo conflict ends. infoseek.go.com That is how Rogue Regimes operate Divide and Concur...What are we going to do with "Victory"...protect Serbs from KLA, Establish refugee camps in Kosovo?...Who is responsible for snipers and arsonists? My God...what a mess when Democracies "stand up for human rights....