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Tens of thousands of enraged Chinese protesters, enraged by the NATO bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, stormed the diplomatic district in Beijing on Sunday, shattering embassy windows with rocks, flinging paint bombs and burning caricatures of President Clinton as Hitler. The protests, which began just hours after
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Furious students and ordinary citizens flooded the streets of Beijing, protesting the bombing of the Chinese embassy by NATO forces in Belgrade. The demonstrations, marked by violence and destruction, were the most intense anti-American protests in decades, with protesters denouncing the US and NATO as "killers" and "
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A month and a half into the conflict in Yugoslavia, Russia and NATO appear to be willing to compromise on their positions and find a political solution to the Kosovo crisis. This shift in Russia's stance has several reasons behind it, including NATO's bombing of targets
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NATO jets unleashed a new wave of airstrikes against Yugoslavia today, targeting the headquarters of the Yugoslav army, the Interior Ministry, and a residential neighborhood in Belgrade. The attacks, which included a burst of missiles that missed their target and landed on houses, resulted in injuries to four people, including
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Western officials are raising concerns about the slow progress of negotiations to release three U.S. soldiers captured by Yugoslav forces last month. Despite a visit from the International Committee of the Red Cross, access to the soldiers remains limited, and their condition is unknown. The crisis in Kosovo continues
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Nato's foreign secretary, Robin Cook, and Prime Minister Tony Blair have signaled a significant shift in position, suggesting that ground troops could be deployed to Kosovo without a peace deal with Slobodan Milosevic. This change in stance comes as the Nato air campaign enters its fifth week, with
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The Allied bombing campaign, launched in March to stop Slobodan Milosevic's ethnic cleansing in Kosovo, has entered its fourth week with no sign of the Serb leader backing down. Intensive intelligence gathering by the CIA before the strikes suggested that Milosevic would put up a show of defiance
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As NATO's airstrikes continue, Serb troops have shown no signs of ceasing their violent campaign against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. Despite initial hopes for a diplomatic breakthrough, the conflict's trajectory has shifted towards a protracted and potentially bloody war. With NATO requesting an additional 300 combat
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US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright met with Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov for three hours to discuss NATO's bombing campaign in Yugoslavia, but were unable to reach a consensus. The meeting confirmed Russia's strong opposition to the NATO offensive, with Ivanov stating that the sooner
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Cypriot acting president Spyros Kyprianou was due to travel to Belgrade to discuss the release of three US soldiers captured by Serb forces, but his mission was disrupted due to ongoing NATO strikes against Serb targets. The US State Department announced plans for a Cypriot mission to secure the release
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Serbian government officials and Albanian representatives are engaged in a heated debate over Slobodan Milosevic's latest proposal for a week-long cease-fire to coincide with Orthodox Easter. The proposal comes as NATO's air strikes in Kosovo continue to escalate, with reports of increased civilian casualties and damage
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NATO is relying on a specially trained group of elite air commandos from the US Air Force to rescue its pilots shot down by Yugoslav gunners. Typically used in secret missions, the 16th Special Operations Group has been assembled at a military base in southern Italy, where they will be
