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Canada's Prime Minister Jean Chretien announced that the country will send two peacekeeping battalions to the former Yugoslavia on Monday to serve in the United Nations force in Bosnia-Herzegovina for another six months. This decision was made after discussions between U.N. officials and the leaders from the
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The United Nations has warned of imminent air strikes in Bosnia after the Bosnian Government's successful week-long offensive was met with ferocious shelling of towns, including Sarajevo, by Bosnian Serb forces. International diplomats are pleading for peace as the situation spirals out of control, with the UN'
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President Clinton will travel to Haiti on Friday to witness the transfer of the U.S. military operation to a UN multinational peacekeeping mission and to salute the American troops for their magnificent job in restoring democracy in the island nation. During his one-day visit, Clinton will express the gratitude
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The streets of Port-au-Prince have become a battleground as crime escalates in the wake of the US-led military intervention, which restored democracy to Haiti but left a power vacuum that has allowed professional criminals to thrive. With the US troops disbanding the army and paramilitary groups, these thugs have taken
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As the fragile four-month cease-fire in Bosnia continues to crumble, the situation on the ground has become increasingly dire. The northern Bosnian town of Tuzla was shelled by Serbs today, with six shells landing in the town and 50 on a nearby airfield. The Bosnian Government has been launching a
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United Nations peace mediator Thorvald Stoltenberg held talks on Monday with Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic in Belgrade, discussing the situation in former Yugoslavia and the extension of a UN peacekeepers' mandate in Croatia. Milosevic urged the Croatian government and leaders of the breakaway Serb Krajina region to continue negotiations
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The US has effectively taken over the initiative in Croatia, reversing the tide of European-led policy that has dominated the region for months. In a groundbreaking agreement, Croatian President Franjo Tudjman agreed to allow the United Nations peacekeeping forces to remain in his country, paving the way for a reconstituted
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United Nations officials are discussing the formation of a new UN force in Croatia, totaling 5,000 to 6,000 troops, to replace the current 12,000 UN peacekeeping troops whose term will expire on March 31. The new force, consisting of 500 border monitors, will be responsible for monitoring
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Croatian President Franjo Tudjman has announced that his country will permit UN peacekeeping troops to stay beyond March 31, when the UN mandate expires, on an interim basis. This decision comes as the US proposes to revamp the UN mission, scaling back the number of soldiers from 15,000 to
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Senior Administration officials have announced that a reduced contingent of United Nations peacekeepers will remain in Croatia, following intense diplomacy between the US, Europe, and Croatia. President Franjo Tudjman had threatened to have the 12,000 troops leave after their mandate expired on March 31, sparking concerns about a potential
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A potential solution to avoid a second Serb-Croat war is being proposed by the United Nations, which aims to modify its peacekeeping mission in Croatia. The UN is considering replacing armed peacekeepers along the 1,100-kilometre Serb-Croat front line with unarmed monitors, and taking up positions on Croatia's
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United Nations peacekeepers withdrew from Somalia last week, marking the end of a 15,000-troop operation that began in November. The Assistant Secretary-General, Lansana Kouyate, expressed hope that the removal of UN troops will encourage the country's warring factions to work towards reconciliation. Kouyate, a former envoy to
