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Croatian Serb leader Milan Martic has stated that the breakaway Krajina region of Croatia is prepared to host UN peacekeepers if the Security Council votes to maintain their presence. This comes as Croatian President Franjo Tudjman has informed the UN Security Council that Croatia wants to withdraw UN troops from
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Croatia's President Franjo Tudjman has asked the U.N. Security Council to end the presence of 12,000 U.N. troops in the former Yugoslav republic when their mandate expires at the end of March. Tudjman, addressing the Security Council, stated that the U.N. peacekeeping mission, known
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Heavy shelling in the northwestern enclave of Bihac and disagreements over the implementation of the truce accord have threatened the cease-fire between the Muslim-led Government and Bosnian Serb rebels, which began on New Year's Day. Despite the slow-down of fighting elsewhere, the region of Bihac continues to experience
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Senator Bob Dole, as part of his opening-day initiatives for the new GOP-controlled Congress, proposed legislation aimed at expanding presidential war powers in general while reining in President Clinton's exercise of them in particular. Dole's proposed overhaul of the War Powers Act, which currently limits the
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Increased ceasefire violations have marred the fragile peace in Bosnia, prompting the top United Nations commander, British Lieutenant-General Sir Michael Rose, to travel to the Bihac pocket in northwestern Bosnia. Under an agreement negotiated by former US President Jimmy Carter, the government and the Bosnian Serbs agreed to a one-week
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Deputy Defense Secretary John Deutch announced Friday that over 4,000 U.S. forces will be sent to Somalia to aid in the withdrawal of 15,000 UN peacekeepers from the conflict-ridden African nation. The pullout, which could begin as early as January or February, poses a significant risk to
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Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has announced a series of concessions aimed at finding a political solution to the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Karadzic announced that the Bosnian Serbs plan to immediately normalize relations with United Nations peacekeepers and implement six concessions, including an immediate cease-fire, the reopening of Sarajevo airport,
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The US Defence Secretary, Mr. William Perry, and French Defence Minister, Mr. Francois Leotard, proposed measures to make UN forces in Bosnia more effective in fighting back against harassment by Serb nationalists, rather than evacuating the peacekeepers. The measures include consolidating existing UN units to give them more firepower, revamping
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The United Nations Security Council strongly condemned an attack on Bangladeshi peacekeepers in the U.N.-declared safe-area of Bihac, Bosnia-Herzegovina, that killed one soldier and left four others wounded. The council warned those responsible that their heinous act of violence carries corresponding individual responsibility. The armored personnel vehicle in
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Canada's 55 peacekeepers, trapped behind Bosnian Serb lines since November 23, were safely released yesterday, but the government is warning that similar situations could occur again. Defence Minister David Collenette acknowledged that there was no guarantee that Canadian peacekeepers would not be used as pawns again in the
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Canada's Prime Minister Jean Chretien has rejected a potential deal to secure the release of 55 Canadian soldiers held hostage by Bosnian Serb forces, demanding their immediate release instead. The Canadians have been detained for two weeks alongside over 300 peacekeepers from other countries, including France, Russia, and
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The United Nations has been working to prevent the collapse of its peacekeeping mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina, as a Serb assault on the Bihac 'safe area' continues to escalate. The situation remains dire, with four powerful rockets slamming into the city of Sarajevo, targeting the barracks of a contingent
