Holding the world hostage: the Bosnian crisis prompts threats from NATO

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Bosnia's Serbs still hold nearly 400 United Nations peacekeeping troops as hostages as a hedge against air attacks, even as they continue to bombard civilians in besieged Bosnian cities. The international community is negotiating for the troops' release, and the Serbs are gradually complying.

Crimes against, Peacekeeping forces, Yugoslavian foreign relations, Hostages, Serbs

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Croatia's victory

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Croatia's Operation Storm captured the Serb-held region of Krajina in Aug 1995, inducing a wave of Serb refugees to depart from the region. Croatian officials tried to cover up evidence of atrocities committed by their troops, but looting was rampant, and UN installations were targeted.

Croatia, Emigration and immigration, Croatian foreign relations, Refugees, Serbian, Serbian refugees

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Death returns to the killing fields

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Warring among Cambodian factions continues despite a 1991 truce and the supervision of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC). Critics have charged that UNTAC lacks the authority and willingness to restore order.

Cambodia, Cambodian foreign relations

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