The West may not like him, but the Deputy Information Minister, Miodrag Popovic, says that is no reason for the president to step down.

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Tony Popovic then missed an equally good chance for the Eagles.

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Del Ponte has said she hoped to meet Kostunica, but the deputy president of the Democratic Party of Serbia, Aleksandar Popovic, said she did not have the stature to warrant a meeting.

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