Clinton worked through NATO to protect the independence of Bosnia and the autonomy of Kosovo from a Serbia bent upon reestablishing its own version of hegemony over peoples that had suffered centuries of ethnic conflict under the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires.
Most Serbs and Croats who wanted to create a Greater Serbia and a Greater Croatia now recognise that Bosnia is here to stay.
Kosovo's neighbours, Macedonia and Montenegro are also bracing for trouble, worried that a vengeful Serbia will take harsh measures against them if they recognise the new state.
But his attempt to dominated the whole of the former Yugoslavia failed - as did his subsequent enterprise in the early 1990s to carve out a greater Serbia with the capture of Serb-populated areas of Croatia and Bosnia.
Basketball drew a big crowd for Argentina against Serbia-Montenegro, and so did a marquee match in water polo between defending Olympic champion Hungary and Serbia-Montenegro.
More specifically, some Kosovars fear that a post-Milosevic Serbia would compete with their province for a finite pool of international assistance.
Reservoir Capital, a hydroelectric company, had acquired some viable projects in Serbia, a country with great geology for hydroelectricity.
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Although the West is now rattling its sabres at Serbia, a few days ago it was directing its admonitions at Serbia's Kosovar foes.
This is the first visit to Serbia by a German chancellor in several years and is intended to encourage Serbia's government to maintain its pro-EU path, our correspondent says.
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Healy was left out of the Northern Ireland side that played a friendly against Serbia in November.
President Clinton vociferously denounced Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic's slaughter of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, a province of Serbia.
Until Serbia has a new government the European Union-sponsored dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia will remain in abeyance.
Bosnia and Kosovo both wanted foreign troops as a protection against Serbia, and East Timor had similar feelings towards Indonesia.
Russia has announced that it will veto an American-backed plan to grant independence to Kosovo - once a province of Serbia.
Milosevic denied that his troops have carried out a campaign of "ethnic cleansing" in Kosovo, a province of Serbia, Yugoslavia's dominant republic.
More importantly, the corridor would also be a connection to Serbia, itself.
Opinion polls suggest that only about a fifth of Serbia's voters, many of them old-age pensioners, want to keep Mr Milosevic in charge.
The election is seen as a watershed for Serbia's fledgling democracy.
He was sentenced to 35 years in prison by a court in Serbia for the part he played in the assassination of the pro-Western prime minister.
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Vidic was a member of Serbia's World Cup squad that failed to get out of the group stages in South Africa after finishing bottom of their group.
Overall, our correspondent says, the German visit is a sign that Serbia is moving more into the European mainstream and that the West has its hand outstretched.
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Hampton, ranked 54th, upset Czech seventh seed Petra Kvitova 6-1 7-6 (9-7) to earn a clash with Serbia's former world No. 1 Jelena Jankovic -- who eliminated Australia's 2010 runner-up Sam Stosur despite losing the first set.
In short, Milosevic has reason to believe that -- by obscuring the continuing, direct relationship between Serb policy and the Bosnian Serbs' malevolent activities -- further progress can be made toward his goal of establishing a "greater Serbia" even as he seeks relief from international sanctions against Belgrade and protection of Serbia proper from Western military strikes, should they occur.
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If Serbia picks a fight over Kosovo, the Germans and others will have found the perfect excuse to leave Serbia out in the cold.
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For several years, countries like Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary have been developing alternative trade routes, and even the European Commission's plan for a continent-wide transport network is based on the assumption that Serbia may remain a no-go area.
What is at stake in Bosnia are some important and concrete American interests: revitalizing NATO, ending a war that could spill out beyond the borders of Croatia and Serbia, establishing a closer relationship with the Russian military, demonstrating that we are both willing to use our military power and skillful at employing it in non-combat missions.
In a preliminary round victory over Serbia, members of the men's team participated in 17 group hugs and exchanged a spectacular 56 low fives and 21 high fives for a total of 94 touches, or 3.76 per break in the action.
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Seeing a chance to gain the initiative, Serbia's leaders are talking with a new moderation.
On September 9th the EU and Serbia sponsored a UN resolution calling for talks on Kosovo.
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