NATO's opening position is that it must lead and dominate a post-war occupation force in Kosovo, while Serbia (and its Russian friends) insist, for a start, that those who ran the air war would be the least suitable keepers of Kosovo's peace.

ECONOMIST: No end in sight

"We do not have any evidence that links the murder to a specific individual and therefore are not in a position to support any speculation as regards the occupation or identification of that person, " he said.

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