Bosnia, 1996
From the pages of THE NEW YORK TIMES
Diplomatic and Political Developments | The Exodus From the Suburbs | The Aftermath | The War Crimes TribunalDiplomatic and Political Developments
Jan. 20: Bosnia Foes Finish Pullback but Fail on P.O.W. Release Feb. 5: U.N. Tries to Allay Fears of Sarajevo Serbs March 26: As Carl Bildt Sees Things, Bosnia Has a Shaky Future May 17: U.S. Report Says Chances Poor for Bosnia to Hold Together May 21: Campaign to Oust Karadzic Seems to Have Ended in Failure May 22: Bosnia Threatens to Withdraw From Elections May 23: U.S. Calls Effort to Oust Top Serbs a Failure June 2: Report on Bosnia Questions Ability to Hold Elections June 3: Bosnians Will Vote in '96, Christopher Says June 4: Mixed Signals Over Bosnia on Catching War Criminals June 4: Editorial: Protect Bosnia's Elections June 5: Bosnia Observers Told to Focus on Positive Events June 8: Swiss Diplomat Resists U.S. on Certifying a Bosnian Vote June 8: Commentary: Caught in Milosevic's Web June 9: TV Station in Bosnia Feeds Serbs Propaganda June 12: Bosnia Brouhaha -- Why U.S. Pushes for Early Vote June 13: Perry Says U.S. Troops May Stay in Bosnia Past Deadline June 14: Commentary: Don't Delay Bosnia's Vote June 15: Factions in Balkans Agree to Limit Weapons June 17: Commentary: What Scandal? June 22: NATO Said to Be Willing to Take More Risks in Bosnia June 25: Bosnia's Muslim Refugees Find Election a Dilemma June 26: Official Says Bosnian Vote Should Be Held as Planned June 29: Serbs' Leader in Bosnia Is Again Told to Step Down June 30: Clinton Presses Serbs on Ouster of Bosnian Serb Chief June 30: Bosnia's Serbs, Defiantly, Re-elect Leader June 30: Bosnian City's Election Only Widens Ethnic Gap July 1: Bosnian Serb Offers Puzzle: Is He Out or In? July 2: Analysis: West Threatens Serbs, Then Backs Off July 3: For U.S. Troops, Bosnia Seems to Be Healthy Place July 3: M.P.'s to Replace 1,200 Combat G.I.'s in Bosnia July 4: Perry: No U.S. Arms Unless Muslim, Croat Forces Unite July 6: U.S. Decides Belgrade Won't Oust Bosnian Allies July 7: Arbitrators for Bosnians: 'Diplomats' in G.I. Gear July 8: Commentary: Crime and Blunder July 10: Kantor Takes Up Brown's Bosnia Mission July 10: U.S. Ready to Supply and Train Muslim-Croat Forces July 11: 5 Nations Discuss Steps to Oust Indicted Serb Leaders July 12: Editorial: Get Serious About Mr. Karadzic July 14: U.S. to Send Ex-Envoy to Discuss Indicted Serb Leaders July 16: Campaign Postponed, Allowing More Time to Oust Karadzic The Exodus From the Suburbs
Jan. 18, Ilidza: Serbs in Bosnia See No Peace for Their Dead Feb. 3, Sarajevo: Across a Bridge, Hate and Suspicion Linger Feb. 20, Vogosca: Muslims to Take Suburb Sooner Than Expected Feb. 21, Vogosca: Bosnian Serbs Pressed to Flee Area Near Sarajevo Feb. 22, Sarajevo: Bosnian Serbs Continue Exodus From Suburbs Feb. 23, Sarajevo: Serbs Leave Suburbs, Weighed Down and Terrified Feb. 25, Vogosca: NATO to Let Bosnia Serb Army Aid Exodus Feb. 26, Vogosca: Some Serbs Choose to Stay Near Sarajevo Feb. 27, Vogosca: Muslims Hope to Bring Serb Ghost Town to Life Feb. 28, Vogosca: In Sarajevo Suburb, Quest to Heal War's Hatred March 1, Ilijas: As Sarajevo Declares Siege Over, Serbs Still Pack March 14, Ilidza: As Suburb Changes Hands, Muslim Scavengers Reign March 17, Grbavica: Night Brings Terror and Arson to Suburb March 18, Grbavica: NATO Troops Watch as Sarajevo District Burns March 19, Grbavica: Fiery Farewell as Bosnian Area Changes Hands The Aftermath
April 2: Broken Families Search the Earth for Broken Bodies April 21: A Postwar Shortage in Sarajevo: Space for Graves April 22: Violence Flares as Bosnians Try to Regain Prewar Homes May 2: Muslim Visitors Called Mortal Danger by Serbs May 5: In Bosnia, Paint and Plumbing Alone Cannot Heal May 12: Dreams of 'Greater Serbia' Live on in a Pale Bar May 15: A Drive for a 'Pure' Language June 1: Muslims in Sarajevo Take Over Homes of Serbs Who Fled June 1: Along an Ethnic Fault Line, Bosnians Fear Hard-Liners June 6: Bosnian Serbs Are Threatened in Sarajevo's Suburbs June 15: Where Bosnian Serbs Loosed Terror, Fear Still Rules June 16: Police Official's Methods Raise Ethnic Fears in Bosnian Region June 18: Sarajevo Remembers Karadzic, a Friend Who Turned Foe July 5: Serb Artists Confront War and the World Around Them July 10: Working at Mass Grave, Investigators Unearth Bodies July 12: Bosnian Serbs Celebrate Srebrenica's Liberation Day July 13: Muslim Widows Try to Rebuild Lives Without Men July 14: Two Attacks on Foreigners Raise Tension in Bosnia The War Crimes Tribunal
May 6: Trials Set to Start in Hague for Bosnia War Crimes May 8: Far From Former Yugoslavia, First War Crimes Trial Opens May 12: At War Crimes Trial, a Disputed Definition May 22: War Crimes Prosecutor Criticizes NATO May 30: War Crimes Witness May Refuse to Testify June 1: Croat Is First to Be Convicted by Balkan War Crimes Panel June 10: Croatia Arrests Bosnian Croat Accused of War Crimes June 28: For First Time, Court Defines Rape as War Crime July 4: Tribunal Paints Ugly Picture of 2 Wanted Serbs July 11: Fugitive Bosnian Serb Has Legal Team Ready July 12: Broader Arrest Warrants Issued for Karadzic, Mladic
