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Electoral Revolution: Yugoslavia and Mexico

In Sept. 2000, federal elections in Yugoslavia formally ended the autocratic rule of Slobodan Milosevic, who had entangled his country in almost continuous war, first with the breakaway republics of…

June 1999 News and Events

1999 News Month-By-MonthWorldEuropean Union Plans Military Role (June 3): Will create command headquarters and forces of its own for peacekeeping and peacemaking missions.African National…

Macedonia Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Macedonia Index: Geography People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Defense Foreign Relations U.S.-Macedonian Relations…

Significant U.S. Conflicts

  During the first phase of its history, the United States tried to isolate itself from foreign conflicts. In the 1900s, however, the United States participated in two world wars, became a global…

Slobodan Milosevic, 1999 News

57, president of Yugoslavia, balked at repeated warnings from NATO to withdraw Yugoslav troops and weapons from Albanian-dominated Kosovo, which had been fighting for full independence from…

1999 News of the World

NATO Rallies for Kosovo Russian RouletteKashmiri Shell GameNightmare in East Timor Peace Talks: The Middle East and Northern IrelandSouth America Inherits Asia's Woes

Military Conflicts in U.S. History

This page provides information about military conflicts involving the United States; including the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Indian Wars, Dominican Republic, Bosnia, and more.…

1998 News of the World

South Asia's Nuclear States Asian Financial Crisis Trickles DownThe Russian Market CollapseKosovo BleedsA Small Step for Middle East Peace…A Giant Step for Northern Ireland

Slobodan Milosevic 2006 Deaths

Slobodan MilosevicAge: 64 power-hungry former president of Serbia and Yugoslavia whose fervent Serbian nationalism led to four wars in the Balkans and the deaths of more than 200,000 people.…

Danube

(Encyclopedia) DanubeDanubedănˈy&oomacr;b [key], Czech Dunaj, Ger. Donau, Hung. Duna, Rom. Dunarea, Serbo-Croatian and Bulg. Dunav, Ukr. Dunay, great river of central and SE Europe, c.1,770 mi (2…