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Focuses on the continuing war in Kosovo (Serbia). Conflicting reports about civilian casualties resulting from North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) bombing; Response of Yugoslav armed forces to NATO tactics; Financial and other costs of the NATO campaign; NATO strategy and goals; Response of Muslims in Bosnia to the campaign; Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's successful campaign against the Albanians in Kosovo. INSET: The High Cost of War.

Features Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, a dictator responsible for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) attacks on Serbia. His campaign, which was code-named Operation Horseshoe, to cleanse the Serbian province of Kosovo of its ethnic Albanian population; Biographical background on Milosevic; His plan to become a hero in creating a `Greater Serbia'; Speculation that the war will not end quickly. INSETS: Inside Milosevic's World;The Terms--And the Toll.

Reports on action in the civil war in Serbia, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) intervention, and refugees from Kosovo as of April 5, 1999. Capture of three United States soldiers on a maneuver in Macedonia by Serb forces; Impact on US public opinion of the NATO campaign; Estimate of the number of ethnic Albanians forced out of Kosovo; NATO bombardment; Refugees reports of atrocities in Kosovo; Impact of the weather on the NATO campaign; Outlook.

Reports on Operation Allied Force, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) assault on Yugoslav armed forces on March 24, 1999. United States support for President Bill Clinton's decision to initiate the effort to stop the Serbian offensive against ethnic Albanians in the province of Kosovo; Details of the assault, including the loss of an F-117 fighter and rescue of the pilot; Escalation of attacks on the Albanians in the face of the NATO assault; Outlook.

Discusses the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) bombing campaign in Yugoslavia. How the conflict was at the forefront of the NATO 50th birthday celebration; Debate over a fighting strategy; The issue of sending in ground troops to the Serbian province of Kosovo; Views of British Prime Minister Tony Blair and United States President Bill Clinton; NATO failure to stop the slaughter of ethnic Albanians by the Serbs.

Reports on the timing of the 50th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) alliance. The miscalculations made in bombing Yugoslavia in an attempt to stop the Serbian attacks against the ethnic Albanians in the region; Details of two major mistakes made by NATO forces, which resulted in the deaths of Albanian refugees; Possible solutions NATO has in trying to defeat Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosevic.

Offers a look at ethnic conflict in Kosovo between Albanians and Serbs. Role of peacekeeping forces in Kosovo; Report that Serbs have left Kosovo because of harassment and violence from Albanians; Discrimination of Albanians against Serbs; History of ethnic tensions in Kosovo; Refusal of the European Union to recognize Albanian independence in 1991; Success of the international interventions in Macedonia.

Highlights the efforts of the soldiers from the United States in helping the victims of the civil war in Kosovo, Serbia regain peace. Status of the roads in Kosovo; Number of soldiers deployed in Kosovo; Stories of torture done by Serbs to ethnic Albanians; Information on food rationing in army camps.

Discusses the plight of six-year-old ethnic Zeta Korqa, an Albanian girl from Kosovo, and her family. How Zeta's family was forced from their home with only the clothes they were wearing; Their relocation to the United States with an American family; How Zeta and her family are coping with their trauma.

Discusses North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) invasion of Yugoslavia as a result of the nation's ethnic cleansing in Kosovo (Serbia). How the accidental killing of ethnic Albanian Serb refugees by NATO ordnance could erode support for the war; Canada's support of the NATO bombing campaign; Effect of NATO bombing on Serbian nationalism; Civilian stories of atrocities getting out of the region via the Internet; The issues of civil war, national sovereignty, and international law. INSET: The New World Order is neither new nor ordered.

Presents a photo essay of the struggle of the Albanian Karavidaj family to flee Kosovo after the Serbs invaded their home in early 1999. Comments from Xhemal Karavidaj, father of ten children; Their arrival at a campground overflowing with refugees; Their ultimate destination of a cousin's home in the Albanian village of Krume; Photographs by Tyler Hicks.

Offers photographs and captions depicting world news highlights and low points of 1999. Adrienne Clarkson and her husband following her investiture as Canada's 26th Governor General; Ceremony honoring Wayne Gretzky and retiring his hockey jersey; A collapsed Kosovo Albanian refugee after she was driven from her home by Serbian soldiers; Canadian peacekeepers in East Timor.

Reports on action in the civil war in Serbia, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) intervention, and refugees from Kosovo as of April 5, 1999. Capture of three United States soldiers on a maneuver in Macedonia by Serb forces; Impact on US public opinion of the NATO campaign; Estimate of the number of ethnic Albanians forced out of Kosovo; NATO bombardment; Refugees reports of atrocities in Kosovo; Impact of the weather on the NATO campaign; Outlook. INSET: The Terror and the Terrain.

Reports on Operation Allied Force, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) assault on Yugoslav armed forces on March 24, 1999. United States support for President Bill Clinton's decision to initiate the effort to stop the Serbian offensive against ethnic Albanians in the province of Kosovo; Details of the assault, including the loss of an F-117 fighter and rescue of the pilot; Escalation of attacks on the Albanians in the face of the NATO assault; Outlook.

Focuses on ethnic Albanian men missing from the Kosovo city of Djakovica since spring 1999 attacks by Serbs. Estimate of the number of men and teenage boys unaccounted for as of October 1999; Estimate of the number in Serb prisons; Source of information; Description of April and May 1999 Serb attacks; Failure of agreement to address the issue of prisoners.

Examines the diplomatic response to the massacre of 45 ethnic Albanians in Racak, Kosovo. Views of William Walker of the Kosovo Verification Mission; Role of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic; Questions about the value of the cease-fire between Serbs and Albanians; Problems with United States policy for the region; Coverup of the massacre by the Serbs; Demands for greater autonomy for Kosovo; Possible air attacks on Serbs. INSET: Can bombs make a difference? by Perry M. Smith.

Presents world news briefs as of May 28, 2001. Plans of United States President George W. Bush's energy strategy; Violence between ethnic Albanians and Yugoslavian security forces in Serbia; Release of child soldiers in Sierra Leone; Others.

Reports on efforts of North Atlantic Treaty Organization troops to end violence in the Balkan states. Collection of weapons surrendered by the ethnic Albanians' National Liberation Army; Agreement to a cease-fire between the ethnic Albanians and the Macedonian government; Passage of legislation guaranteeing rights for minorities.

Focuses on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) campaign in Yugoslavia against President Slobodan Milosevic's brutal armed assaults on ethnic Albanians. How NATO strategy could trap the alliance in the Balkan country for years; The spirited defiance of the citizens of Belgrade over the air attacks; How the issue of Kosovo has heightened the Serbs' sense of patriotism and loyalty to the armed forces.

Compiles letter from readers in response to printed articles as of June 7, 1999. Responses to an article about the school shootings in Littleton, Colorado; Responses to an article on misunderstood teenagers; Articles involving the war in Kosovo; Response to a story involving Tibet's struggle for independence.

Focuses on the January 15, 1999 massacre of ethnic Albanians in the village of Racak in the province of Kosovo. Expulsion of American diplomat William Walker, leader of the Kosovo Verification Mission; The view that Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic wants to give up Kosovo; Concern that Milosevic will destroy peace prospects; Serb propaganda and the killing of the elderly, women and children; Kosovo as the original homeland of the Serbs.

Relates an experience of the author with refugees in Albania. Description of the social condition of the refugees; Details on the personal stories related by the refugees to the author; Lessons learned from the experience.

Discusses June 1998 Serbian attacks on ethnic Albanians in the Serbian province of Kosovo. Albanian claims of the number of people forced from their homes in an ethnic cleansing campaign; Serbian claims that they were hunting terrorists in an operation exaggerated by Albanians to court international sympathy; Inability of journalists, diplomats or relief workers to enter the region; United States efforts at peace talks.

Presents a survivors' account of a massacre in southwest Kosovo (Serbia). Identification of the village and details of the attack on ethnic Albanians by Serb police; Evidence of mass murders during the Serbs' ethnic cleansing of Kosovo; Serb claims about the killings.

Asserts that the United States and its North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies have only two options in the Balkans concerning Yugoslavia's inhumane treatment of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo by Serbs. Why NATO should wage war; Why NATO should negotiate peace; The author's choice for peace.

Comments on the Serb's inhuman treatment of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. Assertion that nonviolent ways will not stop Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic; The Jewish Holocaust analogy; The question of North Atlantic Treaty Organization's decision to intervene being correct; How Milosevic has no concern for cost of war in terms of lives lost; Suggestion that Milosevic will appear before an international tribunal.

Presents an excerpt from an interview with United States special envoy Richard Holbrooke in the wake of his unsuccessful March 1999 negotiations with Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. The difficulty of negotiating with Milosevic; His claim that their was no offensive against ethnic Albanians in the Serbian province of Kosovo; His mood during the negotiations and understanding of the parameters for a North Atlantic Treaty Organization assault.

Mentions January 29, 1999 Serbian police raids on the Kosovo province border town of Rogova. Number of ethnic Albanian Kosovars killed by the Serbs; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ultimatum to both sides; Call for autonomy for Kosovo; Possibility of NATO military intervention.

Mentions the January 1999 massacre of Albanians by Serb forces near the village of Racak in Kosovo province. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) preparation of a response; Possibility of air strikes against Serbs.

Focuses on the ethnic Albanian refugees who are fleeing the Serbian province of Kosovo. Large number which are children; How Serbia has alternated between driving the Albanians out of Kosovo and trapping them inside; Serbia's denial of atrocities; How many Kosovars will risk anything to escape; Stories of several refugees.

Reports on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) agreement to force Serbian withdrawal from the Serbia province of Kosovo. Massacre of ethnic Albanian civilians; The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) demand for independence for Kosovo and integration into an Albanian nation; The dilemma of NATO in regard to bombing strikes against Serbian troops; Negotiations with Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.

Focuses on the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) as of July 1998. Development of the guerrilla army; Their response to Yugoslavian President Slodoban Milosevic's efforts to drive ethnic Albanians out of the Serbian province of Kosovo, where they are a majority; The group's complication of European and United States efforts to broker a settlement of the fighting in Kosovo; The KLA's growing strength.

Argues that there are steps that the United States can take to stop the slaughter of ethnic Albanians in the Serbian province of Kosovo. President Bill Clinton's statement that he would not let Kosovo become another Bosnia; Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic's campaign to eliminate Albanians from the province; Ineffectiveness of economic sanctions; The author's proposal for a Kosovo solution.

Notes that Serb forces attacking Albanian separatists in Kosovo are not concerned about threatened NATO airstrikes. Role of the United Nations Security Council; Concern that Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic will rout targeted areas.

Explains steps being taken to halt attacks on ethnic Albanians in Serbia. Role of Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic; International opposition to Milosevic and his response; Number killed by Serbian forces.

Reports that ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, Serbia, were allowed to unearth the mass grave of 52 Albanians killed by Serbian forces. Accusations of an ethnic cleansing campaign by Serbia; Fate of the bodies a matter of international diplomacy; Limits of outside diplomacy to solve ethnic problems in Serbia.

Reports on the retaliatory violence in Serbia's Kosovo providence. Serbian security troops beating and killing ethnic Albanians; Retaliation for the murder of four Serbian policemen; Shelling and burning of houses in villages seen as strongholds for anti-Serbian activity; Kosovo's deep significance for Serbia; Communist Party Chief and President of Serbia, Slobodan Milosevic imposing direct Serbian rule on Kosovo.

Reports that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is prepared to order air strikes against Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic. Milosevic's treatment of Albanians in Kosovo; NATO weapons prepared; Milosevic's preparation for the winter; Question of what the air strikes would accomplish now.

The article focuses on the social and political instability of Kosovo in 2007. The author reports that in December, the United Nations will impose a deadline for European, U.S., and Russian mediators to negotiate a solution on governance of the predominately Albanian southern province of Serbia. Ethnic Albanian negotiators argue they want nothing short of independence for the province. Albanians have faced intense discrimination since the war between Albanian guerrillas and Serbia in the 1990s.

Reports on the struggle to keep peace in Macedonia, as of September, 2001. Comments of Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boskovski regarding attacks on civilians in the Albanian town of Ljuboten; Statement that Western envoys will attempt to persuade the country's parliament to approve a framework agreement that includes the demands of Albanians for equal rights; Role of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in preventing outbreaks of fighting.

Presents a photograph and caption depicting homeless ethnic Albanians that have fled Kosovo due to ethnic cleansing. How wars in Kosovo, East Timor and Sierra Leone have caused millions of people to be homeless.

Presents a photograph and caption of an executed Albanian man killed during Yugoslavia's ethnic cleansing of Kosovo. How war crime investigators found thousands of murdered Albanians with still more investigating to do; How the final death toll may be 7,000; Charging of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic with crimes against humanity.

Focuses on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) effort to halt Serbian aggression against the ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. Details of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's campaign to purge ethnic Albanians from the province where they represent a significant majority of the population; Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov's meetings with Milosevic; NATO response to escalation of Serbian terrorism in the face of their campaign; Outlook.