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1999
Local edition
Friday, November 12, 1999
Vol. 1 · No. 316 · 8:47 a.m. · 50 days to Y2K
Today’s quotation“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”— Nelson Mandela
Friday, November 12, 1999 · 50 days to Y2K
Gazetteer
Belgrade at night, the week the government put a Kosovo grave on the Security Council’s list. AI illustration. Not a 1999 wire photograph.
Kosovo
KFOR has belatedly confirmed at least 15 bodies at a site in Grljare. Yugoslavia wants the Security Council in. The alliance says the dead are a crime, not a pretext to send the army back.
8:19 a.m. · BELGRADE · August 27, 1999
World
Martti Ahtisaari and Viktor Chernomyrdin left Belgrade with a yes. NATO’s terms — a Serb withdrawal and a foreign force — are on the table. The bombing has not yet stopped.
8:15 a.m. · BELGRADE · June 3, 1999
World
Yugoslav officials said a hospital building was struck. The alliance has not issued a matching count. The war is in its tenth week.
8:00 p.m. · BELGRADE · May 30, 1999
World
Alliance officials called it a mistake, an old map, a target that was a warehouse in the file. Beijing does not accept the apology. The air war has a new capital in it.
8:10 a.m. · BELGRADE · May 7, 1999
World
The 1965 transmitter on Mount Avala was a landmark and a relay. RTS is still on the air through local stations. Six days ago the headquarters was hit.
10:30 p.m. · BELGRADE · April 29, 1999
World
NATO hit the RTS building in Belgrade last night. The alliance called it command-and-control. The night shift was in the building.
8:36 a.m. · BELGRADE · April 24, 1999
World
A passenger train was on the bridge when the bombs hit on Monday. The alliance called it a tragic accident. Belgrade called it a massacre.
10:20 a.m. · BELGRADE · April 13, 1999
World
A missile struck a rail bridge as a train was on it. Civilians are dead. The alliance says the target was the bridge.
8:31 a.m. · BELGRADE · April 12, 1999
World
Western capitals have the holiday. Yugoslavia has the tenth night of Allied Force. The refugees have the roads.
9:00 a.m. · BELGRADE · April 2, 1999
World
Allies hit a crossing in Serbia on Thursday. The river is a supply line. The war is in its second week.
8:32 a.m. · BELGRADE · April 1, 1999
World
They were on the Macedonia border. Belgrade has the pictures. NATO says the air campaign continues.
8:39 a.m. · BELGRADE · March 31, 1999
World
Allied Force began last Wednesday night. The targets are air defenses and barracks. Refugees are already on the roads.
8:00 a.m. · BELGRADE · March 30, 1999
World
A stealth aircraft was shot down over Serbia on Saturday. The pilot was rescued. Belgrade has the wreckage on television.
8:36 a.m. · BELGRADE · March 28, 1999
World
Saturday night, west of Belgrade. NATO said the aircraft was lost and the pilot was missing. The air campaign is in its fourth night.
8:15 p.m. · BELGRADE · March 27, 1999
World
The last American envoy has seen Milošević. He has not come out with a signature. Solana has the next paper.
8:41 a.m. · BELGRADE · March 22, 1999