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Focuses on the reaction of United States fighter pilots to the war against Serbian forces in Kosovo.

Examines how ethnic Albanian villagers are staging an unprecedented protest against the will of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Russian peacekeeping troops that make up the Kosovo Force (KFOR).

Offers world news briefs for August 24, 1999. Ethnic Albanians' blockade of Russian peacekeeping troops from entering the Kosovo (Serbia) town of Orahovac; A pro-independence rally in East Timor; Aftermath of the earthquake in Izmit, Turkey; Philippines President Joseph Estrada's reaction to a rally by the Roman Catholic Church of the Philippines.

Comments on the challenges of peace-building by North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces in Kosovo, Serbia. The author's warning about the destabilizing after-effect that NATO military escalation in the Kosovo conflict would have on the population; Suggestion of alternatives to military intervention for the preservation of human rights standards.

Comments on different reception given to Chinese and Kosovar refugees in Canada. How Chinese boat refugees were classified as invaders; Advantage of media exposure to the Kosovars plight; View of Canada as a soft touch on granting asylum; Changes in the immigration law proposed by the Canadian government.

Focuses on the effort of western countries in rebuilding Kosovo after its destruction during the 1998 war. Plan to funnel resources and manpower into Southeast Europe in an effort to steer the area toward prosperity; History of aid in Europe; Great economic diversity in Bulgaria, Romania and Slovenia; International donors.

Focuses on the reviving of Kosovo following the war as of July 1999. How it calls for new political and economic remodeling but also for a change of mentality; How Slobodan Milosevic has shown how hate can become genocide; That the core of the problem being prejudice and establishment of identity.

Focuses on Bulgaria's economic problems stemming from the war in Yugoslavia. Bulgaria as the location for the 1999 European Month of Culture; How few international visitors have come; Economic consequences of the Yugoslav war on Bulgaria; How Bulgaria has set its orientation due West, politically and economically; The festival as a government effort to strengthen links between Bulgaria and Europe.

Details how Kosovo, Serbia is littered with as much as 20,000 mines and unexploded bombs following the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) air war. Use and purpose of Nuisance mines; Comments of John Flanagan, head of the United Nations Mine Action Service in Kosovo; How the Yugoslav Army and the ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) have volunteered maps marking defensive minefields.

Argues that the western world cannot forget about the Kosovar Albanians arrested during the Yugoslav War or they are as good as dead. How the Milosevic regime has denied access by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to the Kosovar prisoners; Concern increases for people still imprisoned: Albin Kurti, a student, Flora Brovina, a doctor, an Halil Matoshi, an editor; The illegal arrest and detention of these Kosovo Albanians.

Describes how order has returned to the Grand Hotel Pristina in Serbian province of Kosovo. Description of chaos involving the hotel during the war; How the hotel slid into a period of decline, aggravated by Serbia's chronic economic crisis; Breakdown in infrastructure; Specifics of the changes in the hotel.

Details that artillery units in Serbian province of Kosovo are employing an honor system to avert looting and burning in the United States patrolled sector. Encouragement of the men to return stolen property from ethnic Albianians in the village of Radovice; How the project began; How claims must be backed with proof of ownership; Comments of Kare Elterberg, head of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe assessment; Attempts to stay impartial between the communities.

Details the United Nations struggle to turn Kosovo into a protectorate and prove that it plays an important role in peace. Experience picking up the pieces of an aftermath; Success and failures; How Kosovo presents a new challenge for the UN; How if peace fails, UN will be blamed.

Questions who will govern Kosovo (Serbia) as KFOR peacekeeping forces are deployed and the United Nations is preparing to set up a civilian government to restore stability. Kosovo Liberation Army leader Hashim Thaci; Bujar Bukoshi of the Democratic League of Kosovo government, which has been in exile; Ibrahim Rugova, who was unofficially elected Kosovar president twice.

Details how part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO)objective in Kosovo (Serbia) is the construction of a multiparty democracy. Questions whether NATO can succeed; Differences and similarities between Kosovo and Bosnia; How the NATO operation in Bosnia failed to ensure the return of the majority of refugees to their pre-war homes; Determining the future of Kosovo; Reconstructing Kosovo.

Reports that there are ethnic Albanians and Serbs whose whereabouts are unknown after the war in Kosovo (Serbia). Possible fate of the missing men; How immediately after the Bosnia wars, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) launched outreach programs to register and trace missing people; Initial efforts to determine the number of missing; How protest marches have been held in Prizren, Djakovica to highlight the cause and press for international action.

Reports that although most Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) units are expected to cooperate with the peace accord requiring them to disarm and disband, some are vowing to defy the demilitarization accord. Soldiers' distrust of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); The hiding of weapons by KLA soldiers; Insistence of Hashim Thaci, head of a KLA provisional government, that rebels will comply with the accord requiring them to place their weapons in NATO-guarded storage sites by July 20, 1999.

Describes border activity in Yugoslavia, especially the provincial boundary between Kosovo and Serbia proper. Safety concerns of Serbs and ethnic Albanians looking for relatives; How the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) inspects incoming vehicles for weapons at checkpoints along the border; Members of the NATO-led Kosovo implementation force (KFOR) monitoring the area.

Discusses Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's power during and after the Kosovo, Serbia conflict. Factors that should contribute to his loss of power; Indictment for war crimes by the international tribunal at The Hague; The Serbian Orthodox Church's call for his resignation; The denial of funding for rebuilding the nation's infrastructure as long as he is in power; Opposition parties demanding early elections; Polls showing Milosevic's support is falling.

Relates the story of the Sulimetaj family as the Albanians return to their home in Kosovo (Serbia) in the wake of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)-enforced peace plan. The family's farming compound in Grecina, Kosovo; Excitement that the family felt as they traveled home; Their view of the destruction in the area; Damage to their compound.

Informs that Kosovar Serbs fear retaliation from ethnic Albanians in Kosovo in June 1999. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) vow to protect all the province's residents; Mass slaughter and expulsion of ethnic Albanians by Serbian forces; Why defying history and tradition in Kosovo is essential to the success of a peace plan.

Reports on the dangerous situation that Gypsies, or Roma, face in the aftermath of the Kosovo war. The exodus of Gypsies from Kosovo due to fear of ethnic Albanian reprisals; Gypsies siding with the Serbian cause; The Gypsies barred from entering Serbia; Lack of faith that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will protect them.

Discusses the slow pace at which the United Nations is restoring order in Kosovo. How the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe will be involved in Kosovo; How ethnic Albanians are demanding their jobs back years after they were ousted by Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's government; The exodus of Serbs from Kosovo.

Editorial. States that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has gathered plenty of evidence of war crimes and perhaps genocide in Kosovo (Serbia). Testimony of survivors; Implements and places of torture; Prevention of further violence; Humanitarian aid; Rebuilding the country's infrastructure; The uselessness of revenge.

Details the destruction of Yugoslavia and how the Serbs are fleeing the province of Kosovo. Comments of Bishop Artemije of Prizren and desire for reconciliation between Serbs and Albanians; Stories of killings and kidnappings that have caused many Serbs in Pristina, Kosovo to leave; Number of Serbian refugees; Reactions of the leaders of the Zajedno movement.

Discusses the United Nations' role in aiding Kosovo and how this could signal the world body's function in the next century. How the UN has been pushed aside in quelling trouble spots; What the UNs reputation as a global enforcer grew out of; The UNs role in conflict resolution.

Reports on efforts by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to disarm the ethnic Albanian rebels now that the Serbians are withdrawing from Kosovo. The potential confrontations that could take place in disarming the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA); The United States' attitude toward the KLA; How international troops will be deployed to the area.

Details how refugees are returning to Kosovo the same way they left. How the rain does not ruin their mood; The refugees being happy to return home; How many return not knowing whether their homes are still standing; International agencies confronting the biggest relief operation in Europe since World War II.

Details how ethnic-Albanian Serb refugees who fled Kosovo to Hungary or Austria live in misery. The lack of media attention and humanitarian aid; The opposition movement inside Serbia; How they could not stay while the Milosevic regime became more popular; Reasons for leaving; Estimate on the number of Serbian refugees. INSET: A flood of refugees returning to Kosovo by Jonathan S. Landay.

Editorial. Discusses the two major tasks of North Atlantic Treaty Organization peacekeepers in Kosovo, Serbia. The return of Albanian refugees; Suggestions as to how to create a civil society, including even-handedness.

Reacts to the decision by Russia to seize the airport in Kosovo's capital of Pristina before the arrival of forces from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Views about the impact of this move on relations between the United States and Russia; Comments about the G-8 summit which is scheduled in Cologne, Germany; The question of whether the move will backfire on President Boris Yeltsin; Concerns that Russia may have plans to be more assertive in the Balkans.

Editorial. Comments on the difficult task of rebuilding and maintaining peace in Kosovo. Possibility of other ethnically based liberation movements in the area; Animosities between Albanians and Serbs; Need for strengthened security and diplomatic organizations in other parts of the world.

Discusses issues relating to postwar Kosovo in June 1999. The efforts of peacekeepers to keep the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in check and assist with war-crimes investigations; Mention of the peace agreement; Suggestion that the sudden change in events has lifted the spirits of many returning refugees; The launch of postwar operations in Kosovo by international aid organizations; Efforts of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Presents United States news briefs for June 15, 1999. Efforts of President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin to clear up the confusion over Russia's role in postwar Kosovo; Survey that indicates most Americans see the Kosovo peace deal as a win for Clinton; Supreme Court ruling on gambling advertising; Pat Robertson's donation to the Christian Coalition in 1998; Reverend Jesse Jackson's efforts to free imprisoned Iranian Jews; Others.

Presents the author's opinion on the planning of a Balkans-wide reconstruction and development initiative. Importance of the timing and circumstances of the return of Kosovo refugees; The need of assistance in Albania and Macedonia in dealing with the social and economic impact of massive numbers of refugees; Questions on damage repair in light of statements made by leaders that recovery aid will not be given as long as Slobodan Milosevic remains in power; Suggested perspectives to keep in mind as aid efforts proceed.

Editorial. Discusses the success of United States President Bill Clinton's strategy in the Kosovo conflict and the unwillingness of the president's critics to give him credit. Why credit should be given to Clinton and fellow North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) leaders; The disappointing Republican reaction to the situation; What the alliance should work toward now that the conflict appears to have been settled.

Focuses on the number of Kosovar Albanian refugees camped or housed outside the Serbian province or displaced in Kosovo. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to send a relief convoy after verification that Serbian forces have left Kosovo; What it will take to return the refugees, according to Dennis McNamara, UNHCR special envoy to the Balkans; Concern that there will be a mass exodus of Serbs when the ethnic Albanians return.

Discusses how the conflict in Kosovo has altered the role of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). How the effects of the war against Yugoslavia can be compared to the collapse of the Berlin Wall; How the effort to protect Kosovo's ethnic Albanians has crossed something of a threshold in world affairs; The possible long-term effect that NATO's change in emphasis may have on the United States and European relations with the rest of the globe.

Discusses the victory of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 11-week bombing of Yugoslavia. How information power augmented air power; Limitations of fighting a conflict without ground troops in Kosovo (Serbia); The victory marking an act of political coercion by a limited use of force; How the Kosovo Liberation Army drew Yugoslav troops into the open where they could be attacked by B-52 and A-10 planes.

Describes efforts to collect evidence of war crimes in Kosovo (Serbia) allegedly committed by Serb forces led by Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. Work of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal; De-mining sites and investigating mass graves; Focus on protecting ethnic Albanians returning to Kosovo from Macedonia and Albania; Comparison to Bosnia-Herzegovina; Charges against Milosevic.

Editorial. Discusses efforts to secure peace in Kosovo as of June, 1999. Question of how quickly Serb forces must withdraw; Agreement by Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to conditions presented by Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari; The North American Treaty Organization's goal of reversing the ethnic cleansing orchestrated by Milosevic; How the timing of the withdrawal could have some flexibility; Efforts to put together a Security Council resolution by Russia and the G-7 industrial countries.

Questions whether developments in Kosovo and Serbia will result in the vindication of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) strategy and the strengthening of transatlantic relations. Enthusiasm for the United States concept of the alliance; Importance of the survival of NATO as the one institution that maintains the US link to Europe; What would jeopardize the survival of NATO.

Reports on Kosovo (Serbia) refugees who have been evacuated from Macedonia to Germany. The Kosovo Albanian community in Germany; Concern that a policy of family reunification will bring an influx of potential immigrants to Germany; Countries that are preferred by the refugees, according to Stefan Teloken of the German office for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Bonn.

Discusses Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's rejection of details in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) peace plan for Kosovo, Serbia. His acceptance of the NATO-backed plan previously; How the plan requires a withdrawal of Serb forces in the province; Speculation that Milosevic is stalling for a better deal or trying to cover war crimes; United States effort to maintain unity with NATO allies; The peacekeeping contingent being deployed in Macedonia and Albania.

Examines the role of Russian politics in their involvement in Kosovo peace negotiations with Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. Goals Russia had in volunteering to mediate between Milosevic and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Political repercussions for Russian diplomat Viktor Chernomyrdin; Russia's economic and political weakness since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991; Compromises Russia had to make in the Kosovo peace plan.

Examines the United States political ramifications of a peace agreement in Kosovo with Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. Impact on the public's perception of President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore; Obstacles still remaining for an agreement to be reached; Continuing debate about the US role overseas; Effect on the 2000 presidential campaigns, especially that of Senator John McCain; Divisions in Congress over the US role in Kosovo.

Presents the author's opinion relating to government efforts to not make the same mistakes of past generations in light of the Kosovo, Serbia crisis. Political difficulties relating to appeasement and quagmire; Reference to Nazi expansionism in Europe and the Vietnam War.

Comments on the impact of the Kosovo (Serbia) conflict on United States foreign policy. Reluctance to accept the casualties of a ground war; US relations with China and Russia; How the indictment of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic as a war criminal has complicated negotiations; Suggestion that the US settle the conflict in Kosovo.

Focuses on the Kosovo peace deal in light of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) bombings of Yugoslavia. Agreement of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and the Serbian Parliament to accept the peace principles put forth by Russia and the seven leading industrial nations; What the agreement consists of; Gains that Milosevic appears to get; Demands of NATO.

Discusses the effect of living in refugee camps in Albania and Macedonia on ethnic Albanians driven from Kosovo (Serbia). How young people in the camps are being indoctrinated to take up a violent cause; The role of overcrowded camps in the Occupied Territories in the development of Palestinian terrorist factions against Israel; Comment of 14-year-old Arben Feza about why he wants to join the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army.