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Reports on a propaganda war in Yugoslavia concerning the massacre of ethnic Albanian civilians in Kosovo in January 1999. How the state-run media deny that civilians are being victimized; The threat of North Atlantic Treaty Organization airstrikes; Analysts view of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic; How Serbs believe that there is an international conspiracy against Serbs.

Examines the implications of the massacre of over 40 ethnic Albanians by Serbs in Kosovo, Yugoslavia. Option of airstrikes and ground forces against Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic; Milosevic's breaking of the October, 1998, cease-fire; Expected meeting of the United Nations Security Council about the status of Kosovo; Role of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE); Continued violence in Racak.

Reports on violence in the Serbian province of Kosovo in January 1999. Lack of progress in peace negotiations; Tension in the region from the destruction of villages and massacres; Efforts of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); The capture of Yugoslav Army soldiers by Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in northern Kosovo; Assassination of ethnic Albanian Enver Majoku.

Examines the effect of possible North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) airstrikes against Serbian forces. Massacres of ethnic Albanians discovered; When a decision on military intervention could come; Belief that airstrikes alone could aggravate the situation; Serbian claims in light of allegations; Diplomats and aid workers calling for neutral forensic experts to investigate allegations.

Reports on the potential impact of the war-crimes indictment of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic on the United States and its North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies. Diplomatic efforts to end the Kosovo (Serbia) conflict; The indictment released by the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal concerning atrocities against Kosovo's majority ethnic Albanians; Others named in the indictment, including Milan Miluntinovic, president of Serbia.

Reports on the exodus of ethnic Albanians from Kosovo's capital of Pristina in Yugoslavia. Concern whether refugees are being forced out or leaving of their own will to neighboring countries; Signs of cooperation between the Serbian forces and the ethnic Albanians' Kosovo Liberation Army.

Focuses on the increasing anger of Serbs in Yugoslavia toward the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United States as of April 5, 1999. Results of this anger, including growing nationalism and support for Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic; Details of the NATO airstrikes on Serbia; Problems with the airstrikes, including reports of ethnic cleansing and mass executions of ethnic Albanians; Effects the attacks are having on surrounding countries, including the refusal by Macedonia to accept more ethnic Albanian refugees.

Reports on the escalating violence in Serbia since the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) began bombing the region in an effort to force Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic to sign a peace treaty with the Albanians in 1999. How the effort so far is seen as a worst case scenario; Details of the violence against the Albanians; How the downing of a United States fighter plane will increase the confidence of the Serbian army.