Jordan Open-Door Policy Faces Stability Test in Amman
Jordan faces renewed security strain as foreign intrigue and assassination plots test its open-door policy. King Hussein appeals to the West for help to bolster security forces while reform era freedoms draw both investment and radical groups. The period recalls historic unrest and a need to balance openness with stability.
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Former Serb leader goes to war crimes trial at The Hague
Slavko Dokmanovic, the first indicted war crimes suspect arrested in the former Yugoslavia by international forces, goes on trial in The Hague for his alleged role in the 1991 massacre in Vukovar. The Croatian Serb faces up to life imprisonment on six charges related to the execution style killings of around 200 non Serb hospital detainees and other non Serbs after the city fell.
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Time Warner bids for South Africa TV station
Time Warner will compete with News Corp and six bidders for Midi Television in Johannesburg. Hearings begin Feb. 3 with foreign investment limited to 2 of 500 million rand. Other bidders include Kerry Packer owned Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd and Community Television Network.
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