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The Washington Post
January 10, 1993

SARAJEVO, Jan. 9 – The United Nations commander in Bosnia admitted today that his soldiers failed to provide adequate security for a top Bosnian politician who was assassinated while under U.N. protection, and he warned that the killing ...  (Read more)

The Washington Post
January 9, 1993

SARAJEVO, Jan. 8 – A soldier in the Bosnian Serb army assassinated Bosnian Deputy Prime Minister Hakija Turajlic today at an illegal roadblock near the Sarajevo airport, pushing aside a French U.N. commander to gun down the Muslim politician ...  (Read more)

The Washington Post
January 8, 1993

SARAJEVO, Jan. 7 – The United Nations relief effort for Bosnia is failing to save people from dying and must be dramatically reinforced in besieged Sarajevo, a top U.N. relief official said today.

Jose-Maria Mendiluce, special envoy here ...  (Read more)

The Washington Post
January 7, 1993

SARAJEVO, Jan. 6 – At a nursing home that is becoming a tomb, the haggard face of death met the shamed face of the United Nations today.

Mustafa Dizdarovic, 82, who had seen enough of his friends die of cold to know that his time would ...  (Read more)

The Washington Post
January 6, 1993

SARAJEVO – Just down the road from the United Nations headquarters here, 10 elderly Bosnians died from the cold in the past three days at a wretched nursing home that has almost no heating, few windows and more than 100 helpless oldsters ...  (Read more)

The Washington Post
January 5, 1993

SARAJEVO – Sniper fire is crackling along the frozen street and mortar rounds are exploding nearby when a passerby has a sudden urge to read a few lines of T. S. Eliot.

No problem. The American Cultural Center is close at hand, open ...  (Read more)

The Washington Post
January 1, 1993

SARAJEVO, December 31 – Amid jeers, hoots and shouts of “killer,” U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali visited this shivering city today and was met by a cold blast of resentment from a besieged people who believe ...  (Read more)

The Washington Post
December 31, 1992

SARAJEVO, December 30 – There will be a frosty reception for U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali when he visits this besieged city Thursday, and it will have nothing to do with the sub-zero temperatures.

“We do not ...  (Read more)

The Washington Post
December 30, 1992

SARAJEVO – Every night, hundreds of exhausted men, women and children try to flee this besieged, freezing city on a dangerous escape route that crosses the airport tarmac. Most are stopped by well-armed troops who force them back ...  (Read more)