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	freedomforum.org: Milosevic news dominates Croatian president's interview
		Mesic's long-scheduled appearance at the opening session of The Freedom Forum-sponsored Europe Media Forum happened to coincide with the breaking news from Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 210 miles to the east, that Milosevic was being extradited to The Hague for prosecution by the war-crimes tribunal.
		Mesic, speaking in Croatian through an interpreter, said he was prepared to tell the tribunal that Milosevic had been the mastermind behind the wars and the genocide that plagued the Balkans after the dissolution of Yugoslavia began 10 years ago this month.
		Mesic, a lawyer, was elected to the presidency following the death of strongman Franjo Tudjman in December 1999, a development that set the stage for Croatia's advancement as a democratic society.
	www.freedomforum.org /templates/document.asp?documentID=14288 (1018 words)

	Bosnian Serbs' decision to cooperate with Tribunal - a major step forward
		A purist might argue that Stipe Mesic is the closest we have to continuity with Tudjman, since he spent four years together with him at the top of the Croatian government.
		For his part Mesic let it be known that he had no intention of visiting Ahmici, on the grounds that both the victims and the perpetrators of the crime there were citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina, so that a visit made no sense and would amount to interference, albeit well-intentioned, in the internal affairs of another state.
		Mesic's journeys to Sarajevo and Banja Luka, by contrast, are visits paid first of all to the state of Bosnia-Herzegovina, its government and its citizens, and only then to its entities, regions, cantons and constituent peoples.
	www.bosnia.org.uk /bosrep/marjune00/stipe.cfm (1640 words)

	Croatia, a new emerging economy
		Mesic won a crushing victory over his ruling conservative party rival in an election runoff on January 16th, securing a second five-year term and promising to lead the former Yugoslav republic into the European Union.
		Mesic, who had the backing of the three main opposition parties, also reminded voters of the autocratic rule of Franjo Tudjman, who died in 1999, and warned against giving too much power to one party.
		Mesic, 70, has pledged to lead the Balkan country of some 4.4 million people into the EU before the end of the decade, a major prize for a country that was ravaged by a brutal inter-ethnic war only 10 years ago after it split from the Yugoslav federation.
	www.newnations.com /archive/2005/April/hr.html (1542 words)

	Croatian president trusts judiciary - Europe - International Herald Tribune
		Mesic, who is pushing hard for Croatia to join the European Union and NATO, is impatient to draw a line under the past and move on.
		Mesic, who was re-elected in January to a second term as president, acknowledged that Croatia had been slow to cooperate with the Hague Tribunal.
		Mesic himself is a former member of the Croatian Democratic Union; he left the party in 1994 because of differences.
	www.iht.com /articles/2005/11/21/news/croatia.php (861 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| world news Croatian president faces election runoff
		Croatia's incumbent President Stipe Mesic overwhelmingly won the first round of elections taking 49 percent of the vote, official results showed on Monday, but faces a runoff to win a second five-year term to lead the country as it seeks to join the EU.
		The 70-year-old Mesic was heavily favoured to win the vote to lead the former war-torn Yugoslav republic, with exit polls released immediately after voting stations closed showing he might win the 50 percent needed to avoid the runoff.
		Mesic owes much of his popularity to the major role he played in ending the Balkan nation's international isolation and completing its democratic reforms after succeeding authoritarian leader Franjo Tudjman.
	iafrica.com /news/worldnews/401504.htm (548 words)

	HARIAN UMUM SUARA MERDEKA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mesic is the first head of state to testify against Milosevic, who is in the dock on more than 60 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity for his involvement in the 1990s wars in Kosovo, Croatia and Bosnia.
		For his part, Mesic, the last Croatian to have been president of the Yugoslav Federal Republic in 1991, accused Milosevic of trying to further his dream of a Greater Serbia by planning to annex Serb-occupied lands in Croatia and Bosnia and using the Yugoslav army to that end.
		Mesic told the court he believed that as Milosevic was in control of the army, he had effectively carried off a "military putsch" as the armed forces were protecting only Serbian ends and ignoring all requests by the president to return to barracks.
	www.suaramerdeka.com /harian/0210/03/eng4.htm (567 words)

	BBC News \| EUROPE \| Profile: Mesic's return
		Croatia's new president, Stipe Mesic, has the unusual record of having been both the last president of the former Yugoslavia and the first prime minister of Croatia, following the collapse of communist rule.
		One of Mr Mesic's election posters invited Croats to have coffee with him and he did his best to put this invitation into practice in the run-up to the polls by meeting ordinary people as often as possible.
		Mr Mesic was made speaker of the Croatian parliament, the Sabor in 1992.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/635366.stm (581 words)

	USATODAY.com - Croatian President Stripe Mesic wins second term (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mesic won 66% of the vote, the state-run Electoral Commission said Monday after nearly all the votes were counted.
		Mesic had insisted he should keep his post so Sanader's center-right party — which only recently distanced itself from its nationalist past to become a pro-European group — would not control all pillars of power.
		Mesic won about 49% of the votes in the first round of voting held Jan. 2, falling just short of the required absolute majority to prevent a runoff.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-01-16-croatia-vote_x.htm (724 words)

	Croatian Presidential Race Enters Run-Off \| Europe \| Deutsche Welle \| 03.01.2005
		Mesic’s take, however, was not enough to secure an outright victory, and the presidential race will go into a second round on Jan. 16, the electoral commission reported.
		Mesic, who has his sites fixed on leading his country into the European Union during the next five years, was jubilant after the results were announced.
		Mesic has vowed to deliver the war crimes suspects to the international court, despite strong criticism from war veterans and nationalists.
	www.dw-world.de /popups/popup_printcontent/0,,1447251,00.html (724 words)

	Voice of America, 00-02-08
		Mesic was the last president of the former Yugoslavia's collective presidency and served as one of Croatia's leading politicians until he left the government in a disagreement with Croatia's first president, the late Franjo Tudjman.
		As a student leader and a representative to the local parliament, Stipe Mesic took part in the 1971 demonstrations against Yugoslavia's communist authorities in the nationalist uprising known as the "Croatian Spring." In an interview with V-O-A, the crewcut and bearded Mr.
		Stipe Mesic faded from the public eye for five-years and did not even win a seat in the new parliament elected in January.
	www.hri.org /news/agencies/voa/2000/00-02-08.voa.html (4829 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Exit polls: Incumbent Mesic wins second presidential term in Croatia
		ZAGREB, Croatia – Croatian President Stipe Mesic, who is credited with leading his country out of isolation after the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s, was overwhelmingly elected to a second term Sunday in a runoff vote, according to exit polls.
		Mesic pointed to his record of leading the country out of international isolation and insisted he should keep his post to "check and correct" the ruling party's moves.
		Mesic is "decisive, consistent and yet such a nice person – a true leader," said Zlatko Najman, 47, a construction technician casting his ballot in downtown Zagreb.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050116-1416-croatia-election.html (647 words)

	Slovenia welcomes re-election of Croat President Stipe Mesic - 21-01-2005 - Radio Prague
		Last weekend Stipe Mesic won a second term as Croatia's President when he took 66 percent of the vote in a run-off election.
		I think Mesic is very important, not only in presenting himself but being a symbol of liberal political climate in Croatia and when he gets such a high percentage of people voting for him, I think it is a very good sign.
		Drnovsek and Mesic also expressed the conviction that, since neither country was about to hold an election, the time was right for the two neighbours to move forward and look for gradual solutions to open bilateral questions.
	www.radio.cz /en/article/62607 (581 words)

	7.30 Report
		And it's this craving for the stability, normality, not to mention wealth of the West, that new President Stipe Mesic cleverly tapped in his campaign.
		STIPE MESIC, CROATIAN PRESIDENT (Translation): My campaign was designed against the model established by President Tudjman and for a new model of a European Croatia.
		MAX UECHTRITZ: It was telling that within seconds of proclaiming victory Mesic was on photo call with the American Ambassador, for it was America who led the isolation of Tudjman -- mainly because of his military and financial support for Bosnian Croats, costing up to $1 million a day.
	www.abc.net.au /7.30/stories/s98649.htm (695 words)

	The Hindu : Croatians hope for a new dawn
		Stipe Mesic who is leading the polls with 31 per cent of the vote, was the last federal Yugoslav President before resigning in disgust at the ethnic wrangling that characterised Yugoslavia's final days as a unified nation.
		Stipe Mesic, told The Hindu: ``During the reign of Tudjman, it seemed as if Croatia was still at war.
		Stipe Mesic is the most likely of the three to win.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/01/25/stories/0325000b.htm (533 words)

	Incumbent Stipe Mesic wins second presidential term in Croatia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mesic won 66 percent of the votes, the state-run Electoral Commission said after nearly all votes were counted.
		Mesic had campaigned on his record of leading the country out of international isolation and insisted he should keep his post to "check and correct" the ruling party's moves.
		Mesic is "decisive, consistent and yet such a nice person -- a true leader," said Zlatko Najman, 47, a construction technician casting his ballot in downtown Zagreb.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2005/01/16/international1807EST0525.DTL (577 words)

	Croatian President Mesic secures second term with crushing victory - EUbusiness - EU law, politics and finance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Croatian President Stipe Mesic won a crushing victory over his ruling conservative party rival in Sunday's election runoff, securing a second five-year term and promising to lead the former Yugoslav republic into the European Union.
		While Kosor is a relative to newcomer to Croatian politics, Mesic was able to campaign on his first-term record of democratic reform and improved international relations following the isolation of his hardline nationalist predecessor, HDZ founder Franjo Tudjman.
		Mesic, who has the backing of the three main opposition parties, also reminded voters of the autocratic rule of Tudjman, who died in 1999, and warned against giving too much power to one party.
	www.eubusiness.com /Homepage_Other_News/050116185140.2igjjkmf (695 words)

	BreakingNews.ie: Pro-West president wins second term in Croatia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mesic, 70, won 66% of the vote late last night, the state-run Electoral Commission said, after nearly all the votes were counted.
		Mesic has co-operated with the court, which won him praise from Western governments, but enemies among war veterans and nationalists who accused him of betraying the nation.
		Mesic vowed to maintain good relations with the United States, even though he opposed the US-led war in Iraq, insisting that it should have been authorised by the United Nations.
	www.breakingnews.ie /2005/01/17/story185009.html (661 words)

	Pro-EU Croatian President Likely To Be Re-Elected Sunday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In Croatia, incumbent President Stipe Mesic is expected to be re-elected Sunday in a runoff election against the country's deputy prime minister.
		Opinion polls show that the 70-year old Stipe Mesic, full of vitality and sporting a trim grey beard, is the clear favorite of most Croatians to be re-elected for another five year term.
		Mesic has been able to use his first term in office to win passage of reforms required for EU membership, including reducing the power of the presidency.
	www.voanews.com /english/2005-01-15-voa12.cfm (494 words)

	Greatreporter.com - Croatian President on PR offensive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mesic accuses his former mentor of coveting part of neighbouring Bosnia, and conniving with his apparent rival Milosevic in a cynical territorial carve-up.
		Last week Mesic praised human rights activists as "true fighters for a democratic Croatia." The next day 200 far-right demonstrators in the central town of Slunj attacked NGO workers protesting against a statue honouring an icon of Croatia's fascist past.
		Mesic gave testimony against a former Serb mayor of Vukovar, "who did nothing to prevent massacres" but also helped convict Tihomir Blaskic, an ethnic Croat jailed for 45 years after perpetrating atrocities against Bosnian Muslims.
	greatreporter.com /mambo/content/view/43/2 (901 words)

	Slovenia Business Week
		Mesic was accompanied by Croatian Foreign Minister Tonino Picula, who met with his Slovenian counterpart Dimitrij Rupel and Minister for European Integration Ivan Jakovcic.
		The central themes of Mesic's visit were discussions on bilateral relations and an opportunity for strengthening of economic relations as well as the resolution of open issues.
		Croatian President Mesic stressed that both sides were of the opinion that outstanding issues are soluble, but a greater deal of will should be showed on both sides.
	www.gzs.si /SBW/head.asp?idc=4757 (756 words)

	Stjepan Mesić - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Stjepan "Stipe" Mesić (born December 24, 1934) is a Croatian politician.
		Stjepan Mesić, commonly shortened to Stipe Mesić, was born in Orahovica, Slavonia to Josip and Magdalena "Mandica" Mesić.
		In 1949, his father was reassigned back to Orahovica, and Stipe continued his education at the gymnasium in Požega.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stipe_Mesic (1619 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Balkans Special Report
		The annual rotation of the chairmanship of the eight-member presidency is normally a mere formality among the six republics and two provinces that make up the country, but today's scheduled installation of Stipe Mesic, Croatia's representative on the presidency and its current deputy chairman, was blocked by Serbia.
		The blocking of Mesic, which is without precedent here, drove another wedge between the hostile republics of Serbia and Croatia -- Yugoslavia's two largest and most populous -- and further undermined efforts to reconcile their bitter dispute over the future of the country.
		The blocking of the Mesic inauguration was denounced by Croatia and its allies as a clear Serbian push for supreme power, with the army -- led by a largely Serbian officer corps -- ready to support such a move.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/inatl/longterm/balkans/stories/mesic051691.htm (694 words)

	Poll says Mesic wins second Croatian vote
		The runoff was held because Mesic, 70, won about 49 percent of the votes in the first round of voting held Jan. 2, falling just short of the required absolute majority.
		Mesic was backed by the country's center-left opposition, while Kosor, 51, came from the governing Croatian Democratic Union, which returned to power a year ago after distancing itself from its nationalist roots to become a pro-European conservative group.
		Mesic is "decisive, consistent and yet such a nice person a true leader," said Zlatko Najman, 47, a construction technician casting his ballot in downtown Zagreb.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1322024/posts (593 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Milosevic clashes with Croat president
		On the subject of who was responsible for the break-up of the former Yugoslavia, the men - both former law students - raised their voices, agreeing that the perpetrators of crimes committed in the republics should be brought to justice.
		On Tuesday, Mr Mesic portrayed Mr Milosevic as a warmonger and as a man without emotion, bent on creating a Greater Serbia at the expense of Yugoslavia and much of its population.
		Mr Mesic is the first of a series of high-profile witnesses scheduled to appear in the new, crucial phase of the trial.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/2291068.stm (646 words)

	Pravda.RU:Croatian president's dream came true when he turned 67
		Mesic will also participate in the official opening ceremony of the Days of Croatian Culture in Russia.
		This is Stipe Mesic's (67) first visit to Moscow, and the president of Croatia can speak Russian rather well.
		Mesic was elected Croatian president in February of the year 2000, several months after Franjo Tudjman's death.
	newsfromrussia.com /main/2002/04/16/27670_.html (622 words)

	Steve Quayle News Alerts
		Mr Mesic is the first of a series of high-profile witnesses to give evidence in this new, crucial phase of the trial.
		The two men are old adversaries: Mr Mesic was a member of the collective presidency of the former Yugoslav federation as it tottered on the brink of collapse in the early 1990s.
		Paradoxically, Mr Mesic has come to The Hague as the first head of state to testify here at a time when the Croatian Government is at loggerheads with the UN tribunal.
	www.stevequayle.com /News.alert/Europe/021001.Milosevic.wanted.Se.html (463 words)

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