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Journalists, human rights activists and opposition politicians in southern Serbia have been jailed or mobilised during NATO's bombing campaign - and the repression seems likely to continue.
Despite denials from all sides it appears the Yugoslav Army (VJ) has left several officers behind in the north of Kosovo. But are these so-called Serbian 'illegals' abducting foreign journalists and aid workers?
Independent media in Serbia have in recent years become accustomed to "spontaneous", unresolved attacks. Now, in Cacak at least, it's the turn of the regime media.
Impoverished by economic collapse and ravaged by NATO airstrikes, Serbian towns can do little to help the streams of angry refugees now arriving on their doorsteps from Kosovo.
The political demise of two of Milosevic's closest associates in the days before a peace agreement may herald the latest political cleansing.
Belgrade's bravado in the wake of NATO's early air strikes disappeared as the reality of daily bombing set in.