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by Joe Frawley
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Milosevic under house arrest
Former President of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milosevic was under house arrest at his villa near the Yugoslav capital of Belgrade on Saturday. Hours before that, dozens of masked police gunmen stormed the compound surrounding the villa amid flash grenades and gunfire.
Police were attempting to arrest Milosevic on charges of corruption and abuse of power from his time as president. Milosevic told the police that he did not recognize the new government or their authority and warned that he "would not be taken alive," said Serbian Interior Minister Dusan Mihajlovic.
Yugoslav army soldiers had been inside the compound has part of a unit assigned to protect former politicians and government buildings. On Saturday, they were ordered to withdraw from the compound.
Yugoslav authorities estimated 20 bodyguards were in the house with Milosevic, his wife, Mirjana Markovic, and their daughters. They also said that Milosevic would remain under house arrest until he can be brought to justice.
These events came on the eve of a U.S. deadline calling for Belgrade to cooperate with the International War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague, which has indicted Milosevic, or face a cutoff of about $50 million in U.S. aid.
Bush says his budget is good for kids
Bush began a new push for his budget on Saturday, citing the parts of his budget that improves "the education, health and character of American children." He made these comments during his weekly radio address and will focus the needs of America's children during this week.
Some of the priorities he mentioned include, an emphasis on the teaching of reading through his "Reading First" program, increasing federal money for Head Start, finance 1200 new community health centers "to bring better care to poor children," and to increase spending on child care programs by $350 million to include an additional 500,000 children.
On Tuesday, Bush will participate in a round-table discussion at a Boys and Girls Club in Wilmington, Del. On Wednesday, he is scheduled to welcome to the White House members of the Children's Miracle Network, which raises money for pediatric hospitals.
Last Wednesday, the House of Representatives approved Bush's blueprint budget by mostly a party-line vote. Now, the plan goes before an evenly divided Senate, where some moderate Republicans have said Bush's tax cut is too big and his proposed spending restraints too stingy.
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