17 AUGUST 1991, page 11

The Bully Of The Balkans

Matt Frei on the self-appointed national saviour of Serbia SLOBODAN Milosevic, `Slobo' to his friends, once smiled at me. He was leaving a five-hour meeting with students at......

The Art Of The Deal

John Simpson on the unlikely sources of hope for the hostages — Iran and Iraq SITTING on cushions and reaching from time to time for more food from the plates laid out on the......

One Hundred Years Ago

THE Cape Town correspondent of the Times, telegraphing on Monday, states that Mr. Bent's examination of the ruins of Zimbabye has already begun to pro- duce results. The great......