11.   But Hurd said the Serbian president also refrained from giving the peace plan a clear endorsement in a meeting on Wednesday evening in Belgrade.

12.   During the demonstrations in Belgrade, when students and anti-government protesters marched against the Serbian president for annulling elections, reporters spoke of a carnival-like atmosphere.

13.   Even before the ink had dried, rebel Bosnian Serb leaders denounced it, raising questions as to whether Serbian president Slobodan Milosovic can deliver their cooperation as promised.

14.   First, the Serbian president, Milan Milutinovic, went back to Belgrade to talk to his mentor, Milosevic, and returned.

15.   He added, however, that the real adjudicator in the situation was the Serbian president.

16.   He angrily described a return engagement in Belgrade, when he walked on stage and was horrified to see the Serbian president, Slobodan Milosevic, in the audience.

17.   He has already served two terms as Serbian president.

18.   He has proved as fickle a political leader as the Serbian president, criticizing nationalism when Milosevic championed it and then embracing it when Milosevic dumped it.

19.   He tried to be an intermediary between the Serbian president and the opposition.

20.   His battle against Milosevic began almost as soon as the Serbian president took power nine years ago.