1.   The trouble is, a lot more wampum for Milosevic may be needed before he removes his former proxies.

2.   But Milosevic later abandoned this goal and his former proxies.

3.   But recognition would have finalized the break between Milosevic and his former proxies.

4.   However, Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, whose nationalist stands fueled the rebellion in Croatia and Bosnia, has increasingly distanced himself from his former proxies.

5.   However, Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, whose nationalist stands fueled the rebellions by ethnic Serbs in Croatia and Bosnia, has increasingly distanced himself from his former proxies.

6.   Milosevic signed the peace agreement for the Bosnian Serbs, but has failed to bring his former proxies in Bosnia to comply with all aspects of Dayton.

7.   Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, whose nationalist stands fueled the rebellion in Croatia and Bosnia, has increasingly distanced himself from his former proxies.

8.   The revival of his ties with the former proxies in Bosnia is widely seen as his attempt to restore his image as leader of all Serbs.

9.   Though Milosevic has since distanced himself from his former proxies, he is authorized to negotiate for them in the U.S. talks.