Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic

BEL99061501- 15 JUNE 1999 -BELGRADE YUGOESLAVIA: Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic greets a cheering crowd June 15th in Beska, some 30 km north of Belgrade. He announced the reconstruction of the country would start by repairing a bridge damaged by NATO . rw/Tanjugfoto

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