Slovenia, Yugoslavia's northernmost and richest republic, started the wheels of independence rolling Sunday with an overwhelming vote to secede.
With 55% of the ballots counted, secession was endorsed by 94% of the voters.
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Brink of war; Shots fired in Yugoslavia
June 28, 1991
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Yugoslavia is teetering on the edge of civil war as central-government tanks and helicopters thundered into rebel Slovenia and Croatia.
Skirmishes were reported in at least 20 sites - mostly along Slovenia's border. Fighting was between federal troops and out-gunned militias defending the breakaway republics' moves toward independence.
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Yugoslav truce 'no longer possible'
July 3, 1991
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Yugoslavia's crisis widened, and the government vowed to crush fighting that spread to a second breakaway republic.
Yugoslav tanks moved early today toward Zagreb, capital of Croatia, the official news agency Tanjug reported.
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Yugoslavian army quells ethnic battles
July 8, 1991
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ZAGREB, Yugoslavia - The federal army intervened Sunday for the first time to quell ethnic fighting in Croatia while a compromise gives Slovenia partial control of its crucial border posts.
Both republics declared their independence June 25 but fighting with federal troops has been limited to Slovenia.
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Yugoslav cease-fire dissolves before ink dries
Sept. 3, 1991
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ZAGREB, Yugoslavia - The European Community today is expected to decide on swift action to implement its peace plan for Yugoslavia.
All six Yugoslav republics this weekend signed a cease-fire agreement to stop fighting that erupted June 25 with the independence declarations of republics Slovenia and Croatia.
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Juggernaut of war gains speed in Yugoslavia
Nov. 5, 1991
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ZAGREB, Yugoslavia - The civil war pitting Serbia against Croatia has ended Yugoslavia's life as a nation.
But there is worse to come politically, militarily and emotionally for Serbs and Croats, as well as for others in the country's six republics.
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50-year-old tensions fueled war
Dec. 20, 1991
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Ethnic rivalry, a desire for independence and a 50-year-old quarrel have fueled Yugoslavia's bloody civil war.
Much of the hatred behind the current fighting in the country of six republics and more than a dozen nationalities arose in World War II.
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50 peacekeepers urged for Yugoslavia
Jan. 7, 1992
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UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Boutros Ghali on Monday recommended immediately sending 50 U.N. peacekeepers to Yugoslavia, to be followed by massive U.N. intervention in that country's bloody civil war.
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EC recognizes Croatia, Slovenia
Jan. 16, 1992
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ZAGREB, Yugoslavia - The 12 nations of the European Community recognized the republics of Croatia and Slovenia as independent states Wednesday, putting an official international stamp on the breakup of the nation.
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Weapons in Bosnia: Rape, degradation
Aug. 10, 1992
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ZAGREB, Croatia - Marianna sits impassively in Petrova Hospital, carrying in her womb a personal nightmare of this Balkan war.
For months, the 17-year-old was raped as many as 10 times a day by Serbian soldiers after she and 24 other women were taken from their Bosnian village, Tesanj, to a Serbian camp in a nearby forest.
