Bosnian

At night, when the lawns are empty and the lamps along the walking paths are the only source of light, Topcider Park on the outskirts of Belgrade is a perfect meeting place for spies. It was here in 1992, as the former Yugoslavia was erupting in ethnic violence, that a wary CIA agent made his way toward the park's gazebo and shook hands with a Serbian intelligence officer. Jovica Stanisic had a cold gaze and a sinister reputation.

Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic on Saturday pledged reluctant respect for Bosnia's integrity and vowed to work with Muslims and Croats in the country's loosely unified postwar government. She told the inaugural session of the new Bosnian Serb parliament in Banja Luka that "we are not entirely independent, that our sovereignty is limited and that we are obliged to abide by what has been signed."