Mr Tudjman's second term in office runs for five years

Mr Tudjman's second term in office runs for five years.The ultra-right candidate, Dobroslav Paraga, 31, won less than 6 per cent in Sunday's elections despite having attracted large crowds during an election campaign in which he resurrected the slogans and symbols of the fascist Croatian state of the early 1940s.Political analysts said that most Croats had been apprehensive about voting for such an extremist candidate when their country was at war and a quarter of its territory was under Serbian occupation 'Paraga went too far in ideological terms. Arrigo Sacchi, Vicini's successor, is looking to improve on their third-place finish: he is not considering a similar ban this year.. This concern is no doubt as much political as economic, as voting intentions are strongly influenced by the state of the economy and voters' sense of their own financial well being.Mr Clarke felt that cutting base rates by just half a point in the run up to the Budget 'erred on the side of caution' and that the case for another cut in rates in January was 'quite strong'.He then argued that the case for lower rates had improved between January and February, even after the Governor warned that, to his mind, the evidence on the economy and inflation 'weakened rather than strengthened the case for an immediate interest rate cut'.The Governor argued that the case for an immediate rate cut rested on evidence that the Budget had slowed the recovery, but that no such evidence had yet appeared. It had almost no clear programme of its own, but emphasised only that it wanted 'ordinary people to be allowed to have a say'.

Another man said: 'There cannot be peace with Unosom now.'The full implications of an American withdrawal arenot yet clear, but General Aideed has offered 'peaceful dialogue', and Admiral Jonathan Howe, the UN special representative, has offered to meet his representatives. MALAYSIA is prepared to allow British companies to participate in its new dollars 8bn ( pounds 4bn) airport project, in return for landing rights on the London- Manchester-New York route. They have also been concerned with the provision of jobs, cars and houses.There is another factor, too Owing to the new laws, union is becoming more like league. Meyer, down 10p on Tuesday, was at one time down another 20p The shares closed 16p off at 302p. However, most will have signalled to their electorates that they were deeply sceptical about closer integration within Europe, which gives a limited moral legitimacy to their opposition to Maastricht. What was poignant were the little exhibitions recording the names of the craftsmen who carried out this work. The key domestic market remains weak, costs are still too high and there is doubt as to whether the surge in the first half of this year can be sustained.(Photograph omitted).

Davies made his reputation knocking other people's novels into shape for the box. The brainchild of Bernard Dukore, Professor of Theatre Arts at Virginia Tech, this was the latest reminder that North America, more than anywhere else on earth, keeps Shaw alive. Other works, whether sculptures made from brightly coloured wooden boxes or two dimensional images like 'Painting of It is believed that some dinosaurs could run faster than a cheetah' (reproduced here), recall design for brave new cubist cities, and yet at the same time are uncomfortably reminiscent of a collection of jolly but dumb children's building-blocks. Even if Opie's work reflects disillusion with modern design and technology, it is far too sophisticated simply to condemn these things Instead it laughs at them. SHARES in Huntingdon International Holdings slumped 28p to 119p after the life sciences and environmental services group made a second profits warning within a year. The England winger teased Martin Scott before heading down the byline then pulling the ball back to the six-yard box.

Meanwhile, turnover, which is very important for a fixed-cost business, has risen slightly.Ashtead has achieved this by diversifying away from the UK construction business towards utilities and local authorities and abroad. And, although thoroughly baffling to the first-time visitor, in many ways these small rooms provide a more satisfactory atmosphere for viewing works of art than the vast salles of the older parts of the Louvre where small works are overwhelmed.The tours de force of the wing, however, are the two sculpture courts: the cour Marley and the cour Puget. During the war he served in the Royal Navy.Sir William had been at a party in his honour on Friday night and is believed to have died of a heart attack in the early hours at his home, Tullimaar, in Perranarworthal, near Falmouth, where he moved from Salisbury about 10 years ago.Charles Monteith, who became Sir William's publisher after he discovered Lord of the Flies, said: 'He was one of the greatest writers I have known, he was also a warm, affectionate and very close friend.' He could also be moody.'He had immense originality and a powerful imagination. I call it the open fridge policy - brought up allowed to go to the fridge when they are hungry. It also does health- checks 'to assess where you are and where you need to go' - and to sell the company's old quality training manuals.Having spent a lot of time helping companies because of the public service notion that all industry benefits from efficient, well-run companies, Xerox feels it is justified now in charging for its expertise.Mr Havard said the desire for its assistance had been so great that company managers could spend every day talking to their counterparts in other organisations.