U.S. eases curbs on Yugoslavia

WASHINGTON: The United States has decided to lift economic sanctions against Yugosalvia but said it would retain the ban on loans to the Balkan nation until the fate of the former President, Mr. Slobodan Milosevic, was decided. In a statement, the U.S. President, Mr. Bill Clinton, said he had directed the State Treasury Department ``to take immediate steps to begin lifting the sanctions, except those targeted against members of the former regime.'' Mr. Clinton wants Mr. Milosevic tried as a war criminal and is upset that he continues to have an influence in Yugoslav politics despite losing the recent presidential race to Mr. Vojislav Kostounica.

- PTI

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