BRUSSELS, Belgium (CNN) -- NATO said its planes were justified in bombing a bridge in central Serbia, but Yugoslav officials said Monday that 12 civilians were killed in that attack and more died in other raids.

CNN: NATO says bridge was legitimate target

The crushing stresses faced by veterans of Balkans wars grabbed international attention last week when a former Serb soldier killed 13 people in a pre-dawn rampage in central Serbia a massacre his family linked to haunting memories of war in Croatia.

NPR: Serbia Massacre Puts Spotlight On Balkan Vet Woes

It also has a foothold in most countries of central and eastern Europe: it went early into Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia.

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Acquisitions in Slovakia and Serbia made USS the largest integrated producer of flat-rolled steel in central Europe, serving automakers like Germany's Volkswagen and France's Peugeot.

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Meanwhile, the dictator of Serbia, Slobodan Milosevic, is ruthlessly consolidating his control over the southern province of Kosovo and the central republic of Bosnia-Hercegovina, having already successfully imposed his will on the nominally autonomous northern province of Vojvodina as well as the republic of Montenegro.

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