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Show DAILY HERALD Sunday, September 19, 2004 Milosevic's British lawyer faces huge obstacles, including his own client THE for 2Vt years. After Kay questioned just three defense witnesses, the trial was adjourned for a month to allow him time to prepare a case he says is beyond any defense lawyer's normal experience. "The scale it doesnt get bigger than this," he said recently in court. His first goal appears to be to persuade an appeals court to remove him from the job he reluc His client doesnt want him in fact wont even talk to him and the judges won't let him step down. His appointment, though, has had one intended effect: It has changed the tone of the trial from Milosevic's theatrical rhetoric to Kay's understated professionalism. But it failed in the judges' other objective: To speed up a trial that has moved in fits and starts Arthur Max ASSOCIATED PRESS THE HAGUE, Netherlands It's not easy being Slobodan Milosevic's lawyer. Appointed two weeks ago to defend the former Yugoslav president against war crimes charges, British attorney Steven Kay's practiced poise and calm legal demeanor has, at times, given way to sheer frustration. s tantly took on. He's asked that Milosevic again be permitted to represent himself , despite warnings from two cardiologists that the stress of conducting his own defense could kill dered wig and reading-glasseperched halfway on his nose, Kay described his difficulties representing a client who refuses to speak to him and whose witnesses refuse to appear in court unless they are examined by Milosevic himself. "I have no lines of communication with him," Kay told the three judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. "I am relying him. Denying Milosevic the right is "paternalistic," Kay told the judges. Standing digntfiesd in his traditional black robe and white bib, his slightly yellowed pow-- '. to self-defen- t . i ' on peopl&who dont want to cooperate with me." - The prosecution has presented its case that Milosevic orchestrated a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing during the collapse of the Yugoslav federation in an attempt to link Serbia with Serblominated areas of Croatia and Bosnia to create a new Greater Serbia. In the opening statement of his defense, Milosevic dwelled on the Serb perspective of his--, toric injustices and persecutions. Largely ignoring legal arguments, he said the Serbs had banded together against rebels andterroristsreinforcedby Is- lamic fundamentalists and supported by the United States, Germany and the Vatican. After the statement, the judges ruled that Milosevic was unfit to lead his defense. They cited medical reports that his chronic high blood pressure would lead to further delays and possibly cause his death. So far, the trial has been interrupted 12 times by Milosevic's ill- - . nesses. Milosevic protested that the court was stripping him of his fundamental right to defend himself . His aides said at least 265 of the witnesses Milosevic planned to call would refuse to testify unless the ruling was "?. ' That left fciy with the task of trying to piece together a line y" 'WNijSJiJ ' ! Av 1 A , , ,,:V' W UFtoifeflryt': . rosturepeclic . Twineapc. Full $399 Save up tO Twineapc. FuHSel King Set . kvf r'f Sale $97 $251 $419 Jf V Sealy Posturepedic Posture Premier Luxury Pillowtop J L i I m I Brazil to iaKe poverty straggle to global stage Sal Reg. S,H9 1 ; THE $M "" a ' King ';l6llibWWfliyri. . 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SH9 BV- - $1299 ' ASSOCIATED PRESS RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil A grade school dropout and worker, President Luiz Ina-ri- o Lute da Silva vividly recalls his struggle to survive in Brazil's backwoods and urban squalor. Now, Sitva hopes to lead a global crusade to help the world's needy. Sitva leads a list of 56 heads of state and government who are to attend the conference Action Against Hunger and Poverty which starts Monday at the United Nations. Brazil has drawn up proposals to raise money for the world's poor, ranging from taxes on arms sales and financial transactions to creating special bonds and raising outlays from the International Monetary Fund. The need is dire. Latin American economies shrank 1 percent since 2001, and the number of desperately poor in African has nearly doubled since 1981, to 314 million. The United Nations and the World Bank say aid to poor nations must be increased by some $50 billion a year through 2015. But the problems are equally daunting. Few expect immediate results, and Sitva admits that just calling the world's attention to the problem will be a victory. The "Zero Hunger" program to feed the poor was a cornerstone of Suva's domestic policy. But his plans to take the pro-gram global depend on where the funding will come from. President Bush wont be at the meeting. The problems of developing nations will take a back seat in the United States, the world's richest nation, at least until the presidential elecn tion in November. Bush is send' ing Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman. "No president will pay atten- -' tion to something like this in an election year," said David Fleis cher, a political scientist at the University of Brasilia. Even after the election, Washington may be reluctant to raise spending for the poor. C "Bush has talked about aid money, but whether he's willing to spend it is another matter," Fleischer said. The US. is in ' -pretty bad fiscal shape." - That puts the spotlight bn Europe. 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