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Article: In Sarajevo, Power Is On, but Not the Truce
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- The Washington Post
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- October 11, 1995
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SARAJEVO, Bosnia, Oct. 11 (Wednesday) -- It was power to the
people of Sarajevo -- along with gas, and even a little water.
For the first time since May, the lights went on across the
besieged Bosnian capital Tuesday. Natural gas, also blocked since
that time, began trickling back into the city as well. Even water,
which flows only when the electricity is on, began spurting out of
faucets around the town.
Bosnia's Muslim-led government had made restoration of Sarajevo's
utilities a condition for the signing of a cease-fire. But although
the Bosnian Serbs, who surround the city, complied with those terms,
the government still did not agree to a truce. U.N. officials said
Bosnian government ...