1993 Miracle Yearbook

Serbian Soldiers in Bosnia Civil warspread across Yugoslavi,a na- tion of six republics and two provinces that had been plagued for centuries by historic, ethnic, religious and economic differences. Nationalist,anticommunistpartieswonelec- tions in 1991 in all republics except Serbia, the largest, and Montenegro, the smallest. Then Croatia and its neighbor Slovenia de- clared theirindependence.Traditionalrival- ries were strongest between the 9 million Serbs, who belong to the Orthodox church, and the 5 million Croats, who are Roman Catholic. Tens of thousands of people be- came refugees and the killing continued. Food for Somalia The U.S. Marines arrived in Somalia onDecember9,1992. ThestarvingAfrican country was rav- aged by famine and widespread looting of food from inter- national relief agen- cies. The Marines offered a security force to insure safe food distribution. All Photos by RM Photo Service Inc. Taking the Oath At noon on January 20, William Jefferson Clinton took the oath of of- ficeand becamethe42nd presidentof the United States. Ascannons thun- dered in salute, George Herbert WalkerBushsurrendered powerand stepped into history. •Allcopy provided byRM Photo Service Inc. Closing