Nato Summit:
Nato leaders agree at Washington summit to continue bombing campaign, examine possibility of ground invasion (without formally agreeing one) and agree naval blockade to stop oil reaching Yugoslavia but fail to decide its rules of engagement.
Russia objects to blockade but US secretary of state Albright and UK defence minister Robertson confident Moscow will not challenge Nato to point of confrontation; France dissents from blockade, says it could lead to "an act of war"; Greece says blockade could create regional problems.
Nato's 19 member states and seven countries on the frontline of the conflict in Kosovo - Albania, Macedonia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Slovenia - endorse German plan for Stability Pact for Balkans to bring long-term economic development, security and democracy to region; senior officials from Nato, the EU and the OSCE to meet in Bonn May 27th to start drawing up pact.
The campaign:
Friday night air bombardment leaves Belgrade unscathed; not so provincial cities Nis (10 explosions aimed at pharmaceutical company and water plant, Friday and Saturday nights) and Novi Sad ( 26 missiles in 30 targeting refinery); also hit during weekend raids: Mramor bridge hit near Nis, two explosions reported near Sremske Mitrovica; south Serb town Novi Pazar, missiles fired at fuel depot in Bogutovac, near Kraljevo; explosions reported at Herceg Novi, on Montenegro Adriatic coast; TV transmitter on Gucevo mountain, 10 kms southwest of Loznica; six missiles fired at areas around Vranje in southeastern Serbia; Milan Blagojevic chemical plant at Lucani, 140 kms southwest of Belgrade; Tanjug, official Yugoslav new agency says six year old girl Arta Lugic killed when missile hit Velika Dobranja village, in Lipljan district of Kosovo, two brothers and sister injured in attack.
RTS, Serbian state television resumes broadcasts Saturday after five hour interruption (caused by Nato hit on generator at Avala transmitter) with reading of German literature by actress Radmila Savicevic, followed by actors in battle dress reading patriotic poems; broadcasts stop early Sunday after new Nato raid but resume later; Radio Belgrade changes to 88.9 Mhz.
RAF Harriers fly 20 sorties Saturday dropping cluster bombs in Kosovo; hits claimed include: road bridge, army command post, military installations on an air field and a dug-in artillery position.
war.com:
Several internet sources in Yugoslavia have war information. They include http://enet.co.yu (a compilation of local users), http://beograd.com (an official website), and http://www.serbia-info.com (also an official site). Other sites include: http://www.informationwar.org (includes war archive), and http://www.itmweb.com/kosovo.htm (welcomes your opinion).
Diplomacy:
Boris Yeltsin and Bill Clinton discuss crisis by telephone in call initiated by Russian president. Viktor Chernomyrdin tells German paper Welt am Sonntag peace deal possible only if Nato air campaign stops first. Spends Sunday deciding which Nato capital to visit in bid to progress peace deal.
Swedish prime minister Goran Persson hopes to act as link between US and Russia, Svenska Dagbladet reports. "I have had conversations with American leaders and now I am going directly to Russia to see if I can do anything," says Persson.
Quote of the day:
"I'll never forget this young girl of 13, sitting on her hospital bed. She looked at me without saying a word." - Greek doctor Christofides Charalambos after treating children in Pristina hospital.