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The U.S. Senate votes to lift the arms embargo against Bosnia.
3 Aug.
In an effort to end the twelve-year civil war in Sri Lanka, sweeping constitutional changes are announced, giving the Tamils regional self-rule.
Aug.
Croat troops expel rebellious Serbs from the Croatian enclave of Krajina.
10 Aug.
The U.N. Security Council receives a special report detailing the massacre of 2,700 Bosnian Muslim men and boys, following the fall of Srebrenica in July.
15 Aug.
On the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II, the Japanese prime minister offers a "heartfelt apology" for the suffering that his country caused.
24 Aug.
In China, U.S. human rights activist Harry Wu is sentenced to fifteen years in jail for spying but is deported, instead, to the United States.
30 Aug.
NATO planes and U.N. artillery begin to bomb Serb military positions in retaliation for attacks on Sarajevo.
1 Sept.
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