HEADLINE: Piano Out, Manicure In At Kosovo Peace Talks DATE: 02-12-99 RAMBOUILLET, France (Reuters) - A bid by Serbian delegates to bring a harmonious note to tense Kosovo peace talks by having a piano installed at the negotiating center has been rejected, a diplomat said Friday. "It was a bit too complicated to organize,'' he said, declining to be named. However, a request for a haircut and manicure for the Serbians' only woman representative at the talks, Guljbehar Sabovic, was granted. "That was easier to fix," the diplomat said. At 1995 Bosnian peace talks in Dayton, Ohio, Serbian delegates led by Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic famously held sessions around the piano singing American pop songs. Delegates at the Kosovo talks have been cloistered in a 14th century chateau near Paris for almost a week now and are expected to remain in residence until an accord is reached. Ron Torrella, RPT Piano Technician "And like that...he's gone." University of Michigan - Roger "Verbal" Kint (Kevin Spacey) School of Music The Usual Suspects 734/764-6207 (office/shop) 734/763-5097 (fax) 734/572-7663 (home)
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