WORLD IN BRIEF : YUGOSLAVIA : Hard-Liner Is New Serbian President
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Slobodan Milosevic, a hard-line Communist, was sworn in as Serbia’s president and prepared for talks with political rivals in Slovenia and Croatia to achieve unity in Yugoslavia. But Slovenian President Milan Kucan said leaders of Yugoslavia’s six republics must overcome many problems before they can learn to co-exist. Milosevic assumed office at the opening session of Serbia’s first freely elected parliament in five decades.
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