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AP Reporter Recalls Milosevic Interview 

First, he offered a feeble handshake. Then he led two AP reporters to a low round tea table - "So I can tell you all you want to know" - and lit a Cuban cigar.

A large photo of his wife and high school love, Mirjana Markovic, stood on the wall next to his desk at his downtown Belgrade headquarters. "If Mira knew I was smoking, she would kill me," Milosevic said, trying to create an informal atmosphere. . . .

"All this is a creation of your Western media," Milosevic said, lighting another cigar and telling an AP photographer not to take pictures as he was puffing - "So Mira won't get mad," referring to his wife.

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