EU delays Croatia entry talks over missing war general
Croatia's bid to join the European Union stumbled today over the
government's failure to arrest and extradite a Croatian general
who is wanted by the UN war crimes tribunal.  Membership talks
were due to start tomorrow, but Britain, Belgium and the
Netherlands said the EU would delay the meetings because Zagreb
had not done enough to secure the hand over of the indicted war
crimes suspect General Ante Gotovina.  The decision follows a
letter sent to current EU president, Luxembourg, from the chief
UN prosecutor, Carla del Ponte, saying the Croatian government
had not done enough to cooperate with her office.  The letter
handed to Luxembourg yesterday read: "They do not convince me
that everything is being done to locate this fugitive". Ms del
Ponte said Gen Gotovina was "within reach" of authorities in
Zagreb, which the Croatian government denies.  The British
foreign secretary Jack Straw said: "Our judgement is that
[accession talks] cannot take place f