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Now he may have lost that power, though as long as he remains in Pale there is nothing to keep him from taking part in closed-door meetings of the party. "We wish and expect him to move from where he is," says Holbrooke. The challenge is not only to get Karadzic out of Bosnia but to turn him over for trial at the Hague. The U.S. could use force to arrest or snatch him, but the European allies are not on board for that, and such an effort would probably spark retaliation and bloodshed. Renewed fighting is the last thing Bill Clinton wants in an election year, so Karadzic may not be going anywhere.

--Reported by Dejan Anastasijevic/Washington, Massimo Calabresi/ Vienna, Alexandra Niksic/Belgrade and Alexandra Stiglmayer/Sarajevo