MILOSEVIC SHOWS REGRET FIRST TIME IN TRIAL

THE HAGUE/ZAGREB, Feb 26 (Hina) - Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, indicted for war crimes against humanity, on Tuesday for the first time expressed regret for the suffering of Kosovo Albanians. "I am sorry that the witness lost her baby, but I have to ask several questions", said Slobodan Milosevic before he started questioning witness Ajmane Behramaj, trying to prove that the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) had attacked Kosovo Serbs and Albanians, including a refugee column in which the witness was, and that the KLA had provoked Serbian security forces to react. "I am not educated and I don't know these things...I was only interested in saving my children", said Kosovo Albanian Ajmane Behramaj, who is the first female witness to testify in the trial against Slobodan Milosevic. Trial Chamber President Richard May discontinued Milosevic's cross-examination saying there was no point in asking such questions. Behramaj, just like all previous witnesses, did not once look at Milosevic. In reply to Milosevic's suggestion that the Serbian army re- directed the refugees in order to protect them, the witness said "If they wanted to save us, they would not have shelled us". During the cross-examination, Milosevic again accused the Prosecution of tampering with evidence and witnesses so he would answer for crimes committed by unknown perpetrators. (hina) np sb