It got off to a bad start-
NATO SAYS ALBANIAN LEADER IBRAHIM RUGOVA IS IN HIDING, HIS HOUSE BURNT Sun 28 Mar 16:19 Reuters News Service
Then his closest associates were brutally murdered-
FOCUS-NATO says five Kosovo leaders``executed''
03:54 p.m Mar 29, 1999 Eastern
Then they came back to life-
NATO Expands Bombing; 'Dead' Kosovans Alive
01:05 a.m. Apr 01, 1999 Eastern
Then he went to Belgrade and met with Milosevic-
MILOSEVIC, KOSOVO ALBANIAN LEADER RUGOVA AGREE TO SEEK PEACEFUL SOLUTION-STATE MEDIA Thu 1 Apr 16:39 Reuters News Service
But it turned out he had to go to Belgrade against his will-
SOLANA SAYS KOSOVO LEADER IBRAHIM
RUGOVA NOT ACTING FREELY
08:46 a.m. Apr 01, 1999 Eastern
And then he hadn't really gone to Belgrade after all-
09:16 a.m. Apr 04, 1999 Eastern
NATO QUOTES ONE ALLY SAYING SERB TV PICTURES
OF RUGOVA MEETING MILOSEVIC MAY BE TWO YEARS
OLD
And was a prisoner in his house in Pristina, which had become unburnt-
BRUSSELS, April 4 - NATO said on Sunday that the house of moderate Kosovo Albanian political leader Ibrahim Rugova in Pristina was permanently occupied by Serb security forces and he had no freedom Sun 4 Apr 16:34 Reuters News Service
And unsurprisingly ended the ten days 'sapped' and - just in case he might turn out to be serious about peace - declared by "analysts" to be irrelevant
Milosevic's ``peace partner'' sapped by war
10:29 a.m. Apr 07, 1999 Eastern
By Mark Heinrich
BUDAPEST, April 7 (Reuters) - Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's proclamation of a unilateral Kosovo ceasefire has proved a flop not least because his chosen peace partner is a fading political star among ethnic Albanians, analysts say. etc etc