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MACEDONIA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS UPDATE
English/Nat
More than one thousand ethnic Albanians have been airlifted to temporary shelter in Turkey and Norway.
They are the first of tens of thousands of refugees expected to be relocated to countries in Europe, the United States...
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Look at rival parties competing in upcoming snap poll
Skopje
1. Wide of street scene with campaign poster for Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski
2. Campaign poster for Gruevski
3. Man standing next to wall covered with Gruevski posters
Strumica
4. Wide of Gruevski's last...
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MACEDONIA: REFUGEES STREAM OUT OF KOSOVO
Natural Sound
Tens of thousands of ethnic Albanians have streamed out of Kosovo, as NATO continues its bid to smash Serb military units, and ease what officials say is becoming Europe's worst humanitarian disaster since World War...
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Clashes with Albanian rebels in northern Macedonia
1. Various wide shots of village with audio of heavy machine gun fire
2. Wide hit bunker smoking on hillside
3. Mid shot village with audio of gunfire
4. Street in village
5. Tank manoevering in village, moving towards rebel positions
6....
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MACEDONIA: BORDER WITH KOSOVO CLOSED (2)
Albanian/Nat
As time runs out in for peace in Kosovo, large numbers of ethnic Albanian refugees have crossed the border into Macedonia.
On Tuesday, the Macedonian authorities closed border posts stemming the flow of thousands of Kosovo...
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(V) YUGOSLAVIA: KOSOVO: REFUGEES FLEE FROM SERB ATROCITIES
Voice and effects
Tens of thousands of ethnic Albanians streamed out of Kosovo on Monday, hoping to escape Serbian aggression and find safety on the other side of the Albanian border.
The sheer scale of the exodus from Kosovo has left...
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KOSOVO: EXCHANGE OF FIRE
English/Nat
Albanian guerrillas and Macedonian troops have exchanged fire in a mountainous border area, as U-S peacekeepers step up patrols nearby in Kosovo to try to stem the intensifying ethnic Albanian insurgency.
Gun and mortar...
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MACEDONIA: OCSE HEAD WALKER KOSOVO CRISIS PRESS BRIEFING
English/Nat
William Walker, the U-S diplomat who heads the O-S-C-E monitoring mission that was recently expelled from Kosovo, on Tuesday denied that the NATO airstrikes had made the situation in the troubled province worse.
Walker...
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Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski arrives for official visit
1. Wide of Chinese and Macedonian presidents walking to stage for the welcoming ceremony
2. Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski and Chinese President Hu Jintao on stage listening to national anthem
3. Close of Branko Crvenkovski
4....
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MACEDONIA: PRIME MINISTER GEORGIJEVSKI PRESS BRIEFING
Macedonian/Nat
With some 10-thousand NATO rapid reaction troops stationed in the country, Macedonia fears Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic could retaliate against the small, landlocked Balkan nation for hosting Western forces....
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Delivery of election materials to polling stations, voxes
1. Wide top view of Parliament and part of Syntagma Square
2. Mid top view of Syntagma Square
3. Close-up top view of traffic
4. Wide of school
5. Mid of people putting up lists of polling stations
6. Close up of people's hands putting...
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MACEDONIA/KOSOVO BORDER: BRITISH NATO TROOPS
English/Nat
British troops gathered on the Macedonian border with Kosovo on Friday, awaiting the go-ahead to cross into the province and begin their peacekeeping operation.
They are expected to make the move early on Saturday.
While the...
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Reax to outcome of vote marred by violence, fraud allegations
1. Bridge over Vardar River
2. Various of campaign poster of Macedonian Prime Minsiter Nikola Gruevski
3. Wide of newspaper kiosk
4. Newspapers on display
5. Newspaper showing Gruevski during victory celebrations with headline reading...
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USA - US Macedonia Presence After UN Withdrawal
U.S. defence secretary William Perry said on Monday (6/3) that the
U.S. was prepared to beef up its troop presence in Macedonia, if
UN troops are ordered out of Croatia. Perry was speaking in
Washington during a brief photo opportunity...
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YUGOSLAVIA: BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY COOK IN BELGRADE
English/Nat
British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook travelled to Belgrade on Saturday to deliver an ultimatum for the warring sides in Kosovo to start urgent peace talks or face consequences.
Representing the six country Contact Group on...
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MACEDONIA: KOSOVO CRISIS: WFP PROVIDE FLOUR FOR BREAD
Eng/Albanian/Nat
The World Food Programme is providing flour to a factory in Macedonia which is now busy making bread for Kosovar refugees.
The WFP is looking to provide five million loaves of bread to camps in the Balkans and to provide...
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MACEDONIA: BRITISH JOURNALISTS COME UNDER FIRE
English/Nat
Two British journalists and their Albanian translator have come under fire from unidentified gunmen in Kosovo.
The incident occurred on the road between Prizren and Pristina.
The three were treated for minor injuries at the...
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KOSOVO: NATO'S AIR CAMPAIGN AGAINST SERBIA ANNIVERSARY
Various File, Kosovo
Racak, Kosovo - Mid-January, 1999
1. Wide shot, coffins from Racak massacre
2. Various, women crying
3. Funeral procession
4. SOUNDBITE: (Albanian) Hashim Thaci, Ex K-L-A leader, Albanian political...
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MACEDONIA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS UPDATE (V)
English/Nat
One of the borders between Kosovo and Macedonia has been re-opened by Yugoslav authorities after being closed on Wednesday.
But for the thousands of refugees camped in no-man's land waiting to cross, life goes on.
Doctors...
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Preps ahead of Sunday's election; opposition claims fraud
Tetovo
1. Medium of flags
2. Pan of campaign billboards, from Ali Ahmeti, head of the main Albanian opposition party Democratic Union for Integration, to Menduh Thaci, head of the Democratic Party of Albanians
3. Election poster...
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Reactions to death of president
1. Wide of presidential palace in Skopje
2. Close up of the Macedonian flag (not at half mast yet)
3. Plaques of the government building
4. Background set of presser with sign reading "Government of the Republic of Macedonia"
5. Cutaway...
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PM al-Maliki meets Macedonian president Branko Crvenkovski
1. Macedonian president Branko Crvenkovski at talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki
2. Mid of al-Maliki
3. Wide of meeting with Macedonian delegation
4. Iraqi officials
5. Mid of Crvenkovski
6. Mid of two leaders, pull out to...
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MACEDONIA: NATO: KOSOVO: WARNING TO PRO-SERB ELEMENTS
English/Nat
NATO is warning pro-Serb elements in Macedonia that it will retaliate if attacks on its bases continue and lives of NATO personnel are put at risk.
The warning comes after the latest attack involved grenades and anti-tank...
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MACEDONIA: INTERNATIONAL TROUPE PERFORM FOR REFUGEES
English/Nat
An international troupe of artists and musicians are busy entertaining hundreds of refugee children from Kosovo.
The event has been organised by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in an effort to entertain children...