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USA: BOSNIA PEACE IN EUROPE
Eng/Nat
US President Clinton leaves today (Sunday) for a summit on peace in Europe. He'll join European leaders in the effort to salvage a five-nation peace plan being offered to warring Bosnia factions.
In a letter made public...
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ALBANIA: TIRANA: 16 PEOPLE INJURED IN BOMB BLAST AT CAFE
Albanian/Nat
A bomb tore through a cafe in the Albanian capital city Tirana on Monday, wounding at least 16 people.
The force of the blast, at a cafe owned by an Albanian opposition leader, hurled people from the second floor of the...
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ALBANIA: GOVERNMENT ORDERS CURFEWS UNDER NEW EMERGENCY POWERS
Albanian/Nat
The Albanian government ordered curfews, roadblocks and censorship under its new emergency powers Monday, and gave security forces the right to fire without warning at any armed opponents.
Despite weeks of protests...
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ALBANIA: FORMER PRESIDENT SALI BERISHA FACING POSSIBLE ARREST (2)
English/Nat
Ex-President Sali Berisha has vowed to continue his campaign to oust the government despite a poorly attended rally and his possible arrest.
He called on his followers who on Wednesday ignored another ultimatum to surrender...
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ALBANIA: VLORA: 1 PERSON KILLED AS PROTESTORS CLASH WITH POLICE
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One man died and at least sixty were wounded on Monday, in the latest violent clashes in Albania.
Angry crowds threw stones and attacked riot police in the southern port city of Vlora, beating some policemen and then...
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President Bush stopped in Bulgaria Monday, the final stop on his European trip where he's been enjoying great popularity in the Balkans.
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HEADLINE: Bush wraps up Europe trip in Bulgaria (bush)
CAPTION: President Bush stopped in Bulgaria Monday, the final stop on his European trip where he's been enjoying great popularity in the Balkans. (June...
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Albania - Protest banned
Albanian authorities on Sunday (2/2) banned a planned anti-government
demonstration scheduled for late morning in Tirana, the capital. It had been organised by independent trade unions.
One of the trade union leaders was taken away in a...
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Germany - US Spy Planes Deployed In Albania
Diplomatic sources in Albania and Germany decried suggestions that
the deployment of US spy planes is connected with a possible
United Nations withdrawal from Bosnia under NATO protection.
0.00 c130 hercules transport plane on...
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Albania - Mafia-run ships
Hundreds of Albanians are flocking to the northern town of Velipoje in the hope of buying a passage to Italy on a mafia-run ship.
Organisers of the operations are charging people about $500 a head for a space to Italy -- and there is...
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USA: NEW YORK: KOSOVO CRISIS: KLA RECRUITS SWORN IN
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The first U-S contingent of some 4-hundred new Kosovo Liberation Army (K-L-A) recruits have been sworn in at a ceremony in Yonkers, New York.
The new soldiers, men and women between the ages of 18 and 50, are ethnic...
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BELGIUM: NATO AGREE TO STEP UP TECHNICAL AID TO ALBANIA
English/Nat
NATO agreed on Wednesday to step up financial and technical aid to help Albania police its border with Yugoslavia's troubled Kosovo province.
But the military alliance said talk of sending alliance troops was premature.
NATO...
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Albania - State of emergency
Insurrection gripped the south of impoverished Albania on Tuesday (4/3) as the international community groped for a way to defuse the latest crisis to hit the Balkans.
Gun-toting challengers to President Sali Berisha, many of them...
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AlLBANIA: SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES TO OVERCOME BEFORE HOLDING ELECTIONS
Albanian/Nat
Albanian President Sali Berisha expressed his support on Monday for early elections next month and predicted they would end the chaos gripping his country.
But continued violence suggests there is little cause for optimism -...
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Macedonians to vote in referendum to decide on ethnic Albanian self-rule
Skopje
1. Wide of Skopje's empty street, bus passing by
2. Mid shot of Macedonian flag (red and yellow)
3. Wide interior of polling station, voters walking in and presenting identification to referendum officials
4. Pan of ballot...
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SOUTH AFRICA: ALBANIAN MONARCH IN EXILE SPEAKS OF CURRENT CRISIS
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Albanian monarch in exile, King Leka I, has spoken out on the crisis in his country of birth. He believes Albanians are in favour of a monarchy and has offered to return to the country to take up his position as monarch if...
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KOSOVO: IBRAHIM RUGOVA RETURNS HOME (2)
French/Nat
Moderate Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova has returned home from self-exile in Italy and declared that he is back to stay.
Rugova once enjoyed the loyalties of the majority of ethnic Albanians but now faces an uphill struggle...
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ALBANIA: MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE TO STAY IN EMERGENCY ACCOMODATION
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The multi-national force being sent in to Albania will have to stay in emergency accommodation during whilst in the northern port city of Vlora.
Military barracks, which were to have housed them, have been taken over by...
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KOSOVO: YUGOSLAV MILITARY CRACKDOWN ON ALBANIANS CONTINUES
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One day after the six nations Contract Group decided to impose fresh sanctions against Yugoslavia over the Kosovo crisis, Belgrade showed no sign of easing off from its military clampdown.
Reneging on an earlier...
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KOSOVO: AID CONVOYS CONTINUE DELIVERIES TO REFUGEES
English/Nat
Aid convoys are continuing to make their way around Kosovo, delivering food and supplies to the many refugees who have been forced from their homes.
Aid workers fear renewed fighting between ethnic Albanian fighters and Serb...
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Ethnic Albanian leadership and Serbian government remain divided over Kosovo's future
1. Wide of Pristina skyline
2. Exterior of Kosovo government building
3. Kosovo Prime Minister, Agim Ceku, arriving for talks
4. Opposition leader, Veton Surroi, arriving for talks
5. Close-up of photographer
6. Kosovo-Albanian leaders...
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ALBANIA: REFUGEES CONTINUE FLOODNG IN FROM KOSOVO
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Ethnic Albanians continue to flood across the border from Kosovo into neighbouring Albania seeking refuge.
Some 250 people have died over several months of fighting between Serbian forces and ethnic Albanians, who have...
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Amid heightened security, Pope Francis called for moderate Muslims and religious leaders to condemn Islamic extremists who "pervert" religion to justify violence, as he visited Albania and called it a model for interfaith harmony. (Sept. 21)
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SOUNDBITE (Italian) Pope Francis (++INCLUDES CUTAWAY OF AUDIENCE LISTENING++)
"Let no one think you can use the 'shield of God' while planning and committing acts of violence and oppression....
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ALBANIA: KUKES: KOSOVO: REFUGEES
Albanian/Nat
A sudden drop in the flow of refugees fleeing Kosovo has caused concern among relief officials.
On Monday evening, only seventeen people reportedly crossed the border into Kukes.
International monitors and aid officials fear...
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ALBANIA: UN CONVOY ARRIVES WITH AID FOR KOSOVO REFUGEES
English/Nat
The United Nations is appealing for 18 million (U-S) dollars for humanitarian aid for tens of thousands of refugees from the explosive province of Kosovo.
The first U-N aid supplies for Kosovo's refugees has made its way...