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RR7502B YUGOSLAVIA PIRATES ON THE AIR
In kitchens, parlours and sheds all over Yugoslavia,
hundreds of small pirate-radio stations operate to
serve tiny localities with a mixture of gossip and
record requests. The authorities are keen to stamp
out the illegal operators...
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UK - Carl Bildt on London conference on Bosnia
The UN High Representative in Bosnia, Carl Bildt, on Thursday (5/12)
described the London conference on Bosnia as "two good days of hard work, substantial commitments, and important bridge-building."
Representatives of 43 nations...
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US announces aid for Yugoslavia following Milosevic's arrest
1. Richard Boucher walks into briefing room
2. Cutaway of reporters
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Richard Boucher, US State Department Spokesman
"The Secretary determined that Yugoslavia had met the criteria of Section 594 of The Foreign...
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USA: COHEN MEETS NETHERLANDS DEFENCE MINISTER
English/Nat
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The U-S is pledging to lift sanctions against Yugoslavia once President Slobodan Milosevic accepts defeat in his bid for re-election and gives way to a successor.
Other governments, says the U-S, would be likely to...
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MONTENEGRO: ELECTION CAMPAIGN (V)
Serbo-Croat/Nat
VOICED BY: Philippa Meagher
Municipal elections in Montenegro are pitting supporters of the Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic against the small republic's pro-Western leader, President Miko Djukanovic.
Results of...
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Bosnia - Bosnian Serbs Strengthen Defences
Bosnian Serb forces close to Sarajevo have been strengthening
their defences with captured U.N. tanks and vehicles. On Tuesday,
(30/5) wide views of the sprawling Lukavica barracks, just south
of Sarajevo, show the Serbs have already...
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YUGOSLAVIA: KOSOVO: FISCHER ARRIVES IN PRIZREN
Natural Sound
Germany's foreign minister has arrived in the southeastern Kosovan town of Prizren.
Joschka Fischer was briefed by German troops -- who are currently busy disarming rebel ethnic Albanians.
It was in Prizren that German...
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YUGOSLAVIA: PARLIAMENT VOTE ON JOINING SLAVIC UNION
Serbo-Croat/Nat
Yugoslav parliamentarians have voted overwhelmingly in favour of joining a Slavic union which already includes Russia and Belarus.
If the union goes ahead, Yugoslavia believes it will get military backing from the...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS UPDATE
French/Nat
Albania is receiving large deliveries of much-needed aid for the thousands of refugees that have flooded across the Kosovo border.
French troops are just the latest to airlift aid to Kosovar refugees in Kukes in Albania.
The...
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Yugoslavia Ethnic Cleansing A
YUGOSLAVIA (Ethnic Cleansing)
map
crying woman
man in home (SOT: English)
police checking people's papers
"Chosen Few" entering school while non-Serb pupils denied access
family receiving eviction order
woman crying
man shows marks from...
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UK: LONDON: FOREIGN SECRETARY ROBIN COOK G-7 PRESS CONFERENCE
English/Nat
The major Western powers have imposed an investment ban on the former Yugoslavia because of its stance over the strife-torn province of Kosovo.
At a press conference on Saturday, U-K Foreign Secretary Robin Cook announced...
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+4:3 Interview with grandson, place where Tito widow will be buried, file
Serbian authorities say that Jovanka Broz, the widow of ex-Yugoslav communist leader Josip Broz Tito, will be buried with military honours at the same complex where her late husband's tomb is located.
A government committee said on...
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Serbia - Serbs Agree On Abide By Negotiating Team
An official statement from the Serbian government on Wednesday
(30/8) said the Bosnian Serbs had agreed to let the federal
Yugoslav government negotiate for them in the Balkan peace
process. The statement, read out by Serbian Information...
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CROATIA: CARE WORKERS IN ESPIONAGE CASE ARE FEED (2)
English/Nat
Two Australian aid workers, Steve Pratt and Peter Wallace, who were convicted of spying during the NATO bombing campaign against Yugoslavia, were freed on Wednesday.
Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic pardoned and...
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RR7724B NAIVE ART IN YUGOSLAVIA
The artistic style known as Naive Art began in
Yugoslavia in the 1930s as an attempt by a few
peasant craftsmen to reproduce picture postcards.
Today, it is still very much a peasant art, strongly
rooted in folk traditions and easily...
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(V) KOSOVO: TALKS SUSPENDED UNTIL MARCH
Voice and effects
The talks aimed at reaching a peace agreement for Kosovo have been suspended until mid-March.
U-S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says that will give the two sides time to think about their options.
The Serb...
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SYND 25 8 77 SPEAKERS AT WORLD APARTHEID CONFERENCE
America's United Nations Ambassador, Andrew Young, was believed to have presented the still secret Anglo-American plan for a Rhodesian settlement, in a meeting with Nigeria's rulers. Young was in Lagos to attend the United Nations...
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YUGOSLAVIA: ENERGY CRISIS CAUSES POWER CUTS
Natural Sound
Yugoslavia's worst-ever energy crisis forced rolling power cuts across the country's largest republic on Tuesday, leaving thousands shivering in their homes and technicians scrambling to maintain electricity supplies to...
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BOSNIA: BALKANS SUMMIT: GERHARD SCHROEDER
German/Nat
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his foreign minister are among the world leaders in Sarajevo attending a summit on the Balkans, but they took time out to tour the city before meetings got underway.
Schroeder and...
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GERMANY: BONN: G-8 FOREIGN MINISTERS KOSOVO MEETING (2)
Eng/Ger/Nat
Russia and Western powers have agreed on a common approach to seek peace for Kosovo.
The deal includes terms for an armed international force to secure the return of refugees.
The plan also calls for an armed international...
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USA: KOSOVO: NATO TO INCREASE ATTACKS
English/Nat
President Clinton says NATO is about to take military action against Yugoslavia to the "next level" with increased numbers of air strikes.
In an address from the White House, Clinton says strikes are already grinding down...
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BELGIUM: NATO: KOSOVO CRISIS: PRESS BRIEFING
English/Nat
NATO says it will continue its bombing campaign against Yugoslavia until Serb forces leave Kosovo.
At his daily press briefing, spokesman Jamie Shea said it was up to President Slobodan Milosevic to make the first move.
Shea...
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Switzerland - Holbrooke Speaks On Peace Talks
The foreign ministers of Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia agreed in
Geneva Friday (8/9) Friday to let Serbs have their own
self-governing "entity" within an overall Bosnian state.
Announcing the agreement, US peace negoatiator Richard...
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Bosnia/Croatia - Flooding
At least 400 French legionnaires stationed near the city of Mostar
in southwestern Bosnia were evacuated on Wednesday (27/12) when
their camp flooded. Further north in Zupanja, Croatia, US I-FOR troops attempting to build a bridge across...