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RUSSIA: KOSOVO: FOREIGN MINISTER IVANOV GIVES INTERVIEW
Russian/Nat
Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov is downplaying threats of Russia re-targeting its nuclear missiles on the West, and says all efforts should be placed on finding a political solution to the conflict in the Balkans.
But...
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YUGOSLAVIA: REACTION TO ATTEMPTS TO SOLVE KOSOVO CRISIS
Eng/Albanian/Nat
Reaction has been swift to international attempts to seat the warring factions in Kosovo around the negotiating table.
The six-nation Contact Group on Friday called all parties in the conflict to an international...
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YUGOSLAVIA: US BRITISH & AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY STAFF ARE EVACUATED
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Ahead of possible NATO action against Yugoslavia, the U-S, British and Australian embassies evacuated nonessential staff from their Belgrade missions on Thursday.
A convoy of some 20 cars, jeeps and trucks drove away from...
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Croatia/Serbia - Tudjman Announces Peace Moves
Croatian President President Tudjman announced on Friday afternoon
(17/11) on state TV the drafting of a document that normalizes
bilateral relations between Croatia and Serbia. Tudjman made the
announcement upon his return from the...
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YUGOSLAVIA: PROKUPLJE: ANTI MILOSEVIC PROTESTS (2)
Serbo-Croat/Nat
There were moments of tension at an anti-government protest in southern Serbia on Thursday, when a ruling party official fired gunshots into the air to disrupt the rally.
About 4-thousand protesters had gathered in the...
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YUGOSLAVIA: KOSOVO: ATROCITIES UPDATE: MASS GRAVES FOUND
English/Nat
Mass graves continue to come to light in Kosovo as NATO troops reach the more remote parts of the province.
The bodies of 97 civilians from three villages north west of Pec were discovered on Sunday, allegedly victims of the...
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YUGOSLAVIA: ECONOMY STRUGGLING AFTER KOSOVO CRISIS
Serbo-Croat/Nat
Yugoslavia's economy is still grappling with the aftermath of the Kosovo crisis.
With its infrastructure in ruins following the heavy bombings of the NATO campaign, everyday items such as household essentials and fuel...
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RUSSIA: MOSCOW: KOSOVO PEACE PLAN LATEST
Russian/Nat
Russia's Balkans envoy faced the task on Wednesday of trying to sell a new draft Kosovo peace plan to a sceptical parliament and a public likely to see it as a humiliating defeat.
Many believe the peace proposals are a...
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YUGOSLAVIA: KOSOVO: REFUGEES RE-UNITED
Albanian/Nat
For the thousands of refugees returning home to Kosovo there is widespread fear about what they will find there.
Missing relatives and burnt out homes have greeted people in towns and villages across the province.
But for...
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YUGOSLAVIA: KOSOVO: ANGRY ETHNIC ALBANIANS CHEER AS SERBS LEAVE
Albanian/Nat
As French K-FOR forces moved into the town of Vucitern, about 30 kilometres (20 miles) northwest of Pristina, ethnic Albanians cheered them on.
At the same time they kicked and spat at departing Serb civilians fleeing the...
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KOSOVO: NATO MINISTERS AGREE ON DUMMY BOMBING RUNS IN KOSOVO
English/Nat
NATO decided on Thursday approved a demonstration of allied military air power to try and convince Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to back down over Kosovo.
Defence Ministers meeting in Brussels agreed to carry out...
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Bosnia - Memorial For French War Dead
French peacekeepers on Saturday (16/9) held a memorial service for
a comrade killed in an accident on Friday on Mount Igman road.
Sergeant Oliver Meyer, 27, died from injuries received when his
armoured vehicle overturned and fell down a...
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ISRAEL: RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER IVANOV VISIT
Russian/Nat
Russia's foreign minister Igor Ivanov says that sending NATO ground forces into
Yugoslavia would "widen the conflict" in the Balkans.
Ivanov, who is in Israel to discuss the stalled Mideast peace process, also condemned...
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BOSNIA: ZENICA: BOSNIAN SERBS EVACUATE 5000 REFUGEES
Serbo-Croat/Nat
The Bosnian Serbs have said they have completed evacuating about 5,000 refugees from Zepa Thursday.
Zepa is the second U.N. safe haven to fall in two weeks. Its residents, mostly Bosnian Muslims, are seeking refuge in...
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Bosnia - Skender Vakuf Prepares Its Defence
Bosnian Serb forces have been reinforcing their positions on
their Western frontlines on Thursday (21/9). It is an attempt to
stop the Bosnian Government army advance on the Serbian stronghold
of Banja Luka. Artillery positions are being...
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ITALY: POPE HOSTS A MEETING OF BISHOPS FROM FORMER YUGOSLAVIA
Italian/Nat
Pope John Paul-the-second has hosted a meeting of bishops from the former Yugoslavia to discuss how the Catholic Church can help rebuild the region.
Twenty-two bishops, including those from Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia and...
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BELGIUM: PARLIAMENTARY MEETING TO DECIDE FUTURE OF WILLY CLAES
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The Belgian parliament has been meeting in closed session to decide the future of NATO chief Willy Claes.
If legislators decide to lift Claes' parliamentary immunity against prosecution on corruption charges, he is likely...
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Bosnia - Situation Update
Approximately 50 rounds of heavy fire were exchanged on Friday
(13/5) after U.N. military observers left Celic, seven kilometres
from the Serb - held town of Brcko. At last report, Bosnian Serbs
were 150 metres away from frontline...
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YUGOSLAVIA: DEAD FROM NATO STRIKE ON TV HQ MOURNED
Serbo-Croat/Nat
Yugoslavs mourned the dead from Friday's strike on Serbian TV headquarters in Belgrade, which authorities said killed 16 and injured 18 people.
NATO called the television centre an arm of Yugoslav President Slobodan...
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GREECE: ANTI NATO PROTESTS
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Protesters opposing NATO attacks on Yugoslavia targeted their anger at American diplomatic sites around Europe on Friday, in a sign of mounting public challenges to the military campaign.
In Greece, another NATO member,...
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SYND 9 11 78 DEPUTY TRADE MINISTER ANAKIOSKI ON YUGOSLAV ECONOMY
Yugoslav workers have been paying themselves too much money and now they face a possible compulsory cut in wages.
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BRUSSELS: KOSOVO: NATO : PRESS BRIEFING
English/Nat
Bad weather again held up NATO's bombing campaign against Yugoslavia on Saturday.
Three of four planned waves of air strikes were cancelled in the space of twenty four hours.
And the forecast calls for more bad weather in the...
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KOSOVO: PRISTINA: GERMAN MARK REPLACES YUGOSLAV DINAR
English/Nat
In a major step toward severing Kosovo's remaining ties with Yugoslavia, the United Nations announced on Friday that the German mark will serve as the major official currency in the province replacing the Yugoslav dinar.
New...
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(V) YUGOSLAVIA: KOSOVO: REFUGEES FLEE FROM SERB ATROCITIES
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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...