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WRAP Firing at peacekeepers' house, Kosovo Serb sot, voting, polls close
Pristina
1. Wide of polling station
2. Electoral official empties ballot box onto table
3. Various of electoral officials counting ballots
4. SOUNDBITE: (Albanian) Kumrije Sahiti, electoral official:
"There have been no problems today....
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ALBANIA: MULTINATIONAL SECURITY MISSION: ARRIVAL OF TROOPS UPDATE
French/Italian/Nat
Hundreds of troops have arrived in Albania, the first major step of a multinational aid operation aimed at bringing relief to impoverished Albanians.
The French and Italian troops reached the main port of Durres...
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Decisive talks on Kosovo's future, Tadic and Thaci comments
1. Various of hotel where talks will take place
2. Various of Alexander Kharchenko, Russian ambassador and member of troika checking in at hotel
3. Various of police outside hotel.
4. Convoy carrying Boris Tadic, Serbian President...
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WRAP NATO leaders at summit, Obama, Sarkozy, De Hoop Scheffer
1. Wide of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) summit talks in progress
2. Close up of NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer speaking
3. Wide of summit
4. SOUNDBITE (French) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General:...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS LATEST
Eng/Albanian/Nat
Ambassadors from the U-S, Britain and France are expressing hope that the United Nations Security Council will speedily approve a draft resolution which could pave the way for an end to the Kosovo conflict.
But for the...
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Thaci states intention to declare independence, Berisha ex-Davos
Brussels, Belgium
1. Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci standing in lobby, on left with another man
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hashim Thaci, Prime Minister of Kosovo:
"I will repeat that Kosovo is ready, is united, is very well prepared for...
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Polls close, celebrations as Thaci claims victory
1. Cars driving down the streets of Pristina waving PDK party flags
2. Various of cars going around town honking horns celebrating exit poll results
3. SOUNDBITE (Albanian) Sadi Peroshi, PDK supporter:
"A convincing victory,...
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Reaction to UEFA ruling on Serbia-Albania match
The Albanian Football Association (AFA) on Friday condemned a UEFA decision to award Serbia a 3-0 win over Albania following a violent riot on the pitch during their European Championship qualifier in the Serbian capital Belgrade last...
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USA: STATE DEPARTMENT REACTION TO VIOLENCE IN KOSOVO
English/Nat
The United States has protested to Serbian and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia authorities about the violence in Kosovo which has left 20 people dead.
Most of the dead have been Albanians.
A U-S State Department spokesman...
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Serbs cross ethnic divide, travel to Albania to find brides
Sagonjevo, 280km south of Belgrade
1. Wide of Zoran Tomic and wife Edmonda Kardaku driving a tractor
2. Mid of chicken
3. Mid of Tomic and Kardaku getting off the tractor
4. Wide of house
5. Mid of couple sitting on the the porch in...
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Rights group urges investigation into claims of organ trafficking of Serbs
1. Wide of Pristina skyline
2. Pan from statue to people walking
3. Mid of people walking
4. Exterior of Kosovo government building
5. Close-up of sign reading: "Ministry of Justice"
6. Set-up of Kosovo's Justice Minister, Nekibe...
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USA: WASHINGTON: IMF APPROVE CHANGE IN PROCEDURES
English/Nat
The International Monetary Fund has approved a major change in procedures, allowing it to make available billions of dollars in resources to countries before times of crisis.
It says the change will hopefully prevent panic by...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS: REUNION
Eng/Albanian/Nat
Some of the Kosovar refugees are being reunited this week with relatives, following difficult periods spent in refugee camps.
Among them are Isak Zogiani, a retired mining engineer and his wife, Anjnisha, who have...
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ALBANIA: 13TH DAY OF PROTESTS OVER PYRAMID INVESTMENT SCHEME
Natural Sound
Protests continued for the 13th day running in the southern Albanian town of Vlora, over the failure of the pyramid investment schemes.
Two thousand demonstrators demanded the resignation of the Mayor of Vlora for his ...
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Francis says Albania's religious harmony an example to the world
Pope Francis said on Sunday that Albania was a country that had "succeeded in finding peace" between different religions.
Francis, who was speaking on board the Papal Plane en route to the Albanian capital Tirana, also said the country...
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Kosovo future overshadows world security conference
1. German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung and Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, entering room for photo opportunity, zoom in to Ivanov and pan to Jung
2. Ivanov and Jung
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Javier Solana, European...
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: ENT4-MICHAEL DOUGLAS
English/Nat DOUGLAS SWAPS PREMIERES FOR PEACE PROMOTION
Story: Michael Douglas
Location: Gramsh, Albania
Date: 11 October 1999
Ageing film idol MICHAEL DOUGLAS is being kept a busy boy these days - and none of it seems much to do...
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Albania - Deployment of international force
French troops who landed at the Albanian port of Durres on Tuesday (15/04) were welcomed by Albanians as they were transported in a convoy to a base three kilometres (2 miles) from the town.
t/s port
french troops preparing for departure...
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KOSOVO: US-UN AMBASSADOR HOLBROOKE VISIT
Eng/Albanian/Nat
Ex-Balkan troubleshooter Richard Holbrooke has praised the NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo and the U-N for their joint efforts in stopping post-war ethnic violence.
During a visit to Pristina, the new United...
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KOSOVO: RICHARD HOLBROOKE VISIT WRAP
Eng/Serbo-Croat/Nat
Ex-Balkan troubleshooter Richard Holbrooke has praised the NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo and the U-N for their joint efforts to stop post-war ethnic violence.
Holbrooke's comments came during a day of...
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Germany - US Spy Planes To Be 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.
gv c130 hercules transport plane on tarmac
gv...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO CRISIS: INJURED MAN AIRLIFTED OUT
English/Nat
A man, believed to be a French citizen, has been airlifted out of Northern Albania after being wounded during Sunday's shelling of the border area.
A French extraction team rushed to the Tropoje region, complete with doctors...
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MACEDONIA: STENKOVIC CAMP: PREPARATIONS FOR CLINTON VISIT (V)
Voice and effects
VOICED BY: Richard Vaughan
U-S President Bill Clinton is expected to meet with pleads of poverty from the authorities in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia when he visits the country on Tuesday.
The president...
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Dry winter means power cuts likely due to lack of supply for hydroelectric plants
An unusually dry winter in northern Albania was putting at risk the country's electricity supply, which is heavily dependent on hyrdoelectric power, a government-appointed official said.
The artificial Fierza lake in the Kukes area, on...