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ALBANIA: REBELS WILL NOT ACCEPT UN SECURITY FORCE UPDATE
Albanian/Nat
Albania's rebel alliance says it won't accept a U-N international security force that's due to escort humanitarian aid convoys in the strife-torn country.
The rebels made their position clear at a massive rally in Vlora on...
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Italy - Organised crime
An Italian anti-mafia magistrate has warned that Albanian
organised crime members are among those fleeing anarchy-ridden
Albania in order to seek refuge in southern Italy.
00.00 WS exterior Palace of Justice
00.05 UPSOT Nicola Piacente:...
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ALBANIA/KOSOVO BORDER: REFUGEE CRISIS LATEST
Farsi/Nat
Ethnic Albanian refugees from Kosovo are continuing to pour into Albania, and border officials and aid agencies are bracing themselves for thousands more in the next few hours.
More than 370-thousand refugees from Kosovo have...
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PDK forced to seek deal with rival party, analyst
1. Wide exterior of PDK (Democratic Party of Kosovo) party headquarters
2. Close-up of PDK sign
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hajredin Kuqi, PDK Senior Official:
"I think that including the results that we are getting now the PDK is the first...
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ALBANIA: MULTINATIONAL SECURITY MISSION: TROOP BUILD UP UPDATE
English/Nat
To cheering crowds the first group of Italian troops arrived in the southern Albanian town of Vlora on Thursday, to begin work on de-mining and securing the harbour there in preparation for international aid shipments....
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ALBANIA: TIRANA: SCHOOLS & UNIVERSITIES REOPEN
English/Nat
Schools and universities in the Albanian capital Tirana have reopened Tuesday.
The Albanian capital has struggled to return to normal after almost two months of chaos.
Students, bored after being forced to stay at...
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US Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns on Iran weapons, Kosovo
1. Mid of Nicholas Burns, United States Undersecretary of State for political affairs, talking to journalists and officials
2. Burns walking into press conference and greeting journalists along the way
3. Mid of audience listening to...
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ITALY: KOSOVO: INTERNATIONAL AID GROUP PREPARES FOOD DROP
English/Nat
An international aid group dropped leaflets over Kosovo on Wednesday promising hungry refugees that food was on the way,
The first aid drops into the province are due to start on Thursday, and are intended for 50 thousand...
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ITALY/ALBANIA: MULTINATIONAL SOLDIERS CONTINUE TO ARRIVE IN ALBANIA
English/Nat
Two Spanish ships moored at the Italian harbour of Brindisi, Italy, on Sunday en route to Albania.
Earlier Sunday, the first one-hundred and 20 French soldiers landed in the Albanian port of Durres, ahead of a...
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ALBANIA: TIRANA: MULTINATIONAL SECURITY MISSION: GREEK TROOPS ARRIVE
Natural Sound
The first Greek troops in the multi-national force safeguarding humanitarian aid in Albania arrived at Tirana airport Wednesday.
They will be deployed in the rebel-held southern port of Vlora and around the Albanian ...
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Albania - OSCE envoy Vranitzky meets Sali Berisha
Delegates from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) met President Sali Berisha in Tirana on Saturday (08/03) and urged him to end weeks of violence in Albania by seeking a political solution.
VS Albanian...
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WRAP DUI criticises election, leaders voting, police; ADDS polls closing
Tetovo
1. Exterior of polling station
2. Wide of last voters leaving polling station and police officer closing door
3. Close-up of police officer locking door
4. Various of officials with documents
5. Various of ballot boxes being...
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ALBANIA: EU DELEGATION ARRIVE IN BID TO STEM WAVE OF VIOLENCE
Natural Sound
One of the most violent attacks of lawlessness around Albania's beleaguered capital Tirana took place Wednesday, as unidentified masked gunmen sprayed bullets at a bus, killing one passenger and injuring several...
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ALBANIA: PRESIDENT SALI BERISHA'S REACTION TO COLLAPSE OF 4 FUNDS
Albanian/Nat
Albanian President Sali Berisha has said people who fear for their savings in high-risk investment funds should stop being so sceptical.
Four large funds have collapsed or had their assets put under government control since...
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WRAP UN envoy says talks end in deadlock; Serbs reax; Albanians' reax
1. Wide shot of news conference
2. Medium shot of Serbian delegation seated for news conference
3. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) Boris Tadic, Serbian President:
"I want to once again reiterate the stance that the independence of Kosovo is...
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EU: NETHERLANDS: FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET TO DISCUSS CRISIS IN ALBANIA
Eng/French/Nat
The European Union foreign ministers, faced with a deteriorating situation in Albania, met to try and resolve the crisis on Saturday.
The ministers met in the Netherlands which now holds the E-U presidency, and debated ...
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Prime Minister holds news conference on army depot explosion
1. Wide exterior of government building
2. Mid of Albanian flag
3. Wide of Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha talking at news conference
4. SOUNDBITE: (Albanian) Sali Berisha, Albanian Prime Minister:
"In the village of Gerdec there...
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KOSOVO: SERBS FORCES TAKE MAIN KLA STRONGHOLD AT JUNIK
Junik, Kosovo province, Yugoslavia - 16 August 1998 1. Various press cars and jeeps on the road2. Tracking shot of damaged buildings in Junik3. Serb trucks on road4. Tracking shot damaged buildings in Junik5. Serb trucks on road6. Serb...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO CRISIS: AID CONVOY ATTACKED BY BANDITS
Albanian/Nat
An aid convoy has come under attack by bandits as it travelled through the mountains of Northern Albania.
The convoy of four trucks, carrying food and blankets, was sent into the region by an aid group named Concern.
They...
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ALBANIA/KOSOVO BORDER: REFUGEE CRISIS UPDATE
Eng/Albanian/Nat
More refugees have been flooding across the border between Kosovo and Albania on Tuesday.
With the refugee situation worsening, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is to start airlifting supplies to the...
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ALBANIA: VLORA: PREPARATION FOR ARRIVAL OF INTERNATIONAL TROOPS
Natural Sound
Police in the rebel controlled city of Vlora, in southern Albania, are getting their house in order before the arrival of an international force.
Police units have set up a checkpoint outside the rebel stronghold, in a bid...
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Albania - Election preparations
T/I 11:28:45 (Digital: Tape 2)
Despite continuing unrest, preparations for Sunday's (29/6)
elections in Albania are "well advanced," according to officials
from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
They met the Mayor...
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Albania - Italian Garibaldi troops arrive
Italian Garibaldi troops arrived in the Albanian port city of
Durres (20/4) to join the Italian-led multinational protection
force. Italy, as the main contingent in the force, is
contributing some 2,000 to 2,500 soldiers.
WS ferry at...
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ALBANIA: GREEK BUS HIJACKER SHOT DEAD
Albanian/Nat
An Albanian hijacker who seized a Greek bus on Friday and held the driver and seven passengers captive now lies dead in Albania.
Greek police said Albanian forces stormed the hijacked bus early on Saturday after it had...