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Likely PM in home retreat ahead of decision on power-sharing
1. Pan of village
2. Hashim Thaci's family house
3. Possible winner of Kosovo's prime minister post, Thaci - walking out of house through snow
4. Close-up of Thaci
5. Various of Thaci walking in garden
6. Close-up of Thaci
7. Thaci...
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NATO delays membership for Ukraine, Georgia; invites Albania, Croatia to join
1. Wide of news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General (++part overlaid with shots of audience++):
"Within the framework of the United Nations, many actors have worked hard to resolve the name...
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USA: PRESIDENT CLINTON KOSOVO CRISIS BROADCAST
English/Nat
U-S President Bill Clinton has told the Kosovo Albanians that they are not alone.
He warned that returning the Kosovars to their homes would take time, but
claimed there was no doubt about the outcome.
Clinton made the...
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SKOPJE: MASS HELD FOR MOTHER TERESA IN HER HOME TOWN
Eng/Macedo/Nat
A special mass for Mother Teresa was held in the Catholic church of the Sacred Heart in Skopje, the town where she was born 87 years ago.
The memorial service took place on Saturday afternoon in the private home of her...
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Albania-Berisha calls for overthrow of Fatos Nano
Former Albanian president, now opposition leader, Sali Berisha
on Wednesday (16/09) issued a call for the "overthrow of the
dictatorship" of socialist Prime Minister Fatos Nano.
Demonstrators and Berisha supporters gathered outside the...
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ITALY: PREPARATIONS FOR INFLUX OF KOSOVO REFUGEES
Italian/Eng/Nat
The Italian government is preparing for an influx of refugees fleeing Kosovo around the southern port of Bari.
But although food and housing awaits them there, the authorities are also sending humanitarian aid to Albania...
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ALBANIA: DURRES: ITALIAN TROOPS CONTINUE TO ARRIVE
Italian/Nat
Italian troops continue to arrive in the strife torn nation of Albania - part of a multinational force aimed at safeguarding the country's roads and ports.
Over 400 troops and more than 100 vehicles arrived in the port of...
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ALBANIA: DURRES: MULTINATIONAL SECURITY MISSION: ITALIAN ARRIVALS
Italian/Nat
The second wave of Italian troops have arrived in the Albanian port of Durres as part of the multi-national peace-keeping force.
The troops arrived aboard the San Marco, which had sailed form the Italian port of ...
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ALBANIA: HEALTH SERVICE PUT UNDER SEVERE STRAIN
Eng/Albanian/Nat
Albanian's state run health service is being put under severe strain with the increasing number of Kosovar refugees pouring in.
In the capital, Tirana, the population has swelled by a quarter in the last few months,...
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UK: LONDON: DEFENCE EXPERT SPEAKS ABOUT CRISIS IN KOSOVO
English/Nat
One of Britain's leading military analysts says there's very little possibility for a peaceful solution to the current crisis in Serbia's Kosovo province
Defence expert Professor Michael Clarke from London's Centre for...
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BELGIUM: JAVIER SOLANA CHOSEN AS EU'S FOREIGN POLICY CZAR
Natural Sound
The European Union leaders have chosen NATO Secretary General Javier Solana to become the EU's first ever foreign policy czar.
It is a new position, designed to give the union more clout, say and recognition on the ...
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Albania - Second round of elections
Albania's Socialist party leader, Fatos Nano, voted on Sunday (6/7) in the second round of elections aimed at ending months of anarchy and bloodshed. Nano's party had already won the election, with strong support in last weekend's first...
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USA: KOSOVO'S ETHNIC ALBANIAN LEADER DR BUKOSHI AT CAPITOL HILL
English/Nat
U-S envoy Richard Holbrooke is expected to meet Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic again on Wednesday, in what appears to be a last-ditch effort to avoid a NATO attack.
The United States has threatened military action...
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ALBANIA/UK: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS LATEST
English/Nat
A mini international summit has been held in London to discuss the conditions and requirements for the successful return of refugees to Kosovo.
Although hundreds of millions of dollars in aid is being made available by the...
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Albania - Vote Rigging Denied
President Sali Berisha denied on Thursday (30/5) that voting
irregularities had influenced the outcome of Sunday's general
election in Albania.
gvs street
newspapers laid out on stand and people passing by
President Sali Berisha English...
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Albania - Berisha speech
Albania's opposition leader Sali Berisha said Tuesday (29/09) the resignation of Socialist Premier Fatos Nano was not enough and demanded a "technical" government be set up to arrange new elections.
WS rally outside Democratic Party...
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ALBANIA: DURRES: MULTINATIONAL SECURITY MISSION: ITALIAN TROOPS ARRIVE
English/Nat
More Italian troops arrived in the western Albanian port of Durres Sunday, to join the implementation force already in the country.
European countries are sending 6-thousand troops to Albania. Some 3-thousand-500 have...
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Albania - Refugees
Concern is growing in Albania how to accommodate the thousands of refugees that are crossing into the country to escape the conflict in Kosovo, according to relief agencies on Saturday (13/06). One group of about 40 refugees trekked down...
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Albania-Arrival Italian troops to join task force
More Italian troops arrived in the Albanian port of Durres on
Saturday (19/4) to join the Italian-led multi-national task
force.
The force, which will ultimately number 6,000, is intended to
secure the safe delivery of international aid...
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ALBANIA: TIRANA: PRESIDENT SALI BERISHA REAFFIRMS HIS POSITION
English/Nat
Albanian President Sali Berisha reaffirmed, Sunday, that he will not stand aside - despite calls for his resignation from rebel leaders in the south.
Rebels hold him responsible for unrest in the country - prompted by the...
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Albania - Kosovan refugees/Aid Red Cross
As Kosovan refugees continued to flood over the border into northern Albania on Sunday (07/06), the International Red Cross began a massive programme of food distribution to affected areas. Around 50,000 members of the ethnic Albanian...
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ALBANIA: HUGE INFLUX OF REFUGEES & NATO TROOPS
English/Nat
Albania, one of the poorest countries in Europe, is struggling to cope with the huge influx of refugees and NATO troops.
Albania has already taken in over 300-thousand refugees who've fled Kosovo and now it has to play host...
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Kosovo - Security operation continues
The Serbian security operation against Albanian "terrorists" in central Kosovo was still under way Saturday afternoon (7/3), a Serbian Interior ministry official said. The Drenica region, a 300 square kilometre (120 square mile) triangle...
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US, EU, Russian envoys to nudge ethnic Albanians into new round of status talks
1. Tilt down Kosovo government building
2. Troika (EU, US and Russian) diplomats arriving for meeting
3. Close up of EU, US and Russian flags
4. Mid of Prime Minister, Agim Ceku greeting Troika diplomats
5. Ceku and diplomats pose for...