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ALBANIA: POLIO VACCINES ARRIVE FOR EMERGENCY VACCINATION PROGRAMME
Albanian/Nat
The first load of polio vaccines has arrived in the poverty-stricken country of Albania where there is a serious outbreak of the disease.
Twelve Albanians have so far died and up to 78 are infected by the disease which is ...
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Albania - Berisha update
The Albanian parliament on Friday (18/9) voted to lift the parliamentary immunity of opposition leader Sali Berisha, paving the way for his arrest and prosecution on charges of leading a coup. The vote came after more than three thousand...
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Minister dismisses allegations in Del Ponte book
1. Wide exterior of Kosovo government office building
2. Close of sign reading: (Albanian/Serbian/English) "Republic of Kosovo, Ministry of Justice."
3. Kosovo's Justice Minister, Nekibe Kelmendi, at desk in office
4. SOUNDBITE...
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MACEDONIA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS UPDATE
English/Nat
United Nations aid workers in Macedonia say they are witnessing a systematic mass expulsion of ethnic Albanians from Kosovo.
At the Blace border crossing, refugees piled into an overflowing temporary camp, some so exhausted...
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ALBANIA: PRESIDENT BERISHA TO RESIGN IF SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT ELECTED
English/Nat
Albanian President Sali Berisha announced on Wednesday that he will resign in the event of a Socialist government.
His announcement comes after the Socialists apparently won victory in Sunday's parliamentary election.
At a...
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ALBANIA: PRESSURE ON UNHCR TO MOVE REFUGEES
Eng/Albanian/Nat
Despite increasing pressure on the U-N-H-C-R to move refugees away from the Albanian border, the agency says its attempts to move ethnic Albanians are proving unsuccessful.
Camps in Kukes are overcrowded and dangerously...
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ALBANIA: TIRANA: PROTESTS AGAINST CRACKDOWN ON ETHNIC ALBANIANS
Eng/Albanian/Nat
Albania's Prime Minister Fatos Nano has issued a rallying call to ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, following a weekend of violence in which 20 people were killed.
Nano's call coincided with a large pro-Kosovo rally attended...
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ALBANIA: TIRANA: OSCE DELEGATION CRISIS PRESS CONFERENCE
English/Nat
An international delegation has criticised both the Albanian opposition and government for their part in rioting this week that threatened to topple the elected leadership.
Officials of the Organisation for Security and...
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ALBANIA: MULTINATIONAL SECURITY MISSION: ARRIVAL OF TROOPS UPDATE (3)
Spanish/Nat
Spanish troops joined their French and Italian counterparts in the multi-national security force arriving in the Albanian port of Durres.
The troops, part of a vanguard to protect aid distribution in the region, were...
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USA: KOSOVO: KLA VOLUNTEERS BEGIN RETURNING HOME
English/Nat
As the Serbs withdraw from Kosovo, some of the K-L-A volunteers who fought in the province have begun to return home.
Over four hundred recruits left New York earlier this year, and some of them even fought on the frontlines...
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WRAP NATO delays membership for Ukraine, Georgia, family photo, Putin arrives
1. Wide of news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General (++part overlaid with shots of audience++):
"Therefore we agreed - we of course the heads of state in government - that an invitation to the...
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Preps, vox ahead of parliamentary elections
1. Armed police guarding ballot boxes, pan to election staff
2. Close up of ballot boxes
3. Close up of gun, tilt up to policeman holding it
4. Pan right of election officials waiting to receive voting material
5. Close up of voting...
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Kosovo Serbs prepare to celebrate Orthodox Christmas
1. Wide of St. Nicholas' church
2. Various of Kosovo Serbs lighting candles
3. Various of Kosovo Serbs gathered outside the church attending a mass
4. Various of mass
5. Close up of boys listening
6. Various of man lighting fire
7....
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Opposition protesters call for PM Berisha to quit
1. Mid of Albanian police outside Prime Minister Sali Berisha's office, Albanian flag in background
2. Mid of policeman giving out orders
3. Wide of row of policemen holding shields and helmets
4. Wide of protesters holding flags and...
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WRAP NATO delays membership for Ukraine, Georgia; Croatia PM
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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Gaza - Albanian Prime Minister meets Arafat
Albanian Prime Minister Fatos Nano arrived in Gaza City on Thursday (12/03) for a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat. The two leaders discussed recent developments in the West Bank
and in Kosovo. Following the...
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ITALY: NATO AIR EXERCISES OVER THE BALKANS UNDERWAY (3)
Aviano Air Base, Italy - 15 June, 1998
1. Various of American F-16 jets taking off
2. Various wide shots of jets taking off
3. Spanish F-18 jet in the air flying away from camera
4. Wide shot cargo plane
5. Wide shot of radar at...
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MACEDONIA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS: AID SUPPLIES
Natural Sound
NATO officials say that aid supplies are now beginning to flow in large quantities to refugee camps in Macedonia and Albania.
Over half a million ethnic Albanian refugees have fled from Kosovo since the start of the...
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MACEDONIA: KOSOVO CRISIS: BRITISH TROOPS READY FOR ACTION
English/Nat
British troops - part of the NATO force in Macedonia - remain in a state of readiness and have taken up defensive positions in the hills around Skopje.
APTN was shown Stormer anti-aircraft missile launchers ready and under...
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KOSOVO: US & RUSSIAN NEGOTIATORS ARRIVE IN EFFORT TO RESOLVE CRISIS
English/Nat
The U-S envoy to Kosovo and the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister have arrived in Pristina to try to resolve the crisis in the strife-torn province of Kosovo.
Throughout the past week Christopher Hill and Nikolai Afanasyevsky...
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Latest reax on Macedonia crisis
1. Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State and Hubert Vedrine, French Foreign Minister
2. SOUNDBITE : (English) Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State
"We stand fully behind the territorial integrity and independence of Macedonia,...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO REFUGEES CROSSING BORDER
Albanian/Nat
It is feared at least 20 Albanian men may have been killed by Serbs on Thursday.
Kosovo refugees who crossed into Albania claim the men were taken away by Serbian soldiers from the village of Goden in the southwest of the...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS LATEST
German/Nat
As the NATO air strikes in the Balkans enter their third week, the flow of refugees from the embattled Yugoslav province of Kosovo continues.
At the border posts stories of hardship, misery and separation are common.
Each...
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ALBANIA: MULTINATIONAL SECURITY MISSION: ARRIVAL OF TROOPS UPDATE (2)
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, Italian and Spanish troops reached the main port of...