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ADRIATIC SEA: ON BOARD US AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS EISENHOWER
English/Nat
The U-S Navy has been demonstrating its readiness for any action against Serbia with aircraft manoeuvres over the Adriatic.
As the Kosovo crisis continues, the latest arrival in the region is the aircraft carrier the U-S-S...
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Last-minute preparations for Pope Francis' visit to Balkan nation
Workers and volunteers prepared the streets of the Albanian capital Tirana on Saturday ahead of Pope Francis' visit to the Balkan nation on Sunday.
"It's a great fortune that the Pope is coming tomorrow. For all Albanians it will be a...
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KOSOVO/YUGOSLAVIA: SERBIAN SOLDIERS ON BORDER PATROL
Albanian/Nat
Serbian soldiers are patrolling the border where Kosovo meets Albania, the site of recent clashes between ethnic Albanian rebels.
The soldiers say tensions are heightened in the border area, with regular raids from the...
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Albania - Anti-government demonstration
Albanian opposition Democratic Party leader Sali Berisha, led 2,000 anti-government chanting supporters through Tirana on Wednesday (16/09) as the Socialist government accused him of attempting a coup d'etat. Unperturbed by threats of...
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Albania - Bukoshi visits refugees
Exiled Kosovo Prime Minister Bujar Bukoshi on Monday travelled to northern Albania to meet refugees fleeing the violence in his homeland.
Bukoshi visited the border town of Bajram Currie, where thousands of ethnic Albanians from Kosovo...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS: FOOD AID
English/Nat
As more and more refugees flood into the Albanian camp of Kukes, NATO is trying to get more aid in to cope with the crisis.
The allies have begun using Chinook helicopters to cope with the weight of supplies needed.
A NATO...
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RUSSIA: FINNISH PRESIDENT HALONEN VISIT WRAP
Serbo-Croat/Rus/Nat
Finland's President Tarja Halonen has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov.
After talks with the Finnish President, Putin said that Russia had no intention of discussing the...
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ALBANIA: SHKODRA: TOWN TAKEN BY REBELS
Natural Sound
The insurgency in Albania continued to spread north, east and west Thursday.
At least 12 people were killed and a further 50 injured in battles between government forces and rebels.
In President Sali Berisha's northern...
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ALBANIA: TIRANA: CHILDREN HOLD RALLY FOR PEACE
Natural Sound
After almost two months of unrest in Albania, some of the country's children have held a rally for peace.
They took to the capital's main square to oppose the violence that has left at least 200 people dead and more than...
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Albania - Pro government protests
Tensions remain high in Tirana, after 6,000 Albanians gathered in the city's Skanderbeg Square on Tuesday (28/01) to attend a pro-government rally called by President Berisha in protest against the recent violence in the country.
GVS...
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ALBANIA: PRESIDENT BERISHA URGES 'NATIONAL RECONCILIATION' (2)
Albanian/Nat
Albanian President Sali Berisha made a live announcement on national television on Sunday proposing the formation of a new government comprising all of Albania's parties as well as elections within two months.
But rebels...
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Kosovo Serbs celebrate Orthodox Christmas
1. Various of Kosovo Serbs walking and singing, holding branches
2. Mid of man cutting a branch from a tree
3. Various of tree being cut
4. Various of boys singing songs
5. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) Vox pop, Marko Antic, Kosovo Serb:
"We...
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ITALY: 900 ALBANIAN REFUGEES RESCUED BY COASTGUARDS
Brindisi and Lecce, southern Italy, 17 March 1997
Brindisi
1. Police standing at dock
2. Boat entering port
3. Boat docking
4. Various refugees
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Admiral Renato Ferrero
6. Pan across of hydrofoil
7. ...
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Official results confirm ex-rebel's party winning elections
1. People and media assembled for the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe) news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tim Guldimann, OSCE head of mission Ambassador:
"Now let's come first to the Kosovo assembly. In...
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ALBANIA: ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER ROMANO PRODI VISIT
Vlora, Albania, 13th April 1997
1. Wide shot of helicopters arriving
2. Close-up of soldier waiting
3. Wide shot of soldier and flare
4. Close-up of soldier looking through binoculars
5. Wide shot of helicopter landing
6. Mid shot of...
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ALBANIA: REBELS INCREASE THEIR CONTROL UPDATE
Eng/French/Nat
In southern Albania, rebels are increasing their control of the area as the government concedes it is "out of control".
Rebels blew up a key road between the southern towns of Delvina and Saranda Thursday in an attempt to...
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Albania - Diana orphanage
An orphanage in a small Albanian town which received many of the teddy bears left outside London's Kensington Palace after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales is being officially reopened by the Albanian President Recep Mejdani and his...
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Revised UN resolution would delay independence for Kosovo for 120 days
1. Top shot of Pristina skyline
2. Mid of people walking in city centre
3. Various of book stand
4. SOUNDBITE: (Albanian) Behlul Beqa, political analyst:
"Well, during these four months, we will see insecurity and an unstable situation...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO CRISIS: KLA PRESS BRIEFING
Natural Sound
Kosovo Liberation Army leader Hashim Thaci has urged NATO to continue airstrikes in Yugoslavia, despite Friday's errant bombing of a prison which killed several K-L-A volunteers.
He was speaking in the Albanian capital,...
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KOSOVO: SERB FORCES ADVANCE ON ETHNIC ALBANIAN REBELS
German/Nat
In some of the most intense fighting in months, Serb forces backed by tanks advanced on ethnic Albanian rebels in Kosovo.
The rebels offered strong resistance to the government efforts to clear key roads.
If successful, the...
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ALBANIA: LEVAN/FIER: FUNERALS HELD FOR VICTIMS OF MASSACRE
Natural Sound
The funerals were held Friday of some of the victims of a massacre in the central Albanian towns of Levan and Fier.
Local reports from the area say the battle, which left 20 dead, began when gunmen entered the town and...
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Albania - Solana meets Albanian leaders
NATO Secretary-General Javier Solana told Albanian leaders Thursday (12/3) the alliance opposed their request for deployment of an international force in Serbia's embattled Kosovo province.
Solana was speaking after an airport meeting...
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ALBANIA: NO OFFICIAL RESULTS AVAILABLE AFTER ELECTION VOTE
English/Nat
The Albanian Socialist Party, successor to the old Communist Party, has pulled out of the country's elections claiming that victory had been stolen from them by the ruling Democratic Party.
The Democrats claimed they had won...
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Albania - Foreign nationals evacuated
United States military helicopters began evacuating American nationals from the Albanian capital, Tirana, on Friday (14/3). Four Chinooks flew the evacuees from a compound near the US embassy to a US navy ship in the Adriatic.
The...