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ALBANIA: TIRANA: SIGNS THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS LOSING CONTROL
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As more and more towns in Albania join the civilian uprising, there are increasing signs that the government is losing control of the capital Tirana.
Prison guards deserted the central jail Friday, allowing 600 prisoners,...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO CRISIS: EVIDENCE OF BORDER WAR (2)
Albanian/Nat
There is fresh evidence that the Kosovo conflict is threatening to spill over into Albania.
Albanian officials insist that any fighting by the Kosovo Liberation Army (K-L-A) takes place across the border in Kosovo, not in...
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KOSOVO: AID AGENCIES RACE AGAINST TIME
Albanian/Nat
With winter approaching, ethnic Albanians in Kosovo are growing frustrated with the lack of aid despite reports of gifts of millions of dollars from donors.
Humanitarian agencies in Kosovo are in a race against time to help...
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ALBANIA: ANTI GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE
Albanian/Nat
More anti-government demonstrations have taken place in Albania, this time away from the capital in the town of Shkodra.
People gathered in the town's central square to protest against Prime Minister Fatos Nano.
After an...
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Kosovo - Fighting continues to disrupt homes
Serbian forces and Kosovo separatists continued to clash in central Kosovo on Monday (3/8), Albanian and Serb sources said. The violence was concentrated in the Drenica region, where shelling could be heard and smoke was seen rising in...
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Albania - Government tanks on move
STORY: Tanks/Guns
LOCATION: Gjirokastre/Sarande, Albania
Government tanks on move; rebels seize gunboat
VS Albanian rebels on captured gunboat, firing weapons in air;
GJIROKASTRE, ALBANIA (50 km from Greek border)
VS Albanian...
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ALBANIA: SARANDA: GREEK WARSHIP DELIVERS FOOD & MEDICAL AID
Greek/Nat
The first shipment of Greek food and medical aid has arrived for the people of southern Albania.
More than five tonnes of desperately needed supplies was unloaded from a Greek warship in the port of Saranda.
At the same...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS UPDATE (3)
English/Nat
As thousands of Kosovo refugees streamed into Albania after Yugoslavia reopened its main border crossing, Serb forces have been seen working in a cemetery on the Kosovo side of Morini.
And as the camp in Kukes fill up with...
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ALBANIA/KOSOVO: GERMAN NATO TROOPS ENTER KOSOVO
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A convoy of German NATO infantry set off for Kosovo from a base outside Kukes in Albania on Sunday morning.
As the unit passed ethnic Albanian refugees in Kukes they were greeted with cheering.
The German infantry unit was...
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KOSOVO: SERB FORCES SHELL AREA IN THE SOUTHWEST OF PRISTINA
English/Nat
Defying warnings from NATO and Washington, Serb security forces shelled an area southwest of Kosovo's capital Pristina, near the village of Racak where 45 ethnic Albanians were found massacred on Saturday.
The relentless...
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President on visit
1. Albanian President Alfred Moisiu and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai walking on red carpet towards the presidential palace
2. Moisiu and Karzai walking
3. Various shots of handshake between Moisiu and Karzai
4. Various shots of...
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Kosovo - Talks on Kosovo crisis
The ambassadors of five members of the so-called "Contact Group," which coordinates the policy of the major powers in the Balkans, visited Pristina in Kosovo on Friday (6/3) for talks with Serb and Albanian leaders.
Following a meeting...
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Albania - Explosion of ammunition supplies
Twenty-seven people, including 12 children, died when ammunition supplies exploded Wednesday (30/4) in a tunnel under army control in Qafre e Shtabes, 60 kilometres (40 miles) north of Tirana.
0.00 WS of military base that was blown...
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ALBANIA: APPEAL ON BEHALF OF 3 YEAR OLD KOSOVO GIRL
Eng/Albanian/Nat
The newspaper Bildt has launched a successful appeal on behalf of a three year old Kosovo Albanian girl raising thousands of dollars.
The girl fled the fighting in Kosovo with her family and arrived in Kukes in Albania...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO CRISIS: US APACHE HELICOPTERS ARRIVE
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The second wave of U-S Apache helicopters arrived in Tirana on Sunday to bolster NATO's ability to strike Serbian targets in Kosovo.
The eight helicopters arrived in the Albanian capital as NATO Supreme Commander for...
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Albania - NATO exercises
About 1,700 soldiers from NATO countries and their eastern European partners began ground, sea and air manoeuvres in Albania on Monday (17/8) as the situation in the Serbian province of Kosovo continued to worsen. The manoeuvres were...
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ALBANIA: REBELS IN SOUTH SEIZE MILITARY AIRBASE & MIG FIGHTERS
Kucova, Southern Albania 11 March 1997
1. Wideshot MiGs at the airstrip.
2. Midshot MiGs.
3. Midshot rebels standing next to MiGs.
4. Midshot MiGs.
5. Rebels firing into the air.
6. Close-up rebels with bandana covering face.
7....
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KOSOVO: PRISTINA: KIDNAPPING OF YOUNG WOMEN
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Kosovo's capital, Pristina, is experiencing an epidemic of kidnappings of young women.
In recent weeks, dozens of woman have been snatched from the city's streets.
It is thought the women are being taken by criminal gangs...
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ALBANIA: TIRANA: LEKA ZUGO'S SUPPORTERS OPEN FIRE ON POLICE UPDATE
Eng/Albanian/Nat
At least one person was killed and two wounded on Thursday when heavily armed supporters of Albania's would-be king traded gunfire with police on the streets of Tirana.
The battle erupted as Albanians awaited final...
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Albania - Students continue hunger strike
A group of Albanian students continued a hunger strike in the port city of Vlore on Friday (22/02), as the country's beleagured president met supporters at a rally.
Fifty-seven students spent a second day on hunger strike in support...
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KOSOVO: HOSTAGES LOOK SET TO BE RELEASED (V)
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Negotiators in Kosovo say eight Yugoslav soldiers held hostage by ethnic Albanian rebels look set to be released.
Pictures of the captives suggested they've been well treated by the Kosovo Liberation Army (the K-L-A),...
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Albania - Berisha concedes defeat
Albanian President Sali Berisha on Monday (30/6) conceded the defeat of his Democratic Party to the opposition centre-left in elections designed to end four months of chaos in the Balkan country. Socialist Party leader Fatos Nano called...
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MONTENEGRO: REFUGEES CONTINUE ARRIVING
Albanian/Nat
Kosovo Albanian refugees are continuing to flood over the border into the neighbouring republic of Montenegro.
Many have set up home in temporary shelters there, or are occupying empty buildings and vehicles.
Others are...
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ALBANIA: TIRANA: DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRO NATO RALLY
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Some 10-thousand supporters of Albania's leading opposition, the Democratic Party, have staged a rally in Tirana's main square in support of NATO.
Crowds brandished pro-Clinton banners and chanted slogans denouncing...