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ALBANIA: TIRANA: 9 SERIOUSLY ILL CHILDREN FLOWN TO SPAIN FOR TREATMENT
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Nine seriously ill Albanian children were flown from Tirana to Spain on Wednesday for treatment they could not get in their home country.
The youngsters, aged between three and 15, are all suffering serious illnesses, such as...
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Russia - Duma debate on Kosovo crisis
Russian legislators on Wednesday (11/3) voiced their concern over the continuing crisis in Serbia's province of Kosovo. The debate in parliament's lower house, the State Duma, followed a meeting in London of the Contact Group on former...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO: CRISIS: KOSOVO LIBERATION ARMY
Albanian/Nat
More than 100 men traveled from Germany to Albania on Saturday to join the ranks of the KLA.
Travelling by bus and van, the men, all originally from Kosovo, arrived in the coastal town of Durres. From there they are making...
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Albania - Red Cross supplies aid to Kosovars
Hundreds of Kosovars who have fled fighting in Kosovo for northern Albania began receiving aid there on Sunday (7/6) as part of efforts by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to help scores of refugees.
Exterior Red Cross...
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ALBANIA: TIRANA: HELICOPTERS HELP EVACUATE STRANDED US CITIZENS UPDATE
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The U-S military has for the time being suspended its airlift evacuations from Albania after gunmen on the ground fired at American and Italian helicopters.
Helicopters have so far evacuated hundreds of foreign nationals...
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KOSOVO: US ENVOY HILL MEETS IBRAHIM RUGOVA
Albanian/Serbo-Croat
U-S envoy Christopher Hill toured a war-torn area of the Serbian province of Kosovo together with ethnic Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova on Tuesday.
The area only became safe enough to visit following the draft...
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Albania - Preparations for start of voting
Preparations are underway for the start of voting in Albania's
legislative elections on Sunday (29/6).
More than 500 members of the 54 nation Organisation for Security
and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will monitor the voting.
On Saturday...
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Albania - Government tanks deployed
Government tanks were deployed on a highway in southern Albania, where
anti-government protestors have rioted in several towns. Near the town of Gjirokastre (50km from the Greek border), the government forces appeared less than...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS: FIGHTING CONTINUES
Albanian/Nat
Despite ongoing talks over Serb troop withdrawal from Kosovo, Serb mortars continue to fly near the Albanian border zone.
The fighting raged on Sunday, as another group of Kosovar ex-prisoners of war crossed the same border...
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Albania - Investors reimbursed
On Wednesday, thousands of angry Albanian investors duped by pyramid investment schemes beseiged banks in the capital Tirana to receive partial refunds. The popular get-rich pyramid schemes went bankrupt and provoked a wave of...
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ALBANIA: REFUGEES INJURED IN ACCIDENT/SOLDIERS ARRIVE IN ALBANIA
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Three injured ethnic Albanians have been flown to Tirana airport from the Kukes refugee camp.
The three had been injured when their tent went up in flames.
Allied troops appeared to have virtually taken over Tirana airport...
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ALBANIA: TIRANA: POSSIBLE ECONOMIC CRISIS DUE TO HYPER-INFLATION
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With the collapse of most of the Albanian pyramid investment schemes the Balkan country is now on the brink of a deep economic crisis fuelled by the onset of hyper- inflation.
This week alone the price of bread went up by...
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ALBANIA: DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTER HOLDS TALKS WITH PRESIDENT BERISHA
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The Dutch Foreign Minister Hans Van Mierlo held talks with the Albanian President Sali Berisha in Tirana, the Albanian capital, on Friday.
Van Mierlo urged Berisha not to resort to violence during the current crisis and said...
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Opposition demonstration calling for govt to resign
1. Former Democratic Party President Sali Berisha on stage
2. Various of people shouting, whistling, holding flags, hands in air
3. Berisha on stage
4. Crowd
5. Berisha speaking from stage
6. Crowd
7. Various of protesters marching...
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ALBANIA: REFUGEES CONTINUE TO FLOOD TOWARDS BORDER - UPDATE
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Refugees continued to flood over the border between Kosovo and Albania throughout Sunday night, bringing with them tales of systematic Serb brutality against their population.
The exodus came as NATO stepped up its air...
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KOSOVO: PEACEKEEPERS FACING CONTINUING DANGERS
French/Nat
Ethnic Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova has said he is eager to work with other Albanian leaders in Kosovo and with international peacekeepers in trying to maintain peace and security in the province.
He made the comments in...
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MACEDONIA: FORMER US SENATOR BOB DOLE VISIT
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Former U-S senator Bob Dole is in Macedonia as part of Washington's new diplomatic offensive to persuade ethnic Albanian leaders to sign a peace deal.
Dole arrived in Skopje on Friday because the Serbian authorities did not...
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USA: WASHINGTON CONFERENCE ON BALKAN AID
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As U-S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright took a firsthand look at reconstruction efforts in Kosovo, a conference was held in Washington to discuss assistance and reconstruction in the Balkans.
The United States has...
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ALBANIA: KLA TO COOPERATE WITH NATO
Eng/Albanian/Nat
A spokesman for the guerrillas fighting for the independence of Kosovo has said the guerrilla group will not lay down their weapons but will cooperate with NATO peacekeepers moving into the shattered Yugoslav...
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KOSOVO: US ENVOY HOLBROOKE MEETS IBRAHIM RUGOVA
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The U-S envoy Richard Holbrooke met ethnic Albanian political leaders including Ibrahim Rugova in the Kosovo capital on Tuesday.
This followed what he described as difficult talks with the Yugoslav President Slobodan...
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ALBANIA: TIRANA: PARAMILITARY ORGANISER KRASNIQI SHOT DEAD
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A man responsible for organising a paramilitary force set up to rival the K-L-A was killed in the Albanian capital on Monday night.
Ahmet Krasniqi was shot by two gunmen wearing ski masks as he walked along a street in...
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Albania - Reactions to Mother Teresa's funeral
Albanians watched closely the emotional funeral of Mother Teresa on Saturday (13/09), not only because she was so well regarded for her work with the poor, but because she comes from Albania. For many, Mother Teresa was a local girl who...
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WRAP Serb radical ldr warns West to steer clear of Kos; ADDS Kos Pres w/ Serb villagers
Mitrovica
1. Wide of thousands of Kosovo Serbs gathered in downtown of northern part of town
2. Nikolic arriving, shaking hands with supporters
3. Supporters waving flags in support of Serbian Radical Party's leader and candidate to the...
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ALBANIA: TIRANA: PRIME MINISTER FATOS NANO RESIGNS
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Albanian Prime Minister Fatos Nano has resigned, two weeks after rioting broke out in the capital, Tirana.
Immediately after word of Nano's resignation spread in Tirana, gunfire was heard in the city as well as a loud...