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ADRIATIC: FORMER AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR & ALBANIAN PRIME MINISTER MEET
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Former Austrian chancellor Franz Vranitzky called Friday for an international police force to restore order in chaos-wracked Albania.
Vranitzky, heading a team of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, ...
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ALBANIA: TIRANA: NATO BUILD COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE
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NATO troops are building a communications centre at Tirana airport to help coordinate NATO's aid effort.
Hundreds of troops have been flying in to help build up the infrastructure which help the Albanians deal with the huge...
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Reax to Rasmussen being appointed new NATO chief
1. Wide exterior of NATO summit press centre
2. Close up of NATO flag
3. Cameramen
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Herman Van Rompuy, Belgian Prime Minister:
" I am very glad that there is a consensus, I am very glad there is a new secretary...
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ALBANIA: SOUTHERN REBELS WISH TO USE LEGAL MEANS TO OUST PRESIDENT
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Southern rebels in war torn Albania say legal means should be used to oust President Sali Berisha.
The call came as the Presidensought further international aid, including military support, for his beleaguered Government....
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Bosnia - Refugees flee their homes
Refugees from Kosovo were on Friday (05/06) trickling into the Bosnian capital Sarajevo. At least one bus a day from Pristina is arriving in Sarajevo and returning empty. UNHCR spokesman Ariane Quentier spoke of the gravity of the...
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Albania - Rebels take control of more towns
Rebels in the town of Gjirokaster were on Tuesday (11/3) clearing up wreckage left in the aftermath of a massive explosion on Monday (10/3) that injured 3 people. Rebels had set fire to an ammunition dump near the southern town,...
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ALBANIA: TROPOJE: REFUGEES FROM KOSOVO FLOOD IN
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Although the numbers are slowing, the Albanian border town of Tropoje is still being swamped by refugees fleeing the fighting over the border in Kosovo.
It is the hub of much of the refugee movement, with many of them...
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Deal of Kosovo future looking unlikely after day of talks
1. Convoy arrival of Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica
2. Kostunica, surrounded by bodyguards, getting out of vehicle
3. Cutaway of policemen and dog
4. Kostunica entering building
5. Wide of hotel lobby with Kosovo's outgoing...
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Albania - Students continue hunger strike in Vlore
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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Albania - Anti-government protests continue
Anti-government demonstrations continued in the southern Albanian port city of Sarande on Saturday (8/3) as Albanians in Gjirokaster, the last government-held town in the south, queued at the Greek Consulate to seek visas.
Old man...
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MACEDONIA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS LATEST
Albanian/Nat
Efforts are continuing to alleviate the refugee crisis in Macedonia.
The latest influx of ethnic Albanians fleeing Kosovo has left the small republic once again unable to cope.
Some of the refugees are now being moved to...
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ONLY ON AP Muslims' help to rebuild church a model of religious harmony
The one-room, stone church of St. Nicholas has sat on the top of a hill in Derven since the 16th century
First destroyed a century ago, it was rebuilt and destroyed again in 1957 by the communists. The local Catholic Cypi family rebuilt...
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ALBANIA: DOCTORS WARN OF RISING NUMBER INJURIES FROM RANDOM GUNFIRE
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As the violence continues sweeping the south of Albania, doctors are warning of the rising number of injuries from random gunfire - particularly among rebel youngsters.
As food and medical supplies begin to run out, looters...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS UPDATE
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More Kosovar refugees have been heading deeper into Albania as NATO presses on with its operation to ease the overcrowded northern camp.
The alliance says it needs to move the refugees beyond the range of Serb artillery...
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KOSOVO: RICHARD HOLBROOKE VISIT
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Richard Holbrooke, the U-S Ambassador to the United Nations arrived in Kosovo on Tuesday and urged the U-N to begin planning for Kosovo-wide elections early next year if this weekend's local balloting proves to be free and...
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Opposition leader speaks at funeral of man killed in clashes
1. Pan from poster of Fatmir Hyka, a protester killed in the demonstrations, to mourners in the street
2. Man caressing poster
3. Group of people walking through crowd carrying bouquets of flowers
4. Close of coffin in hearse
5....
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Albania - Security increased in Tirana
A day after violent protests rocked the Albanian capital Tirana, leaving two policemen in a coma and scores of others injured, the city appeared quiet.
Tirana residents went about their business while security was increased on government...
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MACEDONIA: REFUGEES CROSS THE BORDER
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Another 5-hundred Kosovar refugees crossed the Macedonian border on Monday morning.
They then walked from the border town, Gorno Blace, to the capital, Skopje, to receive food from an Albanian humanitarian agency.
The...
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ALBANIA: KUKES: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS LATEST
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Aid officials are calling for the refugee camps around the northern Albanian town of Kukes to be closed - amid fears that they may be shelled by Serb artillery.
The camps were originally intended as transfer stations...
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Belgium - Official gathering for EU anniversary
The European Union's defence arm celebrated its 50th anniversary on Tuesday (17/3). The meeting has been addressed by NATO Secretary General Javier Solana and European Commissioner Hans van den Broek.
The Secretary General said Western...
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Albania - Investors to be reimbursed
Albania was on Tuesday (4/2) to begin reimbursing victims of popular get-rich schemes that went bankrupt, leading to a wave of anti-government protests in January.
Street scenes;
Newspapers being sold;
people looking at newspapers;
cu...
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BELGIUM: BRUSSELS: NATO TO CARRY OUT DUMMY BOMBINGS IN KOSOVO (3)
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NATO defence ministers said on Thursday that Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic had gone beyond the limits of tolerable behaviour, forcing the 16-nation alliance to take action over strife-torn Kosovo.
They decided in...
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Tensions high during first anniv of declaring independence, celebrations
1. Wide of Kosovska Mitrovica street
2. Wide of Serbian flags
3. Mid of banner reading: (Serbian) "Russia is with us"
4. Mid of two KFOR soldiers on patrol
5. Mid of graffiti on the wall reading: (English) "EULEX (European Union Rule of...
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ITALY: AVIANO: NATO COMMANDER CLARK PRESS CONFERENCE
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NATO's military commander says alliance pilots are seeing evidence of ethnic cleansing on a "staggering" scale in Kosovo.
General Wesley Clark says pilots are seeing what amounts to a scorched-earth policy.
He also condemned...