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Albania - Rebels reject offer of ceasefire
Rebels in the southern Albanian town of Sarande on Friday (7/3) rejected a government offer of a 48-hour cease fire and said they would not give up their weapons until a new legitimate government was in place.
The rebels are demanding...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO: NATO AIRSTRIKES: REFUGEES CROSSING BORDER (2)
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NATO air strikes destroyed a Serb border post near the border between Kosovo and Albania overnight Sunday.
The post was near the border crossing at Morini, which has seen thousands of Kosovo refugees pass through in the...
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President Meidani comments on Macedonia situation
1. Wide-shot of breakfast meeting, with Albanian President at podium
2. Mid-shot of audience
3. Close-shot of audience
4. Wide-shot of President at podium
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rexhep Meidani, President of Albania
"If an Albanian has...
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Albania/Greece - Turmoil continues
There was heightened security at the border between Albania and Greece on Wednesday (5/3) to control the flow of people fleeing the turmoil in southern Albania.
There is a sizeable Greek community in Albania, most of them in the south....
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ALBANIA BORDER: KOSOVO CRISIS: REFUGEES
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Clashes between Serb and Kosovo Albanian guerrillas, along with NATO air sorties, persisted on Wednesday around the key frontier crossing at Morini, on the Albanian border.
A NATO spokesman said the Serbs were counter...
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ALBANIA: TIRANA: OSCE DELEGATION ARRIVE FOR CRISIS TALKS (2)
English/Nat
A top international delegation has criticised both the Albanian government and opposition 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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KOSOVO: US ENVOY TO THE BALKANS ROBERT GELBARD VISIT
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With the United States and five other powers urging Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to talk with Kosovo's Albanians, American envoy Robert Gelbard is back in the Balkans to try and move negotiations forward.
Gelbard...
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ALBANIA: TIRANA: POLLING STATIONS CLOSE AFTER 2ND ROUND OF ELECTIONS
English/Nat
Polling stations have closed in Albania - and the counting has begun.
Turnout for the second round of parliamentary elections on Sunday was noticeably lighter than last week's round when about 70 percent of registered voters...
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ALBANIA: PREPARATIONS BEGIN FOR ELECTIONS
English/Nat
Albania's government and rebels should begin to prepare for elections in the strife-torn country, the E-U mediator charged with bringing peace to Albania said on Wednesday.
Franz Vranitzky also declared that he will visit...
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UN: KOFI ANNAN KOSOVO CRISIS BRIEFING
Eng/Serbo-Croat/Nat
U-N Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for a diplomatic resolution of the conflict in Kosovo amid accusations from a senior Yugoslavian official that the U-S and its allies are trying to impose war on his...
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Albania - Anti-goverment mob
Albanian government trucks were torched by an anti-government mob Saturday (01/03), after the mob routed the soldiers and police reinforcements riding in them. Two trucks were burned by the mob halfway to Vlora.
00.00 WS children...
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LOCAL JUDOKA TO RUN FOR ALBANIA AFTER BEING DENIED TO RUN FOR KOSOVO
Judo athlete Majlinda Kelmendi should have been celebrating her journey to the London 2012 Olympic games on Thursday, however her entry was marred by disappointment because she will not be able to represent the state of Kosovo....
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ALBANIA: 1ST SUPPLIES OF UN AID IS DELIVERED TO NEEDY
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The first supplies of United Nations aid was delivered Saturday to Albania's needy.
The U-N World Food Programme says it's can now distribute food supplies under the protection of the multinational force.
Even so, the food...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS LATEST
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Yugoslavia has closed its main border crossing into Albania, raising fears that refugees will be forced back to the violence they are fleeing in Kosovo.
Morini has been the main crossing point for almost 300-thousand...
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ALBANIA: KUKES: NATO REFUGEE EVACUATION CONVOY
Eng/Albanian/Nat
The first NATO convoy evacuating refugees from a camp at Kukes left Friday morning en route to the south of the country.
The convoy, carrying 152 people, is heading towards the port of Durres.
Aid agencies trying to cope...
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Ceremony marks Albania and Croatia's accession to NATO
A ceremony was held on Tuesday to officially welcome Albania and Croatia into NATO bringing the alliance to 28 member states.
Flags for both countries were raised at NATO headquarters in Brussels and the Italian flag was flown at half...
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Albania - Threat of fresh protest
The Albanian opposition, headed by former president Sali Berisha, said it would hold a new protest on Thursday (17/09) in the streets of central Tirana. Berisha said late on Wednesday that he was determined to continue protests in the...
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Kosovo Parliament approves new government and Prime Minister
Legislators have approved a new coalition government in Kosovo, including the first prime minister who has had
no association with the guerrilla fighters who won the territory's independence from Serbia in 2008.
Isa Mustafa, head of the...
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Albania-Sali Berisha apology for financial crisis
Albanian President Sali Berisha apoligised on Saturday (15/2) for the losses incurred by the people of his country caused in the collapse of a series of pyramid-selling schemes.
Tirana, Albania, 15/2
ws of building;
intellectuals...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO CRISIS: BROTHERS RE-UNITED
Albanian/Nat
Yugoslav forces on Saturday released an estimated two-thousand Kosovo men who had been rounded up and held in a prison for the past several weeks.
Tired and hungry, many crossed into Albania saying they had been detained in...
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BELGIUM: CATHERINE LALUMIERE TO LEAD OBSERVERS IN ALBANIAN ELECTIONS
French/Nat
The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (O-S-C-E) on Wednesday proposed starting an international financial aid fund to help Albania recover from months of chaos.
The proposal came after the Organisation...
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ALBANIA: ELBASAN: REBELS ADVANCE REACHES SEVERAL ARMY BARRACKS
English/Nat
The chaos gripping Albania has reached several army barracks in and around the industrial town of Elbasan, just 35 kilometers (22 miles) southeast of Tirana.
As it has in most other towns, the military simply gave up when...
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ALBANIA: KUKES: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS LATEST
Eng/Albanian/Nat
The flood of refugees leaving Kosovo continued on Sunday, some telling of how their convoys had come under fire from Serb police as they fled.
Many of the refugees came from the Istok region, while others had been hiding...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS UPDATE
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More refugees are heading toward the borders of Albania in the hope of escaping the conflict in Yugoslavia.
United Nations officials have said nearly a quarter of a million people have been displaced after leaving Kosovo for...