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ALBANIA: KORCE: RACE TO FINISH NEW REFUGEE CAMP
Albanian/Nat
Following the decision by the Macedonian government to close its borders to new Kosovar refugees, aid workers and military personnel are on Thursday racing against time to finish new camps in Albania.
In the German camp...
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ALBANIA: 80 ALBANIANS FEARED DEAD FOLLOWING SHIP COLLISION AT SEA
Vlora, Albania - March 30 1997
1. Various of harbour scenes
2. Various of block of flats
3. Sign of Xhavari family home
4. Various of Xhavari family grieving
5. Various of relatives and friends of the Maliqi family grieving
6. Various...
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Albania - Refugees flee to border towns
The Serb crackdown has driven thousands over the border into Northern Albania, where refugees are suffering severe hardship. Many have fled to the Northern Albanian village of Tropoj. Reception centres have been set up in the area, but...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO: RELIEF ARRIVES
English/Nat
The first U-S aid arrived in Albania on Sunday, while authorities struggle to cope with the influx of around 200-thousand refugees from the shattered province of Kosovo.
Flown by helicopter from the Albania capital, Tirana,...
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Little surprise at lack of progress in leaders' talks
Belgrade, Serbia
1. Wide of traffic passing the Serbian Parliament building;
2. Man buying newspapers;
3. Various of newspapers, with headlines reporting no deal had been reached in Brussels
4. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Vox pop, Branko...
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KOSOVO: MASKED GUNMEN APPEAR AT FUNERAL OF ALBANIANS
French/Nat
Armed separatists appeared at a funeral of Kosovo Albanians on Wednesday killed by the Yugoslav army or Serb police.
Shots rang out shortly afterward, scattering mourners.
The origin of the shooting near the border with...
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Albania - US envoys in crisis talks
US envoys Richard Holbrooke and Robert Gelbard arrived in Belgrade on Monday (11/5) for another attempt to persuade Yugloslav President Slobodan Milosevic to accept foreign mediation in the troubled Serbian province of Kosovo. Since that...
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ALBANIA/KOSOVO BORDER: KLA SOLDIERS TRAINING EXERCISES
Albania/Kosovo border - May 20, 1999
1. Various KLA soldiers marching in single file
2. KLA soldiers wearing camouflage and covering their uniforms with leaves
3. Various of soldiers doing training exercise wearing leaves
4. SOUNDBITE:...
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ALBANIA: REFUGEES STREAM IN TO AVOID FIGHTING IN KOSOVO
Albanian/Nat
NATO has stepped up plans for a possible troop deployment in Albania as hundreds of ethnic Albanian refugees streamed into the country, fleeing Serb mortar attacks in Kosovo.
An estimated 13-hundred refugees entered Albania...
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Prime ministers of Serbia, Kosovo reach tentative deal on relations
1. Wide of Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci arriving for press conference outside European External Action Service (EEAS) building in Brussels
2. Cutaway of cameraman
3. SOUNDBITE: (Albanian/ English translation) Hashim Thaci, Kosovo...
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ALBANIA: ARMY UNITS COME UNDER FIRE FROM REBELS
Near Vlora, 5 March 1997
1. Wide view over river (audio: helicopter)
2. Tents on hill
3. Various: Albanian soldiers and journalists walking up hill by river
4. Various: Albanian soldiers coming under fire on hill by river
5. Tanks and...
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Albania - Violence flares in rebel-held south
Albanian President Sali Berisha and his opposition foes failed to agree on a proposed coalition government on Monday (10/03), as violence again flared in the rebel-held south, leaving more people wounded.
After seizing another four towns...
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BELGIUM: NATO KOSOVO CRISIS PRESS CONFERENCE (2)
English/Nat
NATO said on Thursday that allied bombing was not responsible for the widespread damage in Pristina, claiming this damage was probably orchestrated by the Serbs.
The Alliance also announced it is nearly ready to launch...
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Vote count under way as exit polls give Socialists a slight lead
1. Various of officials counting votes
2. Pan from electronic board to vote counting
4. Mid of people observing vote count
5. Mid of officials counting votes
6. Mid of electronic board
7. SOUNDBITE (Albanian) Lili Nushi, election...
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ALBANIA: FLOUR SHIPMENT FROM WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME ARRIVES
Natural Sound
A flour shipment from the World Food Programme was successfully delivered in Albania on Wednesday.
The aid trucks, bound for Elbasan, were escorted by multinational forces stationed in the country.
Later this week, the...
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ALBANIA: LEVAN/FIER: FUNERALS HELD FOR VICTIMS OF MASSACRE UPDATE
Albanian/Nat
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: NATO FORCES PREPARE TO ENTER KOSOVO
Kukes, Albania - June 9, 1999
1. Jeeps with flag pan right to tents
2. Jeeps
3. Various of soldiers pitching tents
4. Land Rovers
5. Soldiers sitting around playing cards, pull out to wide shot of tents
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Helge...
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SERBIA: 'NO' VOTE EXPECTED IN REFERENDUM ON FOREIGN ROLE IN KOSOVO
Eng/Serbo-Croat/Nat
Serb voters have been flocking to the polls to vote in a referendum over foreign mediation in the troubled southern province of Kosovo.
An overwhelming "no" vote was expected from the nonbinding referendum in Serbia -...
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Erdogan calls for peace in Balkans comparing bloodshed to the ongoing Syrian war
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called on the Balkan states to overcome their differences, comparing the situation in the region to the civil war in Syria.
Erdogan was speaking during a trip to Kosovo, where he...
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Albania holds ceremony for exiled king's remains
1. Wide of funeral procession
2. Hearse carrying the remains of King Zog
3. Guard of honour carrying coffin, family following
4. Wide of Presidential reception area
5. Close-up of flowers besides photo of King Zog
6. People entering...
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Albania- krasniqi's funeral
Hundreds of people gathered in Tirana on Thursday (24/9) for the funeral of the "defence minister" of the Kosovo government-in-exile, who was shot dead in the Albanian capital earlier this week.
MS people carrying coffin out of the...
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KOSOVO: 25 PEOPLE KILLED IN FRESH CLASHES
Rogovo village (80km southwest from Pristina), Kosovo, Yugoslavia; January 29, 1999
1. Wide shot of the Rogovo village
2. Various dead bodies of ethnic Albanians with guns laying in street by van
3. Various bullet damaged van
4. OSCE...
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Albania - KLA fighters wounded in grenade attack
Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) fighters wounded in a Serb grenade attack were on Wednesday (22/07) recovering in the Bajram Curri hospital, near the mountains that separate Albania from the Serb province of Kosovo. The men, who...
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ALBANIA: APACHE ATTACK HELICOPTERS ACCIDENT LATEST
English/Nat
The huge Apache attack helicopter is one of the most potent symbols of the U-S war machine.
But with two lost in training accidents in the Balkans before any have fired a shot, questions will inevitably be asked about their...