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ALBANIA: SARANDA: JETS ATTACK VILLIAGE
Krania, (Albania) - 40 kms north of the Greek border.
1. Border shot - tanks rolling past.
2. Albanian rebels sitting on the tanks with Kalashnikovs.
3. Various: Rebels fire into the air.
4. Various: Old U-N bus full of Albanian...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS: AID SHORTAGE
Albanian/Nat
International aid efforts have failed to reach many Kosovo refugees more than two months after their mass exodus into southern Albania.
In the village of Ndroq, 20 kilometres (12 miles) outside of the capital Tirana, several...
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KOSOVO: THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES FLEE VIOLENCE
Eng/Albanian/Nat
Kosovo's residents are continuing to flee fighting in the secessionist province where Serbian security forces have intensified their crackdown on militants fighting for independence.
Tens of thousands of refugees have...
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ALBANIA: TIRANA: SUPPORTERS MOURN DEATH OF AZEM HAJDARI
Natural Sound
Violence continued for a second day in the streets of Tirana, as Democratic party supporters mourned the death of opposition leader Azem Hajdari.
Hajdari's assassination has triggered riots and gunfire outside the...
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KOSOVO: FUNERAL OF BOMB VICTIM
Albanian/Nat
Hundreds of ethnic Albanian mourners gathered in a remote village in Kosovo on Sunday for the funeral of one of the victims of Saturday's bombing in Podujevo.
Twenty-year-old Besnik Shabani was one of three people killed in...
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Kosovo/Albania - Refugees flee as fighting worsens
Dramatic video footage has emerged showing the burning of a Kosovan village by Serb forces. Poklek, which is just outside Pristina, was attacked on Sunday (31/5). The ethnic Albanian villagers say the Serb police shot dead at least seven...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO: FAMILY REACH ALBANIAN BORDER
Albanian/Nat
At least eight ethnic-Albanian refugees from Kosovo have died in an Albanian hospital after making the arduous journey across the mountains.
Serb forces have driven tens of thousands of people from the troubled province...
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Romas urge EU to stop forced returns, ask for equal rights
1. Wide of Cesmin Lug Roma camp in Mitrovica
2. Mid of houses at camp
3. Wide of children on dirt road
4. Roma man sitting outside makeshift house
5. Pan left of ruined houses
6. Wide of man carrying materials on cart
7. Wide of women...
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ALBANIA: KUKES: KOSOVO CRISIS CONCERT
Serbo-Croat/Nat
Kosovo refugees and their Albanian hosts danced and sang in the central square on Friday at a concert of traditional and pop music, under the banner of "We have suffered enough."
Several thousand people crammed into the...
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ITALY: NATO AIR EXERCISES OVER THE BALKANS UNDERWAY (4)
English/Nat
NATO launched aerial wargames over Albania and Macedonia on Monday - a show of strength aimed at neighbouring Serbia.
APTV accompanied an AWACS radar plane from its base in Sicily while it flew over the Adriatic coordinating...
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Albania - Relatives mourn victims
Albania's ambassador to Italy said on Sunday (30/03) more than 80 people may have died when a refugee boat sank off southern Italy on Friday night. The tragedy has caused outrage in Albania, because an Italian warship has been blamed for...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO: CHILDREN TO BE TAKEN TO ITALIAN HOSPITAL
Italian/Nat
Five ethnic Albanian refugee children in Albania are expected to be evacuated to Italy from an Italian military hospital in Durres.
They are just a few of the children currently staying in various refugee camps who are ...
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Albanian PM says Serbian PM is free to express his opinion on Kosovo
The Albanian Prime Minister said he would not feel provoked if his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic voiced Serbia's stand on Kosovo during a visit to the Albanian capital, Tirana.
Edi Rama was referring to an uncomfortable moment...
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USA: WASHINGTON: GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER THEODOROS PANGALOS VISIT
English/Nat
Albania was high on the agenda of talks between U-S Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Greek Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos, in Washington D.C on Thursday.
As Albania's neighbour, Greece is growing concerned about...
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KOSOVO: FUNERALS OF 5 ETHNIC ALBANIANS KILLED BY SERB FORCES
Albanian/Nat
The funerals of five ethnic Albanians from one family have been held in Kosovo after they were shot dead by Serb forces as they tried to return to their home.
The family fled their village a month ago to escape the fighting,...
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ALBANIA: GANG LEADER MYRTEZA CAUSHI (ZANI) APPEARS IN COURT
Natural Sound
A notorious Albanian gang leader has appeared in public for the first time since his arrest.
Myrteza Caushi - known as Zani - was at the centre of the anarchy which engulfed the country earlier this year
He has been...
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Macedonians vote in referendum to decide on ethnic Albanian self-rule
Tetovo - 7 November 2004
1. Wide of street of Tetovo
2. Flag of an Albanian party
3. School in Tetovo being used as a polling station
4. List
5. Two people registering to vote
6. Pile of unused ballots
7. Man casting ballot
8....
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Albania - Danish troops arrive
A total of 59 Danish troops arrived in the Albanian port of Durres on Thursday (8/5), the last contingent in the multinational force sent to protect the humanitarian aid mission in the strife-torn Balkan country.
French troops in Durres...
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ITALY: KOSOVO REFUGEES WELCOME
English/Nat
Italy's Interior Minister Rosa has said that her country would be willing to accept refugees from Albania in an attempt to reduce the pressure on Montenegro, Macedonia and Albania.
NATO is waging a campaign of airstrikes...
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ALBANIA: FORMER PRESIDENT BERISHA MAY FACE CHARGES UPDATE
Albanian/Nat
A parliamentary committee in Albania has recommended that former president Sali Berisha have his immunity from prosecution lifted.
The commission is to make the recommendation to a full session of parliament on Friday and...
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ALBANIA: SHKRODA: PRESIDENT SALI BERISHA ADDRESSES RALLY
English/Nat
The Albanian President, Sali Berisha, addressed a rally in the northern town of Shkroda on Saturday, in the latest bid to revive his political fortunes.
In front of a selected crowd of supporters, the President promised...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO: KLA VOLUNTEERS
Natural Sound
Hundreds of ethnic Albanians from Europe boarded coaches on Tuesday to fight for Kosovo as fighting between Kosovo Liberation Army (K-L-A) guerrillas and Serb forces raged along the Yugoslav-Albanian border.
There has been...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO: REFUGEES RE-UNITED WITH FAMILY
Albanian/Nat
The nightmare of being separated from their family has ended for two ethnic Albanian refugees.
On Saturday, a 73-year-old Kosovar woman and her 15-year-old grandson were reunited with their relatives in Albania's capital,...
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YUGOSLAVIA: KOSOVO: WIMBLEDON TENNIS CLUB TO RE-OPEN
Albanian/Nat
The Wimbledon tennis club in the Kosovo city of Prizren plans to re-open on Monday, the same day the Wimbledon tennis championships open in England.
After months without playing, the members of the Wimbledon Tennis Club -...