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ALBANIA: NATO AIRSTRIKES IN THE ZHUR REGION OF KOSOVO
Natural Sound
Heavy fighting in the Zhur region of Kosovo on Tuesday produced a number of air strikes.
One lone fighter was seen at mid-altitude over the mountains and shortly after smoke was seen rising from various locations beyond...
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ALBANIA: KLA LEADER HASHIM THAQI MEETS PM MAJKO
Eng/Albanian/Nat
The rebel Kosovo government and K-L-A leader Hashim Thaqi met with Albanian Prime Minister Pandeli Majko on Friday.
Thaci later said he sent a telegram to Ibrahim Rugova asking to travel to Tirana for meetings.
Kosovo's...
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Albania - Defence Minister attends military parade
Albanian defence minister Sakir Vukaj on Tuesday (8/4) attended
a military parade at an army base outside the capital, Tirana.
It was staged to demonstrate that, after mass desertions during
the recent unrest, the army has been...
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ITALY: BRINDISI PORT: ALBANIANS & FOREIGN NATIONALS FLEE VIOLENCE
Brindisi, Italy, March 15th, 1997
1. Boat arriving in Brindisi
2. Police on shore
3. Man tying rope
4. Men on board
5. Various of men at table
6. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Mehmet Yti, boat owner
7. Wide shot of Albanians
8. Close-up of...
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ALBANIA: GUNMEN OPEN FIRE ON MOTORCADE OF PRESIDENT SALI BERISHA
Eng/Albanian/Nat
Gunmen opened fire on the motorcade of Albanian President Sali Berisha on Thursday wounding three guards.
The incident is the latest in a wave of pre-election violence spreading across the country just two days before...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO REFUGEES HEAD FOR BORDER
Albanian/French
Tens of thousands of ethnic Albanians streamed out of Kosovo on Monday, hoping to escape Serbian aggression and find safety on the other side of the Albanian border.
The sheer scale of the exodus from Kosovo has left the...
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Albania - Foriegn delegation
Attempts to mediate the deteriorating situation in Albania by European groups continued apace on Friday (07/03) as a delegation from the European Union and one from Council of Europe met with the embattled President Sali Berisha and...
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MACEDONIA: KOSOVO CRISIS: JOSPIN VISIT - UPDATE
French/Nat
French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin met on Saturday with refugees, soldiers and relief workers during a visit to a refugee camp in Macedonia built by French troops.
Later on Saturday he met with Macedonian Prime Minister...
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ALBANIA: VLORE: 650 ITALIAN TROOPS ARRIVE
English/Nat
Hundreds of Italian troops moved into the southern Albanian port town of Vlore, Monday, to an enthusiastic welcome from thousands of townspeople.
The 650 Italians arrived by land and sea, in armoured personnel carriers that...
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Grenade attack in predominantly Serb area
1. Wide of blast scene, police cordon in foreground
2. European Union flag hanging from UNMIK (United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo) courthouse
3. Various of damaged car and security at scene
4. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian)...
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ALBANIA: KRUMA: KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS LATEST
English/Nat
Twenty three thousand refugees have been crammed into the small town of Kruma, just inside northern Albania, for over a month.
Despite the situation the international aid agencies are confident they can deal with...
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LUXEMBOURG: NATO FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS KOSOVO CRISIS
English/Nat
NATO voted on Thursday to beef up assistance to Albania and Macedonia in an attempt to stop violence in Kosovo from spilling over into a wider Balkan conflict.
NATO foreign ministers also instructed the alliance's military...
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KOSOVO: PRISTINA: UN CHIEF KOFI ANNAN VISIT
English/Nat
U-N Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday began his first trip to Kosovo, just two days after the killing of a U-N staffer who angered ethnic Albanians by speaking to them in Serbian.
Shortly after arriving from the...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO: SERB INCURSION
English/Nat
Serb infantry troops crossed into Albania on Tuesday, seized control of a border village, and fought a running battle with border police and Albanian soldiers, Albania's information minister said.
Yugoslavia denied the...
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In his radio address to the nation, President Bush congratulated the Eastern European nations of Croatia and Albania for the invitations to join NATO. And he urged a similar welcome for Macedonia, which snagged on Greek objections
HEADLINE: Bush celebrates NATO's expansion
CAPTION: In his radio address to the nation, President Bush congratulated the Eastern European nations of Croatia and Albania for the invitations to join NATO. And he urged a similar welcome for...
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ALBANIA: RULING PARTY ACCUSED OF FRAUD
English/Nat
Members of Albania's main opposition parties are staging a hunger strike in protest
at alleged vote rigging in last Sunday's elections.
The Socialists and other opposition groups boycotted the elections - accusing the...
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Albania - Italian troops arrive
The multi-national force troop build up continued on Thursday (17/04) with more than 200 Italian troops and armoured vehicles arriving on board the ship the San Marco at the Albanian port of Durres.
WS Italian navy ship San Marco at...
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ALBANIA: KOSOVO: REFUGEE UPDATE
English/Nat
The new wave of refugees arriving at the borders with Kosovo is threatening to become a flood.
Tens of thousands - many suffering from wounds, exhaustion and hunger - crossed the border on Saturday.
Some had tales of Serb...
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Albania - Rally calling for NATO intervention
Up to a thousand Albanians from the country's opposition parties held a rally in Tirana's Skanderbeg square on Wednesday (10/06) calling for a stronger NATO response to the current violence in Kosovo. Albanians at the rally chanting...
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WORLDWIDE: NATO AIR EXERCISES OVER THE BALKANS LATEST
English/Nat
Yugoslav President Slobodon Milosevic has yet to respond to NATO's warning that it will use military force to end the Kosovo crisis.
NATO's threat came in the form of a high powered military exercise over Macedonia and...
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ALBANIA: TIRANA: MILITARY ACADEMY RE-OPENS
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Tirana's military academy reopened on Friday, with a ceremony attended by the country's Defence Secretary and Chief of Staff. The academy had been shut since March 12 when it was looted and ransacked by a mob.
At...
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Ethnic Albanian hoping to be cleared of war crimes at Tribunal on Thursday
Glodjane, Kosovo
1. Visitors laying flowers on memorial dedicated to members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA)
2. Close up of Hilmi Haradinaj, Ramush Haradinaj's father
3. Wide of people walking past burial site of KLA fighters, a...
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Albania - Violent clashes
Two people were reported dead and up to 100 injured in violent clashes in Albania on Monday (10/2), as opposition leaders met to voice their criticism over the government's handling of recent protests.
It is by far the worst day of...
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France - Rugova/Chirac comment on Kosovo crisis
President Jacques Chirac and Kosovo Albanians' moderate political leader, Ibrahim Rugova speak on the need for government intervention in Kosovo.
0.03 Kosovo Albanians' moderate political leader, Ibrahim Rugova and
French President...