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Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 00:36:00 -0400
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From kruja at fas.harvard.edu  Fri Sep  1 16:00:54 2000
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I am trying to help an Albanian student who came to the U.S. as an exchange
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From juniku at hotmail.com  Fri Sep  1 23:27:49 2000
From: juniku at hotmail.com (Uk Lushi)
Date: Fri Sep  1 23:27:49 2000
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] WorldNews.com article: "Yugoslav Army Unit Prepares Return"
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The Associated Press (Fri 1 Sep 2000)
Yugoslav Army Unit Prepares Return

PETLOVO BOJISTE, Yugoslavia (AP) -- An elite Yugoslav army unit whose 
goal is to return to the NATO-controlled province of Kosovo held war 
games Friday -- a show of force apparently meant to boost President 
Slobodan Milosevic's tarnished image ahead of elections. 

Backed by more than 200 tanks, armored vehicles and helicopters, about 
1,000 infantry troops exercised with live ammunition in rain and fog 
before top Yugoslav generals and a dozen foreign diplomats. 

The unit's "sacred duty" is to return to Kosovo, said the army's chief 
of staff, Gen. Nebojsa Pavkovic. He charged that the international 
peacekeeping mission in the Serbian province "suffered a complete 
failure." 

Pavkovic, an outspoken ally of Milosevic, saluted the troops and 
reminded them that last year's Kosovo peace agreement between 
Yugoslavia and the United Nations permits the eventual return of 
Yugoslav forces. The agreement led to the withdrawal of Yugoslav troops 
and the deployment of NATO-led peacekeepers in the Serbian province in 
June 1999. 

The mission of the Yugoslav soldiers would include clearing minefields 
and guarding Serbian churches and monasteries. But NATO commanders have 
said it is too early for up to 1,000 Yugoslav soldiers to return to 
Kosovo because of continued ethnic tensions between the province's two 
major ethnic groups, the ethnic Albanians and the minority Serbs. 

Asked after the exercise whether the Yugoslav army would go into Kosovo 
by force, Pavkovic answered that the military does "not wish to 
violate" the peace agreement. But he warned that the "threshold of 
tolerance of the Serbian people has its limits." Serbia is the larger 
of the two republics that make up Yugoslavia. 

The war games, dubbed "Return 2000," were apparently intended to boost 
Milosevic's image among the Serbs ahead of Sept. 24 presidential and 
parliamentary elections. He faces a strong challenge from an opposition 
candidate, Vojislav Kostunica, who leads in opinion polls. 

The Yugoslav president's popularity has plummeted since his troops were 
forced to withdraw from Kosovo, considered by Serbs to be their sacred 
land. The pullout followed last year's 78-day NATO bombing of 
Yugoslavia, a campaign intended to stop his crackdown against ethnic 
Albanians. 

Also Friday, the top international official in Kosovo delayed a 
decision on whether to let the province take part in Yugoslavia's 
upcoming elections. A decision likely will be announced Monday. 

International officials were caught off guard earlier this week when a 
Milosevic aide said 500 polling stations would be opened in Serb 
enclaves in Kosovo for the vote. 

According to U.N officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, 
Washington opposes including Kosovo in the elections. European 
governments are not so adamant, pointing out that the province formally 
remains part of Yugoslavia. 

In Geneva, meanwhile, the office of the U.N. rights chief announced 
Friday that she had appointed Swedish Ambassador Henrik Amneus as her 
special envoy on "persons deprived of liberty in connection with the 
Kosovo crisis." 

Mary Robinson, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, wants 
Amneus to look into prisoners, detainees and missing persons on all 
sides of the conflict. The Red Cross has drawn up a list of more than 
3,300 people still missing in the province. 
Copyright 2000 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or 
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From albanianpride at hotmail.com  Mon Sep  4 15:57:06 2000
From: albanianpride at hotmail.com (ardian kanina)
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 15:57:06 CEST
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Aktor i Hollivudit ne Butrint .
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Aktori Michael York n?
Butrintin Antik.

TIRANE

Ka ardhur p?r nj? vizit? turistike n? Butrint dhe n? fund i ?sht? dashur t? 
kthej? at?, n? takim zyrtar. Kjo i ka ndodhur nj?rit prej aktor?ve m? t? 
njohur t? Hollivudit, q? ka qen? dje n? Sarand?. Aktori Michael York ka 
arritur p?r nj? vizit? private, n? qytetin antik t? Butrintit, i mikluar nga 
historia dhe fama e tij.

N? fund, i mrekulluar ka premtuar, q? n? mars t? vitit t? ardhsh?m t? jet? 
n? k?t? vend, p?r t? interpretuar "Hamletin" klasik. Ky lajm konfirmohet 
dje, nga zyra e shtypit t? Ministris? s? Kultur?s. Aktori i njohur 
hollivudian ka qen? i shoq?ruar n? k?t? vizit? nga producent? dhe nj? rreth 
i ngusht? njer?zish t? prodhimit kinematografik amerikan. Pasi jan? njohur 
me vendin arkeologjik, drejtori i zyr?s s? Butrintit, Tare, q? ka sh?rbyer 
edhe si ciceron, i ka njohur me projektet q? jan? duke u nd?rmarr? n? k?t? 
vend dhe mund?sit? artistike t? Amfiteatrit t? tij. York, m? pas i ka mbetur 
vet?m t? shikoj? aksesor?t teknik? t? ambientit p?r realizimin e projektit 
t? tij.

Kush ?sht? Michael York?
Michael York ?sht? nj? nga aktor?t e sot?m m? t? paguar t? Bot?s. Gjat? 
karrier?s s? tij 30-vje?are, ai ?sht? b?r? i njohur n? jet?n kinematografike 
p?r rolet e luajtura dhe bashk?punimet me Taylor, Connery etj. Aktualisht 
?sht? nj? nga aktor?t m? t? njohur t? Bot?s p?r gjenerat?n e tij. P?r 
shqiptar?t, ai ?sht? i njohur n? filmin "Romeo and Juliet" dhe produksionin 
e ri t? "Tre Mosketier?ve" si edhe prodhimin "Cabaret". York ka nj? jet? 
artistike, q? kanalizohet midis interpretimit t? tipit t? Lorenc Olivierit 
dhe makin?s s? fuqishme t? filmit t? Hollywood. "Vizita juaj do t? thot? aq 
shum?. Un? mendoj se kjo mund?si p?r t'ju par? ju, do t? thot? nj? 
eksperienc? me shum? vler? p?r student?t", i ka th?n?, koh? m? par? 
Rudenstein, presidenti i Universitetit t? Harvardit. York ka merit?n se 
artin e tij e ka shtrir? edhe p?r t? ilustruar mund?sin? e emocionit t? 
aktorit. Ai mbart n? vetvete nj? trash?gimi t? madhe t? aktor?ve dhe 
autor?ve t? njohur si Sir John Gielgud, Olivier, Shakespeare dhe Kipling. I 
lindur m? 27 mars t? vitit 1942, n? Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, ai ?sht? 
laureuar n? Oxford. Pastaj ka marr? doktoratur?n n? Artet e Bukura n? 
Universitetin e Karolin?s s? Jugut. Karriera e tij n? teat?r p?rfshin role 
t? para n? pjes? t? tilla si "Hamlet", "Cyrano de Bergerac", "The Crucible" 
dhe "Much ado about nothing" (Shum? zhurm? p?r asgj?). Nd?rsa, n? 
kinematografi, list?s s? filmave t? p?rmendur m? sip?r i shtohen edhe "The 
taming of the shre?", "Murder on the Orient Express", "The island of 
Dr.Moreau" etj.

Butrinti, gracka e VIP-ave
Butrinti ?sht? kthyer n? nj? grack? p?r VIP-at, q? e kan? vizituar. I 
klasifikuar n? 100 objektet e Bot?s m? t? rrezikuara, me insistimin e t? 
gjith? strukturave t? monumenteve dhe dikasterit t? Kultur?s, Butrinti ?sht? 
kthyer n? nj? enklav? ku t? huajt ?meriten. Kjo i ka ndodhur, t? gjith? 
zyrtar?ve q? shkelin Shqip?rin? dhe q? e vizitojn?. Duket, se vet?m 
Hrushovi, n? vitet '60, ka qen? m? "i pav?mendsh?m" ndaj vendbanimit antik. 
S? fundi York, nj? nga njer?zit m? interesant? t? bot?s s? filmit, ka 
premtuar q? t? v?r? n? jav?t e ardhshme, projektin e tij "Hamleti" n? k?t? 
vend. Butrinti me burimet e tij historike t? gjith?farshme dhe sidomos pas 
projektit t? Festivalit Mesdhetar kthehet nj? nga q?ndrat m? interesante t? 
Teatrit bashk?kohor modern n? Bot?.

Me nderime Ardi.....

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Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 21:42:14 EDT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] UN OKs Yugoslav Election in Kosovo/Albania Urges West to Thwart Serb Election ``Games''/US Says Serbs in Kosovo Should Be Able to Vote/Kosovo's Rugova Calls Yugo Election Move Provocation/Solana Urges Kosovo Albanians to Embrace Democracy
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1. UN OKs Yugoslav Election in Kosovo
2. Albania Urges West to Thwart Serb Election ``Games''
3. US Says Serbs in Kosovo Should Be Able to Vote
4. Kosovo's Rugova Calls Yugo Election Move Provocation
5. Solana Urges Kosovo Albanians to Embrace Democracy

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#1.
UN OKs Yugoslav Election in Kosovo

By MERITA DHIMGJOKA
.c The Associated Press

PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (AP) - In a boost to President Slobodan Milosevic, the 
United Nations on Monday grudgingly agreed to demands by his supporters that 
Kosovo residents be allowed to vote in upcoming Yugoslav elections. 

The decision, by Bernard Kouchner, Kosovo's chief U.N. administrator, should 
result in only a limited number of votes being cast in the Sept. 24 
presidential and parliamentary elections. Serbs remaining in the province 
number only in the tens of thousands. 

Still, with no plans for an independent ballot count in Kosovo or outside 
monitoring of the elections, critics of Milosevic fear that the Yugoslav 
president's camp will pad the results heavily in his favor. 

Milosevic, who is lagging in popularity polls behind his chief challenger for 
the post of president, has been accused of cheating in past Kosovo elections. 

Kosovo formally remains part of Serbia, the largest Yugoslav republic, even 
though it has been run by NATO and the United Nations since NATO bombing last 
year forced Milosevic to pull out his troops and cede day-to-day control of 
the province. 

But with the nearly 2 million Kosovo Albanians considering their province 
independent, they are sure to boycott the elections, permitting the Milosevic 
camp to fraudulently claim their vote, say critics of the president. 

``Milosevic is in danger of losing the elections, and he is going to produce 
a lot of false votes in order to win,'' said Father Sava Janjic, a spokesman 
for Kosovo's moderate Serbs, who oppose Milosevic. 

Milosevic's government said last week that the parliamentary and presidential 
elections would be open to voters in Kosovo. In announcing his decision 
Monday, Kouchner said the international community will not get involved 
beyond trying to provide security for all voters - in effect ruling out U.N. 
or NATO attempts to monitor voting and provide independent vote counts. 

The elections ``do not meet any international standards,'' Kouchner said, 
alluding to Western concerns that Milosevic could cheat to stay in power in 
the presidential vote and help his supporters in the parliamentary elections. 

Beyond the issue of cheating, the decision to include Kosovo in the voting 
raises other complications. 

With Kosovo Albanians violently opposed to any association with Yugoslavia, 
any plan to include the province in the Yugoslav parliamentary and 
presidential elections is a sure recipe for violence against Serbs and voting 
facilities. 

Additionally, the move by Milosevic could be an attempt to gain popularity by 
showing Serbs outside the province that Kosovo remains part of their 
republic. Many Serbs blame the Yugoslav president for losing Kosovo to the 
United Nations and NATO. 

The plan would open about 500 polling stations in the troubled southern 
province for the Sept. 24 elections. The United Nations is preparing to hold 
local elections in Kosovo on Oct. 28. 

Also Monday, Serbian opposition leaders and Montenegrin officials warned of 
likely election fraud by Milosevic's allies, after he reportedly collected 
the signatures of 1.6 million citizens who support his candidacy. 

``Of course, this alleged support is an indication how irregular the vote 
will be,'' Montenegro's deputy prime minister, Dragisa Burzan, told The 
Associated Press. 

``We can, therefore, expect that he gets phantom votes just to be certain of 
victory.'' 

Fears are increasing that Milosevic will tamper with the ballot to stay in 
power. If an opposition candidate wins, he may declare the vote invalid, 
which could trigger riots or clashes between Milosevic's supporters and 
opponents. 


#2.
Albania Urges West to Thwart Serb Election ``Games''

TIRANA, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Albanian President Rexhep Meidani on Sunday urged 
the international community to give a clear and severe answer to Yugoslav 
President Slobodan Milosevic's intention to hold federal polls in Kosovo. 

``The Milosevic regime has now started to undermine openly the work of the 
international mission and the Albanian parties in Kosovo,'' Meidani said in a 
statement after meeting Daan Everts, head of the Organisation for Security 
and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) mission in Kosovo. 

``The international community should give a clear and severe answer in order 
not to allow any games or speculation by a (indicted) war criminal like 
Milosevic,'' Meidani said. 

Meidani said Kosovo's local polls on October 28 would be endangered by the 
``growing provocation Belgrade has started and which it wants to stage on the 
September 24 (Yugoslav federal) election.'' 

Officials from Milosevic's Socialist Party held a surprise rally in the 
Kosovo town of Gracanica on Wednesday and announced that Yugoslav presidential
 and parliamentary polls on September 24 would be held in the province. 

The move has left the international community in a dilemma over whether to 
ban elections in a province where they fought to establish democracy or risk 
sanctioning a poll which could be seriously flawed and spark violence. 

Kosovo remains part of Serb-dominated Yugoslavia but has been under de facto 
international rule since June last year when Serb forces withdrew after 78 
days of NATO bombing. 

Electioneering by Serbian politicians in Kosovo and voting in Yugoslav 
elections is likely to enrage members of the ethnic Albanian majority, who 
suffered years of state-backed repression and believe the territory should be 
independent. 


#3.
US Says Serbs in Kosovo Should Be Able to Vote

TIRANA, Sept 2 (Reuters) - A U.S. envoy said there needed to be a way to 
allow Serbs in Kosovo to vote in this month's Yugoslav election without 
undermining the U.N.'s authority in the de facto international protectorate. 

Robert Frowick, U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's representative 
for elections in the Balkans, said the West had to balance two major 
considerations when looking at plans by Yugoslav authorities to hold federal 
polls in Kosovo. 

``On the one hand there needs to be some way -- to respect because of the 
democratic tradition -- some way of enabling all eligible citizens to vote in 
the elections in Serbia,'' Frowick told reporters in the Albanian capital 
Tirana late on Friday. 

``But Kosovo is a very special case now because of the conflict last year and 
the UN Security Council Resolution 1244 which gives the international 
community, UNMIK (the U.N. mission in Kosovo), so much authority during this 
transition period.'' 

Kosovo legally remains part of Serb-dominated Yugoslavia but has been under 
de facto international rule since June of last year when Serb forces withdrew 
after 78 days of NATO bombing. 

Officials from Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's Socialists held a 
surprise rally in the Kosovo town of Gracanica on Wednesday and announced 
that the presidential and parliamentary polls on September 24 would be held 
in the province. 

The move has left international officials in a dilemma over whether to ban 
elections in a province where they fought to establish democracy or risk 
sanctioning a poll which could be seriously flawed and spark violence. 

Frowick did not say how Washington favoured allowing the Serbs to vote -- by 
letting Yugoslav authorities to set up polling stations inside Kosovo or by 
helping Serbs inside Kosovo to travel to polling stations in Serbia proper. 

He stressed any electioneering would have to take place with ``the clear 
understanding that UNMIK is in control within Kosovo...and will be absolutely 
determined to respect democratic norms in any electoral activities there.'' 

The U.N. mission in Kosovo, headed by Frenchman Bernard Kouchner, has so far 
not given a public response to the announcement by Yugoslav officials. 

Electioneering by Serbian politicians in Kosovo and voting in Yugoslav 
elections is likely to enrage members of the ethnic Albanian majority, who 
suffered years of state-backed repression and believe the territory should be 
completely independent. 

Frowick also said preparations for Kosovo's own municipal elections on 
October 28 looked promising but the U.S. was concerned about the potential 
for politically motivated violence. 


#4.
Kosovo's Rugova Calls Yugo Election Move Provocation

By Andrew Gray
  
PRISTINA, Yugoslavia, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Ethnic Albanian leader Ibrahim 
Rugova on Friday branded plans by Yugoslav authorities to hold federal 
elections in Kosovo a provocation. 

Rugova, leader of the largest political party representing Kosovo's Albanian 
majority, said only the province's United Nations-led administration had the 
right to organise elections. 

``It's a provocation for Kosovo,'' Rugova told reporters after a regular 
meeting between local leaders and Bernard Kouchner, head of the U.N. Mission 
in Kosovo (UNMIK). 

``UNMIK has all the rights to make decisions for Kosovo, according to all 
national and international documents,'' added Rugova, president of the 
Democratic League of Kosovo party. 

Kouchner has so far given no public response to this week's announcement by 
Yugoslav officials that federal presidential and parliamentary polls on 
September 24 will also be held in Kosovo. 

The province legally remains part of Yugoslavia but has been under de facto 
international rule since June of last year, when Serb forces withdrew after 
78 days of NATO bombing. 

The move leaves the West in a dilemma -- try to ban elections in a territory 
where it fought to establish democracy or sanction a poll which could be 
flawed, spark violence and keep Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic in 
power. 

U.N. officials said Kouchner did not want to play into Belgrade's hands by 
responding immediately to the announcement, which they see as a ploy by 
Milosevic to raise tension, when Yugoslav authorities have not even notified 
UNMIK of the plans. 

But Kouchner has made clear several times that he does not see how free, fair 
and safe Yugoslav elections could be organised within such a short timeframe 
in the volatile and sometimes chaotic environment of post-war Kosovo. 

UNMIK officials acknowledged that the mission would have to come up with a 
position within the next few days and suggested a statement might come after 
European Union foreign ministers had discussed the issue at a weekend meeting 
in Evian, France. 

But even if, as seems likely, UNMIK decides not to sanction the elections, 
international officials admit they could still face a major security problem 
as they will not be able to physically stop the polls taking place in Serb 
enclaves. 

Any electioneering by Serbian politicians and voting in Yugoslav elections is 
likely to enrage ethnic Albanians, who suffered years of repression inside 
Serb-dominated Yugoslavia and believe the territory should be completely 
independent. 

An indication of that anger came on Friday when ethnic Albanian politicians 
voiced outrage that officials from Milosevic's Socialist Party were able to 
come to the Kosovo town of Gracanica on Wednesday and announce the election 
plan. 

``They are leaders of a party which organised four wars in former Yugoslavia 
and has committed criminal acts and we expressed our surprise that they could 
come to Gracanica,'' said Rexhep Qosja, head of Kosovo's United Democratic 
Movement. 


#5.
Solana Urges Kosovo Albanians to Embrace Democracy

UROSEVAC, Yugoslavia, Aug 30 (Reuters) - European foreign policy chief Javier 
Solana on Wednesday urged Kosovo Albanians to turn their backs on the 
province's violent history and embrace democracy in forthcoming elections. 

Solana, who was NATO Secretary-General last year when the alliance bombed 
Yugoslavia to drive Serb forces out of Kosovo, told a public meeting in the 
southeastern town of Urosevac the elections were a chance to set a course for 
a peaceful future. 

``My dear friends, a society cannot be constructed with hatred,'' Solana told 
the crowd, which gave him a hero's welcome of cheers and applause at a sports 
hall on the outskirts of the town. ``A society has to be constructed with 
love.'' 

Since NATO and the United Nations took over responsibility for the Yugoslav 
province in June last year, it has been plagued by violence against Serbs and 
other minorities committed by ethnic Albanians embittered by years of Serb 
repression. 

As the October 28 municipal elections draw closer, police and peacekeepers 
have also reported several attacks within the ethnic Albanian majority with a 
possible political background. 

Solana, now the European Union's high representative for foreign and security 
policy, urged ethnic Albanians to vote for candidates who would guarantee 
them a peaceful future. 

``Please, do away with hatred, do away with violence,'' said the former 
Spanish foreign minister, who appeared visibly moved by his reception at the 
meeting. ``The past is over. The future is ours, is yours.'' 

The meeting was one in a series being held around Kosovo by Bernard Kouchner, 
the head of the territory's U.N.-led administration, to encourage a dialogue 
with local people. 

``We have to transform the image of Kosovo in offering a democratic election 
-- fair and without violence,'' Kouchner told the crowd. ``I ask you, going 
into elections, to stop the vicious cycle of revenge.'' 


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Subject: [ALBSA-Info] American Association of University Women
Message-ID: <000a01c0173a$1c2a9a70$eb5dc580@bu.edu>

      American Association of University Women 
        
         The AAUW is an organization of 150,000 college graduates dedicated to equity and education for women and girls. The AAUW has spearheaded the drive to put gender bias in schools on the nation's reform agenda. It has been a catalyst for the advancement of women, involved in such issues as education, family and medical leave, civil rights, and reproductive choice.

      1111 16th St., N.W.
      Washington, D.C. 20036 

      phone: (800) 326-2289 
      fax: (202) 872-1425
      e-mail: info at aauw.org 
      Web site: http://www.aauw.org/ 


      * * *
      (For other organizations involved in education policy or education reform, please see our Organizations Listing.) 
     

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Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 11:40:20 -0400
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Call for Papers: Law and Justice under Fire: The Legal lessons of the Yugoslav Wars, University of Bradford, 7-11 April 2001
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From kulufi at hotmail.com  Sun Sep  3 12:02:46 2000
From: kulufi at hotmail.com (Oltion Gjura)
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 16:02:46 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Request for Info.
Message-ID: <LAW2-F1030OAmVIS0rs000014ec@hotmail.com>

Mirememgjes te gjitheve.

Kisha nje pyetje. A e di njeri nese do behet ajo mbremja tek Antony te Henen 
ne darke apo jo. Dhe nese do behet ne cfare ore dhe sa kushton bileta.

Faleminderit shume.


Olti Gjura
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From i_spaho at hotmail.com  Sun Sep  3 16:42:53 2000
From: i_spaho at hotmail.com (irma spaho)
Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 20:42:53 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Copeza Letrare e Fundjaves
Message-ID: <F182wQ7EGMnLkLAItId00001e89@hotmail.com>


Kenga e Buzeve

Buzet e tua- dy gjysmehena qe djegin pameshirshem,
me thithin zjarrmthin e mendimit te dites.
Buzet e tua- simfoni  e pashkruar,
qe ne veshet e mi ushton furishem.

Buzet e tua-konstelacion yjesh ne hapesire,
qe shfaqen per t'me ndricuar mendimet, rrugen.
Buzet e tua-miliona duar qe mbjellin faren e dashurise,
dhe harresen, lodhjen duke eksituar.

Buzet e tua-hije qe me ndjekin pas,
kuptojne tek une friken e se panjohures, dobesine time.
Buzet e tua-altar ku flijoj mosbesimin e femise-grua,
dhe Zotit harroj t'i jap falenderime.

Buzet a tua-nje oqean i pafund kenaqesish,
te lutem m'i jep, m'i jep me to te luaj,
t'i humbas e ne kerkim t'i gjej serish,
te qesh me to, t'i puth e deri ne dhimbje t'i vuaj.

Buzet e tua,
perberja kimike- dashuri
gjendja fizike-avull
koha-perjetesi
hapesira-e pakufishme
ku cdo dite zbuloj nje te pashkelur truall.

Buze qe me dhate te parat leksione te perkedheljes,
rrembemani shikimin qe ne pasqyren e syve tuaj te shihem,
t'ju imitoj palodhur, t'ju rrembej misterin,
e t'ju therras me emrin real tuaj-DIABOLIKE.


Irma
Boston,
Shtator, 2000
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From i_spaho at hotmail.com  Tue Sep  5 13:16:35 2000
From: i_spaho at hotmail.com (irma spaho)
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 17:16:35 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] (no subject)
Message-ID: <F276vBlcI59Sg206dEl0000373b@hotmail.com>

Does anyone remember when did the ceremony for the British Cemetery in 
Tirana took place? I would appreciate it if you could give me the month and 
the year.

Thank you,
Irma
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From kbejko at hotmail.com  Tue Sep  5 14:24:56 2000
From: kbejko at hotmail.com (Kreshnik Bejko)
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 18:24:56 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Say bye bye to Chris Hedges
Message-ID: <LC3-LFD11CwtOKXGq5c0000036b@hotmail.com>

Chris Hidges p?rjashtohet nga gazeta New York Time

Uashington, 4 shtator ( Kosovapress ) - Sipas editorit t? New York Time, 
autori i shum? shkrimeve p?r Kosov?n dhe p?r problemet n? Ballkan, Chris 
Hidges, ?sht? larguar nga puna, p?r shkak t? dezinformimit t? opinionit 
amerikan, me ngjarjet n? Bosnj? dhe n? Kosov?. Hidges kishte dezinformuar 
opinionin amerikan edhe p?r politik?n amerikane n? Ballkan. Editori, 
gjithashtu thekson se Hidges kishte marr? ryshfet, nga persona t? caktuar, 
p?r shkrimet e tij n? gazet?n New York Time. Hidges njihet n? opinionin 
kosovar, p?r shkrimet tendencioze dhe shpif?se, gjat? dhe pas luft?s, kund?r 
Ushtris? ?lirimtare t? Kosov?s.


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From acapa at bu.edu  Tue Sep  5 15:28:58 2000
From: acapa at bu.edu (Alma Capa)
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 15:28:58 -0400
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] british ceremetry
Message-ID: <000c01c0176f$8d45bb60$eb5dc580@bu.edu>

Irma



Nuk jam shume e sakte por me duket se ka qene tetor i 1987.

Ndersa konferencat dhe dy ceremoni  jane mbajtur ne mars te 1999.

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From acapa at bu.edu  Tue Sep  5 15:30:28 2000
From: acapa at bu.edu (Alma Capa)
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 15:30:28 -0400
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] British cemetery
Message-ID: <001901c0176f$bf822500$eb5dc580@bu.edu>

Irma

Sorry for misspelling the subject
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From alma_02217 at yahoo.com  Tue Sep  5 16:43:31 2000
From: alma_02217 at yahoo.com (alma capa)
Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 13:43:31 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] (no subject)
Message-ID: <20000905204331.17362.qmail@web4105.mail.yahoo.com>

Ne tetor te 1987 ceremonia ka qene ne Corfuz
Keshtu qe isha krejt gabim


--- irma spaho <i_spaho at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Does anyone remember when did the ceremony for the
> British Cemetery in 
> Tirana took place? I would appreciate it if you
> could give me the month and 
> the year.
> 
> Thank you,
> Irma
>
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From juniku at hotmail.com  Wed Sep  6 08:13:57 2000
From: juniku at hotmail.com (Uk Lushi)
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 12:13:57 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Albanian president to visit Clark
Message-ID: <F75gCZ16q2NhSN7OKoq000088ff@hotmail.com>

>From: Adis68 at aol.com
>Reply-To: alb-info-talk at egroups.com
>To: alb-club at alb-net.com
>Subject: [alb-info-talk] Albanian president to visit Clark
>Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 02:29:47 EDT


>Albanian president to visit Clark
>
>Tuesday, September 5, 2000
>
>By Emilie Astell
>Telegram & Gazette Staff
>
>
>WORCESTER-- Albanian President Rexhep Meidani is planning to speak on
>education, democracy and the problems facing his country in a visit to 
>Clark
>University Saturday.
>          Mr. Meidani will address about 200 Albanian-Americans, including
>Clark alumni and faculty, at 2 p.m. at Tilton Hall. R. Norman Peters, class
>of 1962, is chairman of a luncheon preceding the president's address.
>          Clark President John E. Bassett, City Councilor-at-Large 
>Konstantina
>B. Lukes and Steve C. Dune, class of 1953, are expected to welcome Mr.
>Meidani.
>          Prior to assuming the presidency in July 1997, Mr. Meidani served 
>as
>head of the theoretical physics department at Tirana University. A lecturer
>for 30 years, Mr. Meidani has participated on many commissions, scientific
>councils and various organizations dealing with academic matters.
>          During his visit, Mr. Meidani will speak with 12 Albanian 
>students,
>three of whom attend Clark on scholarships.
>          Clark's linkage with the Albanian-American community began in the
>1930s between an Albanian student and Homer Payson Little, a former college
>dean. A permanent endowment fund, The Lambi and Sarah Adams Endowed
>Scholarship Fund, was established in honor of Mr. Little in 1987 by Dr. 
>Lambi
>N. Adams, class of 1933.
>          An endowed professorship, The Lambi and Sarah Adams Endowed Chair 
>in
>History, was later established to support scholarship and teaching at Clark
>on the culture and history of Eastern Europe, with an emphasis on the
>Illyrian/Albanian experience.
>          Mr. Meidani's appearance at Clark is part of a series of visits 
>he
>is making in the United States. He is scheduled to attend the Millennium
>Summit of the United Nations in New York and a separate dinner with 
>President
>Clinton prior to his visit here.
>
>
>? 2000 Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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From kruja at fas.harvard.edu  Wed Sep  6 11:05:24 2000
From: kruja at fas.harvard.edu (Eriola Kruja)
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 11:05:24 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] humor
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10009061104340.6148-110000@is08.fas.harvard.edu>


find your school. :)

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From aalibali at yahoo.com  Wed Sep  6 13:33:27 2000
From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali)
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 10:33:27 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] An Albanian in The Detroit News
Message-ID: <20000906173328.23381.qmail@web119.yahoomail.com>

 The Detroit News

 September 6, 2000, Wednesday

Sports; Pg. 8

Salutes: Honoring Young Athletes

By Bev Eckman; The Detroit NewsSCHOOLS; SPORTS


   Endri Xhacka

   Grosse Pointe North

   Sport: Soccer.

   Year / GPA: Jr. / 3.0.

   Favorite class: Algebra.

   Favorite movie: The Matrix.

   Sports hero: Brazil forward Renaldo.

   Role model: Dad, Gjergji Xhacka, was a forward on
the  Albanian  national soccer team for 20 years.

   Recreation: Parties with friends.

   Goal: Play college soccer, then professional soccer
in Europe.

   Achievement: Xhacka (pronounced Chotska), a
5-foot-9, 160-pound forward, had three goals Aug. 28
in a 4-2 victory over Utica Ford. On Aug. 30, he had a
goal and an assist in a 3-2 loss to Sterling Heights.
He played on the  Albanian junior national team for
five years before coming to Michigan a year and a half

ago.

   Maria Jilian

   Dearborn Divine Child

   Sport: Basketball.

   Year / GPA: Sr. / 3.1.

   Favorite class: Drafting.

   Favorite movie: Water Boy .

   Sports hero: Michael Jordan.

   Father, Avo Jilian, a guard on the Lebanese
national team.

   Recreation: Shopping, movies with friends.

   Goal: College ball, then graphic design or
architecture.

   Achievement: Jilian, a 5-9 guard, had six
three-pointers Aug. 28 in a 50-44
victory over Ann Arbor Huron. She finished with 24
points, seven steals and five
assists. Last year she was Detroit News All-Metro and
first-team All-State in
Class B; All-Catholic and All-Catholic Central League.
She is being recruited by
U-M, Kent, Western Michigan, Loyola and San Diego
State.

   Pete Boyse

   Auburn Hills Oakland Christian

   Sport: Soccer.

   Year / GPA: Sr. / 3.4.

   Favorite class: Physics.

   Favorite movie: Braveheart.

   Sports hero: Outside midfielder Frankie Hedjuk of
the U.S. national team.

   Role model: Dad, Richard Boyse, who played tennis
in high school.

   Recreation: Movies, reading, discussions with
friends.

   Goal: College soccer and a professional degree.

   Achievement: Boyse, a 5-7, 140-pound forward, had
four goals and three
assists Aug. 31 in an 8-0 victory over Genesee
Christian. He has eight goals
this season. He was all-district, -conference and
-region last season, and
second-team all-state.

   Jeff Szypula

   Garden City

   Sport: Soccer.

   Year / GPA: Sr. / 3.1.

   Favorite class: World geography.

   Favorite movie: Shawshank Redemption.

   Sports hero: St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Eric
Davis.

   Role model: Brother Joe, who played forward for
Garden City.

   Recreation: Basketball, swimming with friends.

   Goal: College soccer, study business.

   Achievement: Szypula, a 5-10, 150-pound striker,
had five goals in 48 minutes
Aug. 31 in an 8-0 victory over Wayne Memorial. He has
six goals and an assist
this season. Last season he had 27 goals and four
assists and made first-team
Mega White and second-team all-area.

GRAPHIC: XhackaJilianBoyseSzypula

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 The Detroit News

                          September 6, 2000, Wednesday

SECTION: Sports; Pg. 8

LENGTH: 442 words

HEADLINE: Salutes: Honoring Young Athletes

BYLINE: Bev Eckman; The Detroit NewsSCHOOLS; SPORTS

 BODY:
   Endri Xhacka

   Grosse Pointe North

   Sport: Soccer.

   Year / GPA: Jr. / 3.0.

   Favorite class: Algebra.

   Favorite movie: The Matrix.

   Sports hero: Brazil forward Renaldo.

   Role model: Dad, Gjergji Xhacka, was a forward on
the  Albanian  national
soccer team for 20 years.

   Recreation: Parties with friends.

   Goal: Play college soccer, then professional soccer
in Europe.

   Achievement: Xhacka (pronounced Chotska), a
5-foot-9, 160-pound forward, had 
three goals Aug. 28 in a 4-2 victory over Utica Ford.
On Aug. 30, he had a goal 
and an assist in a 3-2 loss to Sterling Heights. He
played on the  Albanian 
junior national team for five years before coming to
Michigan a year and a half 
ago.

   Maria Jilian

   Dearborn Divine Child

   Sport: Basketball.

   Year / GPA: Sr. / 3.1.

   Favorite class: Drafting.

   Favorite movie: Water Boy .

   Sports hero: Michael Jordan.

   Father, Avo Jilian, a guard on the Lebanese
national team.

   Recreation: Shopping, movies with friends.

   Goal: College ball, then graphic design or
architecture.

   Achievement: Jilian, a 5-9 guard, had six
three-pointers Aug. 28 in a 50-44
victory over Ann Arbor Huron. She finished with 24
points, seven steals and five
assists. Last year she was Detroit News All-Metro and
first-team All-State in
Class B; All-Catholic and All-Catholic Central League.
She is being recruited by
U-M, Kent, Western Michigan, Loyola and San Diego
State.

   Pete Boyse

   Auburn Hills Oakland Christian

   Sport: Soccer.

   Year / GPA: Sr. / 3.4.

   Favorite class: Physics.

   Favorite movie: Braveheart.

   Sports hero: Outside midfielder Frankie Hedjuk of
the U.S. national team.

   Role model: Dad, Richard Boyse, who played tennis
in high school.

   Recreation: Movies, reading, discussions with
friends.

   Goal: College soccer and a professional degree.

   Achievement: Boyse, a 5-7, 140-pound forward, had
four goals and three
assists Aug. 31 in an 8-0 victory over Genesee
Christian. He has eight goals
this season. He was all-district, -conference and
-region last season, and
second-team all-state.

   Jeff Szypula

   Garden City

   Sport: Soccer.

   Year / GPA: Sr. / 3.1.

   Favorite class: World geography.

   Favorite movie: Shawshank Redemption.

   Sports hero: St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Eric
Davis.

   Role model: Brother Joe, who played forward for
Garden City.

   Recreation: Basketball, swimming with friends.

   Goal: College soccer, study business.

   Achievement: Szypula, a 5-10, 150-pound striker,
had five goals in 48 minutes
Aug. 31 in an 8-0 victory over Wayne Memorial. He has
six goals and an assist
this season. Last season he had 27 goals and four
assists and made first-team
Mega White and second-team all-area.














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From kbejko at hotmail.com  Fri Sep  8 10:18:16 2000
From: kbejko at hotmail.com (Kreshnik Bejko)
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 14:18:16 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] CORRECTION
Message-ID: <F255LLqu2tuT9UdTH1a00006544@hotmail.com>

Sorry, the open house date is on Sept.13



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From kbejko at hotmail.com  Fri Sep  8 09:40:34 2000
From: kbejko at hotmail.com (Kreshnik Bejko)
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 13:40:34 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Boston Jobs
Message-ID: <F21lT2NqFJ3sl3xbYiM00001b34@hotmail.com>

Dear all,

Massachussetts Financial Services, a Boston based financial institution, has 
an open house on Sept. 23
for several entry level positions which are great for recent college 
graduates. This company is the inventor of the mutual fund as an investment 
tool, as well as one of Fortune 100 best companies to work for. If 
interested let me know and I will do my best to push your application.

best regards
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From mehollim at hotmail.com  Thu Sep  7 19:23:03 2000
From: mehollim at hotmail.com (Mimoza Meholli)
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 23:23:03 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] FW: US Airways Offers Fall Travel Bargains for South Florida & Western Cities
Message-ID: <F225hK1GhdB5VdAESiP00005d2a@hotmail.com>

>>                  Fall Travel Bargains to South Florida
>                    or Las Vegas, Phoenix and Seattle
>          Tickets Must be Purchased by Monday, September 11, 2000
>          *******************************************************
>
>Whether it's Florida or the West, US Airways gives you two great ways to
>save
>with special internet-only fares for fall travel.  Travel, in either
>direction,
>between most cities east of the Mississippi and
>
>           Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Myers, Sarasota and West Palm Beach
>           for as low as $59 each way based on roundtrip purchase
>
>                                   or
>
>                     Las Vegas, Phoenix and Seattle
>           for as low as $99 each way based on roundtrip purchase
>
>Just purchase your ticket by Monday, September 11 and complete your
>travel by October 31, 2000, to take advantage of this limited time offer.
>
>
>THESE SPECIAL FARES ARE ONLY AVAILABLE WHEN YOU PURCHASE ROUNDTRIP AND
>BOOK ONLINE BY SEPTEMBER 11, 2000 at http://www.usairways.com
>
>THE SALE FARES ARE NOT AVAILABLE WHEN BOOKING BY TELEPHONE THROUGH OUR
>RESERVATIONS DEPARTMENT.
>
>This is just a sample of the savings offered.  For reservations and fares
>from your city, go to: http://www.usairways.com
>
>Between:                                   Fares
>
>------------------------------------------------
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>Charlotte and Miami.........................$ 59
>Washington, DC and Ft. Lauderdale...........$ 59
>Pittsburgh and Ft. Myers....................$ 59
>Philadelphia and Sarasota...................$ 59
>New York-LaGuardia and Ft. Myers............$ 59
>Albany and West Palm Beach..................$ 59
>Rochester and Ft. Lauderdale................$ 59
>Greensboro and Miami........................$ 59
>Cincinnati and Ft. Myers....................$ 69
>Indianapolis and Sarasota...................$ 69
>Cleveland and West Palm Beach...............$ 69
>Chicago and Miami...........................$ 69
>Milwaukee and Ft. Lauderdale................$ 69
>Dayton and Phoenix..........................$ 99
>Orlando and Phoenix.........................$ 99
>Baltimore and Phoenix.......................$ 99
>Philadelphia and Phoenix....................$ 99
>Hartford and Phoenix........................$ 99
>Boston and Phoenix..........................$ 99
>Louisville and Seattle......................$119
>Greensboro and Las Vegas....................$119
>Columbus and Seattle........................$119
>Tampa and Las Vegas.........................$119
>Raleigh/Durham and Seattle..................$119
>New York-LaGuardia and Las Vegas............$119
>Jacksonville, FL and Seattle................$119
>Buffalo and Las Vegas.......................$119
>Pittsburgh and Seattle......................$119
>
>Fares shown are each way based on required roundtrip purchase via US
>Airways.
>Depending upon your travel needs, alternative routings may be available at
>the same fares, with part of the service on regional aircraft operated by
>US Airways Express carriers Allegheny, Air Midwest, CCAIR, Chautauqua,
>Colgan,
>CommutAir, Mesa, Piedmont or PSA.
>
>             Be sure to bookmark our online Promotions page at
>               http://www.usairways.com/promotions/index.htm
>                   for this and other special offers
>
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>option by visiting the Reservations section on our homepage.  Enter your
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>book online and 1,000 bonus Dividend Miles thereafter, when you purchase a
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>US Airways Express carriers, US Airways Shuttle or MetroJet by US Airways
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>Coach travel on US Airways, US Airways Express or MetroJet by US Airways.
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>reservation, but no later than 9/11/00. Travel must be completed by
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>purchased
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From acapa at bu.edu  Wed Sep  6 13:56:34 2000
From: acapa at bu.edu (Alma Capa)
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 13:56:34 -0400
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] TECH news
Message-ID: <001b01c0182b$cbea1570$eb5dc580@bu.edu>

There's a discussion link  for the TECH news and US Intellegence.
If someone is interested in I'll follow you through the steps to participate on it.
Discussion Link
Click here to access the document "Compaq to build 'fastest' supercomputer".

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Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 15:52:29 -0400
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From Gazhebo at aol.com  Sat Sep  9 15:35:35 2000
From: Gazhebo at aol.com (Gazhebo at aol.com)
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 15:35:35 EDT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Greek Minister Opposes Free Kosovo
Message-ID: <bd.6e1248f.26ebeb07@aol.com>

Greek Minister Opposes Free Kosovo
 
PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (AP) - Greece's foreign minister rejected the 
independence aspirations of Kosovo's ethnic Albanians on Friday, a day after 
meeting with Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. 

``We are not in favor of dividing people but uniting them within a united 
Europe,'' Foreign Minister George Papandreou told reporters in Pristina, the 
Kosovo capital. 

Kosovo formally remains part of Serbia, the largest Yugoslav republic, even 
though it has been run by NATO and the United Nations since NATO bombing last 
year forced Milosevic to pull out his troops. But the nearly 2 million 
Albanians in Kosovo want independence. 

Greece, a NATO member with traditionally close ties to the Serbs, maintains 
it is in a good position to help ease ethnic hostility in the Balkans. 

Papandreou was the first ranking Western official to visit Yugoslavia after 
last year's air strikes to stop Milosevic's crackdown on ethnic Albanians in 
Kosovo. He met Milosevic in Belgrade on Thursday. 

``We would like to have a multicultural society and we are not in favor of an 
ethnically cleansed society,'' Papandreou said. 

He echoed Western concerns about manipulation in Yugoslavia's parliamentary 
and presidential elections scheduled for Sept. 24, in which the Kosovo's 
minority serbs will be allowed to vote. 

U.N. officials administering war-ravaged Kosovo fear a surge in violence 
before the elections, which polls show strongman Milosevic trailing the 
opposition candidate. 

``The world will be watching (the elections) very closely,'' he said. 

NATO has boosted its troop presence in Kosovo ahead of the Yugoslav elections 
and municipal polls in the province itself next month. 


From acapa at bu.edu  Sat Sep  9 22:00:32 2000
From: acapa at bu.edu (Alma Capa)
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 22:00:32 -0400
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] PER POEZITE QE NDRYSHOJNE ATMOSFEREN
Message-ID: <004601c01aca$e6f648b0$eb5dc580@bu.edu>


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Irma

I lexova edhe njehere te gjithat poezite tuaj (ato qe i kisha lene per fundjavee).
Te gjitheve na pelqen te jemi te sinqerte.Kujt nuk i pelqen por s'arrijne dot ta bejne. Pak kush. 
Te jetosh me nje ndjenje te bukur e te sinqerte do te thote te "biesh ne dashuri me dashurine".
Everybody eshte ne kerkim te True Love. E ka gjetur njeri.

Faleminderit qe nepermjet poezive te tuaja na jep mundesine te mendojme edhe per veteveten.
Shume vargje jo vetem qe me perkisnin por na bejne te harrojme njerezit qe jane " blind of sincerity" dhe te kujtojme vetem ato qe dine ta falin dashuri.           True Love ekziston por vetem per ato qe e kerkojne dhe e ndiejne ate vertet. Dashuria s'ka perkufizim. Dhe po u mundove te japesh perkufizim atehere je gabuar. 

Para se te lexoni poezine (qe mund te ju duket edhe pak outdate) do doja te permendja nje thenie te HYGOIT.

Kur te biesh ne dashuri munduhu ta fshehesh ate, por me shume lufto per ta ruajtur (?).
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"Love"

What is the true nature of Love?
Is it possible to put it into words?
No! Love is something that has to be experienced.
The nature of Love is beyond the comprehension of the human mind.
However, if we transcend the human self and all its weaknesses,
we find ourselves united with something more beautiful than we
can express in our limited human language.
It has been talked about, written about, in prose and poetry.
True Love is Silent.
It does not seek its own.
It gives of itself spreading Light and Joy on Its Path.
Some recognize it, great is their reward.
Others are blinded, great is their sorrow.
True Love is fulfilling.
It fulfills, and is fulfilled by the sheer joy of giving of Itself
and being Itself without ever wishing to receive.
True Love is Divine.
Man cannot create It, nor can he withdraw It.
It is not his to give, nor to take.
It is God recognizing Himself through His Manifestations,
and trying to raise Man in It.
To unite the consciousness of Man to the Consciousness of God,
Love is the only way.
To Love is to Live, Love is understandig, listening and caring,

Love is emotion without measure, Love is blessed and not capricious,

Love is eternal magic inspiration of the audacity, appaising and hiding our weakness.

LOVE IS TO LIVE, LOVE HAS TO BE CHASE, LOVE IS FOR THOSE WHO FOLLOWS DREAMS

LOVE HAS TO BE PURE AND TO BE DEFENDED.

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From aalibali at yahoo.com  Mon Sep 11 07:56:27 2000
From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali)
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 04:56:27 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] An unfortunate statement
Message-ID: <20000911115627.17213.qmail@web106.yahoomail.com>

Below is a totally inacccurate and contradictory
statement regarding Albania and Kosovar crisis,
contained in the State Department's report on
religious freedoms in the world.
No mentioning at all of the Orthodox fundamentalism
and the growing concern among all Albanians in that
regard.
This is only one among other inaccurate and
unfortunate statements in the same State Department's
report, showing pehaps another example of the
ineffectiveness of Albanian lobbying groups in DC.

Full text at: www.state.gov

"The longstanding concerns among Christians about the
growing support for Islamic fundamentalism were
heightened as a result of the influx of Kosovar
refugees into the country. After the war, nearly all
the Kosovar refugees left the country, and there were
no indications of a growth of fundamentalism among the
few that remained. The concern among the Christians
regarding this issue remains the same as before the
influx of Kosovars. After the war, the fundamentalist
associations, active in Albania during the war, were
later displaced into Kosovo."





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From alma_02217 at yahoo.com  Mon Sep 11 08:24:02 2000
From: alma_02217 at yahoo.com (alma capa)
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 05:24:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Dreka me Presidentin
Message-ID: <20000911122402.4274.qmail@web4106.mail.yahoo.com>

Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 20:00:47 -0400 (EDT) 
From: Artan Simeqi <asimeqi at ccs.neu.edu> 
To: alb-club at alb-net.com 
Subject: [Alb-club] Dreka me presidentin ne Boston. 
Reply-to: alb-club at alb-net.com 


Me poshte po jap nje pershkrim te kesaj veprimtarie
ashtu sic e pashe une. I kerkoj te falur personave
qe nuk ua mbaj dot mend emrin, pasi shenime nuk mbajta
(ne fund te fundit ishte dreke, nuk perdorja dot edhe
pirunin edhe lapsin).
Gjithashtu desheroj te theksoj se ky pershkrim nuk
duhet
te merret si shfaqje simpatie apo antipatie per
ndokend.
Thjesht mendova te tregoj se c'ndodhi.
 
U zgjova sot ne mengjes me mendimin se do te shkoja 
ne dreken me presidentin. Kjo dreke do zhvillohej ne
Anthony's Pier4, ne ora 12:30. Dhe befas u kujtova se
megjithese kam
dy vjet ne Boston, nuk e dija se si shkohet aty. Disa
telefonata me ndihmuan, dhe keshtu  mora trenin
e kuq, u ula ne South Station, dhe prej aty ne kembe
te
restoranti (rreth 15 minuta).
Restoranti ishte shume i madh, me dy kate, dhe disa
salla
dhe veranda. Ne traditen e vjeter shqiptare nuk kishte
asnje shenje 
qe te tregonte se ne c'salle duhej te shkohej.
Megjithate pak duke 
pyetur dhe pak me hamendje e gjeta. 
Presidenti kishte ardhur, megjithate shenja e vetme se
ai ishte aty ishin dy makina te Boston Police. Dreka
ishte thene
qe fillon ne 12:30, por ai u fut ne salle rreth 1:15.
Gjate
kesaj kohe ai mesa duket ishte ne nje koktej qe behej
ne
nje nga verandat. A ishim edhe ne te tjeret te ftuar?
Kush
e di. 
Pak para se te hynte presidenti e mori fjalen zoti
Agron Alibali,
i cili i ftoi te gjithe te prisnin ne kembe
ambasadorin Nesho,
ministrin Milo, si dhe presidentin Meidani me te
shoqen Lidren.
Presidenti kishte veshur nje kostum te bukur gri,
ndersa 
ne veshjen e se shoqes dominonte e verdha.
Me pas zoti Ron Nasson prezantoi zotin Gjoni Athanas
(po 
pikerisht ate qe mbani mend edhe ju), i cili kendoi
himnin
amerikan dhe me pas ate shqiptar. Me pas dreken e
bekoi
nje hoxhe shqiptar nga Connecticut. Me pas foli edhe
ate
Arthur Liolin. Pershendetja e tij ishte pak a shume
fetare, por
kishte edhe ca doza politike (shpetoje o zot
Shqiperine
nga korrupsioni dhe mekatet...).
Pas kesaj filluam te hame. Dreka perbehej nga nje
antipaste
(lobster+sallate), nje gjelle me mish si dhe nje
embelsire qe
nuk e kisha pare kurre. Gjella me mish besoj se ishte
gatuar
ne menyre shqiptare. Per te pire kishte disa lloje
vere, dhe
sic rrodhen punet mund te pije sa te doje. Mund te
them se
dreka ishte e mire. Kamarieret ishin te gjithe
shqiptare
dhe sherbenin shume mire.
Pas drekes filluan pershendetjet. Fillimisht zoti
Alibali
lexoi pershendetjet e disa kongresmeneve qe nuk kishin
mundur
te vinin. Pastaj filloi nje ritual qe nuk e kisha pare
kurre
me pare, por mu duk shume interesant. Njerezit dilnin,
pershendesnin
me dy tre fjale dhe njoftonin emrin e pershendetesit
tjeter.
Gjithsej ishin nja 10 te tille. Me i suksesshmi ishte
padyshim
zoti Anthony Athanas. Kur po dilte ne podium njerezit
u ngriten
ne kembe dhe e priten me duartrokitje. Kur arriti aty
ai tha:
Me mire s'po flas fare, se sido qe te jete nuk do marr
me
shume duartrokitje. Megjithate ai foli mjaft bukur.
Ndermjet
te tjerash vuri ne dukje se ne presidentin e presim si
perfaqesues
te zgjedhur te popullit shqiptar.
Gjithashtu foli edhe konsullesha e Kanadase ne Boston,
e cila foli
ne emer te trupit diplomatik te atashuar ne Boston.
Besoj se 
mbiemri i saj ishte Clancy. Duhet permendur qe edhe
zoti Athanas
eshte konsull nderi i Shqiperise ne Boston.
Ne fund foli zoti president. Ai foli fillimisht per
Kosoven dhe
solidaritetin e shqiptareve ne perballimin e krizes se
1999.
Per kete falenderoi edhe diasporen qe dha ndihmen e
vet.
Me pas ai foli per perpjekjet e qeverise per
permiresimin e
gjendjes. Si shenja te perparimit te Shqiperise ai
permendi
ndermjet te tjerash faktin qe tani atje jane rreth 150
radio
e televizione private, si dhe perhapjen e gjere qe po
merr
Interneti. Sidoqofte ai theksoi se nuk jemi aspak te
kenaqur
dhe po perpiqemi per me shume. Shenja e vetme qe do na
beje
te kenaqur, tha presidenti, eshte kur te shohim
intelektualet
qe te kthehen nga perendimi per te punuar ne Shqiperi.
Gjithashtu presidenti vuri ne dukje se po punohet qe
te
ngrihet gjithnje me shume niveli i edukimit.
Per tu permendur eshte qe presidenti nuk tha asnje
fjale
per fushaten zgjedhore qe po zhvillohet ne Shqiperi.
Po 
keshtu ai nuk tha ndonje gje ne lidhje me veprimtarine
qe ka zhvilluar keto dite ne Amerike, por permendi si
sukses te politikes se jashtme pranimin e Shqiperise
ne OBT.
Presidenti foli shqip, dhe fjalen nuk e kishte te
parapregatitur. Anglisht perktheu nje grua qe quhej
Diana.
Ajo dukej qe dinte nje numer shume te madh fjalesh,
por
ndonjehere kuptimi i asaj qe thoshte, nuk ishte i
njejte
me kuptimin e asaj qe presidenti thoshte.
Pastaj presidentit dhe gruas se tij u dhane nga nje
dhurate.
Dhuraten ua dha nje cift amerikan.
Pas kesaj dreka perfundoi dhe njerezit filluan te
flisnin 
per qejf te tyre. Presidenti qendroi aty edhe rreth 30
minuta, kohe gjate te ciles kush donte shkonte e
fliste
me te, bente fotografi etj. Si gjithmone ai ishte
shume i vemendshem ndaj detajeve. Ca shoke me kerkuan
tu
beja nje fotografi me te, dhe ai vuri ne dukje se
blici
nuk u ndez. Pasi e perseritem edhe nje here, dhe
perseri 
nuk u ndez, tha se me siguri eshte faji i drites qe
hynte
nga dritaret pas shpatullave te tyre.
Dreka u mbyll rreth ores 3:30.
Pjesemarrja:
Besoj se ishin rreth 200 vete. Une njihja shume pak
nga ata.
Kishte pervecse nga New England, edhe nga New York dhe
Michigan. Per mendimin tim rreth gjysma e te
pranishmeve
nuk dinte shqip. Veprimtaria u filmua pervec te
tjerash
edhe nga nje kameraman qe dukej sikur ishte i TVSH
(por
kamera s'kishte ndnje shenje dalluese).
Une ndenja ne tavoline me zotin Jusuf Alibali me te
shoqen.
Ky eshte nje plak i nderuar, i cili ka studiuar ne
disa
vende te huaja, dhe me pas ka bere edhe nja 20 vjet
internim
(shkollen e partise d.m.th.).
Pas drekes presidenti iku per ne Shqiperi, ndersa zoti
Milo
u kthye perseri ne New York, ku do te mbroje te
drejtat 
e Shqiperise edhe per ndonje jave tjeter.

	Artan Simeqi



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From acapa at bu.edu  Mon Sep 11 09:43:42 2000
From: acapa at bu.edu (Alma Capa)
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 09:43:42 -0400
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Virtual tour
Message-ID: <000a01c01bf6$4cc61a90$eb5dc580@bu.edu>

Virtual Tours is a collection of tours for the World, Museums, Exhibits, Points of Special Interest and the US Government. Enhance your journey on the Internet. 

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1) Tour of Washington D.C.
http://sc94.ameslab.gov/TOUR/tour.html

2) United Nations Virtual Tour

http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/around/tour.htm

3) A time Travel into History

http://www.twarp.com/titr/timetrav.htm

4) Grand Canion

http://www.kaibab.org/
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From alb2001 at beld.net  Mon Sep 11 11:58:46 2000
From: alb2001 at beld.net (ALBANIA 2001)
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 11:58:46 -0400
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] FWD: Benefit for Albanian Students Association and School for Kosovar Youth on Septeber 16th
Message-ID: <200009111158.AA3451977934@f155.beld.net>

Once again, I would like to encourage you to participate in this event which will be held Saturday, Sept. 16, at 1:00 at Anthony's Pier 4.

I guarantee you that it will be a very interesting and worthwhile event which will afford you the opportunity to hear some interesting speakers, support a good cause, meet LOTS of interesting new people (and, of course, people you know, too), and maybe even make a difference in someone's life.  I am also sure that we'll manage to have some fun, too, just like all good Albanians should-- after all, do you really think there is much point in going through all of this trouble if we are not going to have a little fun???!!!

Please forward this e-mail to anyone whom you think might be interested, and we'll look forward to seeing you on Saturday.  I also may or may not have a party on Saturday night -- not sure yet.

Thanks/Faleminderit,
Mark Kosmo
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "ALBANIA 2001" <alb2001 at beld.net>
Reply-To: <alb2001 at beld.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 15:58:24 -0400

Saturday, September 16

1:00 PM

Anthony's Pier 4

Luncheon Buffet and Presentation to Benefit

The Albanian Students Association (ALBSA)

and

The School for Kosovar Youth (SKY)

$25 Suggested Donation
(Larger Gifts Accepted)
$10 for Students

Featured Speaker:  Mr. Richard Lukaj, Senior Managing Director of the Bear Stearns Company in New York and newly elected Chairman of the National Albanian-American Council (NAAC).  Mr. Lukaj will speak on "New and Emerging Themes in Albanian-American Leadership".

For more information you can visit the following web-sites:

ALBSA		http://www.albstudent.org
NAAC		http://www.naac.org
SKY		http://people.bu.edu/kosovar/globearticle.html
			http://people.bu.edu/kosovar

Please confirm if you plan to attend (preferably via e-mail) to one of the following:

"Mark Kosmo" <alb2001 at beld.net> -- 781-843-1056
"Adnan Derti" <adnan at genetics.med.harvard.edu> -- 617-738-5877
"Eriola Kruja" <kruja at fas.harvard.edu> -- 617-216-5254

Thank You/Faleminderit,
Mark Kosmo, ALBANIA 2001 and Member of NAAC Board of Trustees 
Adnan Derti, The School for Kosovar Youth and Boston University 
Eriola Kruja, Albanian Students Association and Harvard University


--
ALBANIA 2001
Investment and Finance
Suite #417
160 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
Telephone:  781-843-1056
Telephone:  617-262-6665
Fax:  617-262-2340
E-Mail:  alb2001 at beld.net

ALBANIA 2001
Investment and Finance
Rruga Asim Vokshi
Pallati #141
Tirana, Albania
Telephone:  355-42-40842
Telephone:  355-42-39748
Fax:  355-42-39748
E-Mail:  alb2001 at icc.al.eu.org

--


From mehollim at hotmail.com  Mon Sep 11 20:42:58 2000
From: mehollim at hotmail.com (Mimoza Meholli)
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 00:42:58 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Fwd: USAID Kosovo Deputy Country Representative
Message-ID: <F91YsO1jHKAvIfGbiT700008929@hotmail.com>

>This position vacancy closes on 9/22/2000.  Please encourage any qualified
>individuals to apply by sending an OF-612, SF-171 or resume by email to
>oti at usaid.gov or by fax to 202-216-3406.  Applicants are encouraged to
>include an addendum addressing the selective and evaluative factors.
>
>PSC
>Kosovo Deputy Country Representative (M/OP-00-1901)-Posted Sept. 8,2000
>
>http://www.usaid.gov/ftp_data/pub/OP/PSC/mop001901.html
>
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From kruja at fas.harvard.edu  Tue Sep 12 01:20:58 2000
From: kruja at fas.harvard.edu (Eriola Kruja)
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 01:20:58 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] ALBSA-SKY fundraising event
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10009120012320.11433-100000@is01.fas.harvard.edu>

Hello,

My name is Eriola and I'm a member of the Albanian Students Association
(ALBSA). I'm writing to you to urge you to participate in our
ALBSA-SKY fundraising event which we are holding next Saturday, Sept. 16,
at Anthony's Pier 4. Please see full announcement at the end of this
e-mail.

Though advertised as a fundrasiser this event will provide an excellent 
opportunity to bring together all albanians, old and new, and especially 
albanian students in the New England area. Very rarely do we get the
opportunity to get together in a relaxed, conversational setting. 

Besides meeting old friends and getting to know new people this event will
be an ideal opportunity for albanian students to form contacts with known
and successfull members of the albanian-american community. Following is a
list of attendees who will most likely be there. Again they can help with
job ideas, graduate school ideas, etc... -- both inside and outside of the
Boston area. 

*   = Worcester
**  = New York
The rest live around Boston

Agron Alibali         	-- Lawyer with Masters' Degree LLM, and working at
			   Harvard Law School
Agron Gjerazi         	-- Engineer workingfor Computer Company
Adrian Papandile      	-- Working on Masters Degree in Biology
**Denis Kalenje 	-- Working for an Internet Company
Entela Andrea           -- Working for Sun Like Insurance (Mutual Funds
			   and Accounting)
**Etrita Ibroci         -- Investment Analyst for Credit Suisse First
			   Boston in New York
Father Liolin           -- Leader of Albanian-American Church with lots of
			   Contacts
**Kristin Giantris      -- Finishing Masters Degree at Columbia and 
			   Working in Investment Banking in New York
**Lisa Adams            -- Medical Doctor living in New York who went to
			   Dartmouth Medical School
Mark Kosmo              -- Former Economics Professor at Dartmouth and
			   Economist at the World Bank in Washington
Meri Treska             -- Research Scientist at MIT
Migen Hasanaj           -- Civil Engineer working in Boston area
Mike John               -- Mathematics Professor at Wentworth Institute of 
			   Technology
*Naske Afezolli 	-- Energy expert and enginner living in Worcester and
			   working for Swiss company
*Peter Christopher      -- Mathematics Professor at Worcester 
			   Polytechnical Institute
Phil Giantris           -- Civil Engineer with Emphasis on Water and 
			   Wastewater
Rich Lukaj              -- Senior Managing Director for Bear Sterans in
			   New York (Telecom Emphasis)
Stefan Kochi            -- Chief Technology Officer and Partner in
			   Internet Company
Stephanie Kosmo 	-- Financial Analyst at Harvard University
*Steve Dune             -- Lawyer and Member of Board of Trustees of Clark
			   University in Worcester
Ted Joseph              -- Chief Executive Officer of Computer Software
			   Company
Tom Vangell             -- Financial and Banking Consultant formerly
			   employed at Federal Reserve Bank
Van Christo             -- Head of Frosina Foundation with lots of 
			   Contacts
Veton Kepuska           -- Computer Engineer for Voice-Recognition
			   Technology Company
Cafo Boga 		-- LBS Bank in New York City and Albanian-American Cultural
			   Foundation
Drita Ivanaj 		-- Columbia University and Ivanaj Foundation

I'd like to invite all of you to come to this event. I also ask of you to
please forward this e-mail to all albanians (and anyone else you wish to
invite) in your area. If you have any questions don't hesitate to contact
me. 

Sincerely,

Eriola Kruja

e-mail: kruja at fas.harvard.edu
phone:  (617) 493-2815


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "ALBANIA 2001" <alb2001 at beld.net>
Reply-To: <alb2001 at beld.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 15:58:24 -0400

Please pencil this event into your calendar and pass the word along via 
e-mail and other methods.  

The Albanian Students Organization, the School for Kosovar Youth, and the
National Albanian-American Council are co-sponsoring the above event, and
invite you to lunch on September 16th at Anthony's Pier 4 at 1:00PM.

The full announcement and details follow below.
 
Saturday, September 16

1:00 PM

Anthony's Pier 4

Luncheon Buffet and Presentation to Benefit

The Albanian Students Association (ALBSA) and The School for Kosovar Youth
(SKY)

$25 Suggested Donation
(Larger Gifts Accepted)
$10 for Students

Featured Speaker:  Mr. Richard Lukaj, Senior Managing Director of the Bear
Stearns Company in New York and newly elected Chairman of the National
Albanian-American Council (NAAC).  Mr. Lukaj will speak on "New and
Emerging Themes in Albanian-American Leadership".

We hope to have a broad cross-section of the Boston/Worcester 
Albanian-American community -- students and young persons, professionals, 
people born in the USA, people who have come to the USA more recently, and
ALL types of members of the community.  Students and/or people with kids
who are (or will soon be) students are especially encouraged to attend the
event, but people should not interpret this to mean that this event is for
students -- it is for ALL people, with the money to be raised to benefit
Albanian students.


We look forward to seeing you on September 16th!!!

For more information you can visit the following web-sites:

ALBSA           http://www.albstudent.org
NAAC            http://www.naac.org
SKY                     http://people.bu.edu/kosovar/globearticle.html
                        http://people.bu.edu/kosovar

Thank You/Faleminderit,

Mark Kosmo, ALBANIA 2001 and Member of NAAC Board of Trustees 
Adnan Derti, The School for Kosovar Youth and Boston University 
Eriola Kruja, Albanian Students Association and Harvard University



From alb2001 at beld.net  Mon Sep 11 11:58:46 2000
From: alb2001 at beld.net (ALBANIA 2001)
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 11:58:46 -0400
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] [2001ajs] FWD: Benefit for Albanian Students Association and School for Kosovar Youth on Septeber 16th
Message-ID: <200009111158.AA3451977934@f155.beld.net>

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Once again, I would like to encourage you to participate in this event which will be held Saturday, Sept. 16, at 1:00 at Anthony's Pier 4.

I guarantee you that it will be a very interesting and worthwhile event which will afford you the opportunity to hear some interesting speakers, support a good cause, meet LOTS of interesting new people (and, of course, people you know, too), and maybe even make a difference in someone's life.  I am also sure that we'll manage to have some fun, too, just like all good Albanians should-- after all, do you really think there is much point in going through all of this trouble if we are not going to have a little fun???!!!

Please forward this e-mail to anyone whom you think might be interested, and we'll look forward to seeing you on Saturday.  I also may or may not have a party on Saturday night -- not sure yet.

Thanks/Faleminderit,
Mark Kosmo
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "ALBANIA 2001" <alb2001 at beld.net>
Reply-To: <alb2001 at beld.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 15:58:24 -0400

Saturday, September 16

1:00 PM

Anthony's Pier 4

Luncheon Buffet and Presentation to Benefit

The Albanian Students Association (ALBSA)

and

The School for Kosovar Youth (SKY)

$25 Suggested Donation
(Larger Gifts Accepted)
$10 for Students

Featured Speaker:  Mr. Richard Lukaj, Senior Managing Director of the Bear Stearns Company in New York and newly elected Chairman of the National Albanian-American Council (NAAC).  Mr. Lukaj will speak on "New and Emerging Themes in Albanian-American Leadership".

For more information you can visit the following web-sites:

ALBSA		http://www.albstudent.org
NAAC		http://www.naac.org
SKY		http://people.bu.edu/kosovar/globearticle.html
			http://people.bu.edu/kosovar

Please confirm if you plan to attend (preferably via e-mail) to one of the following:

"Mark Kosmo" <alb2001 at beld.net> -- 781-843-1056
"Adnan Derti" <adnan at genetics.med.harvard.edu> -- 617-738-5877
"Eriola Kruja" <kruja at fas.harvard.edu> -- 617-216-5254

Thank You/Faleminderit,
Mark Kosmo, ALBANIA 2001 and Member of NAAC Board of Trustees 
Adnan Derti, The School for Kosovar Youth and Boston University 
Eriola Kruja, Albanian Students Association and Harvard University


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From GJON77 at aol.com  Tue Sep 12 12:21:35 2000
From: GJON77 at aol.com (GJON77 at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 12:21:35 EDT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] AASO Cultural Concert
Message-ID: <22.b17288a.26efb20f@aol.com>

Dear Fellow Albanians,

The Albanian American Student Organization (AASO) @ Wayne State University, 
Detroit, Michigan would like to invite you to our Second Annual Albanian 
Cultural Concert.  Last year's Concert raised $12,000 in relief money for 
Kosovar Refugee's and this year the AASO is benefiting another honorable 
cause: The Gjergj Kastrioti Scholarship Fund.

The Gjergj Kastrioti Scholarship Fund was established by the AASO to support 
young ALbanians who want to pursue a higher education but may not have the 
means to do so.  This year the AASO will award $6,000 in scholarship money.  
Hopefully, with your support the numbers will grow.

The Concert includes singing performances by Gezim Nika, Viollca Luka, Luke 
Juncaj, and Lindon Gjelaj.  A beautiful cultural dancing exhibition 
choreographed by famed Albanian ballerina Joli Paparisto.  Also, hilarious 
videos and skits by our student members depicting the difficulties Albanians 
face when "fitting into American culture"; from finding work to raising a 
family.  Plus, much more!!

DATE: Sunday September 24th 
TIME:  7 PM
LOCATION: Fitzgerald Auditiorium 
                  Warren, Michigan
                 (9 Mile and Ryan)
TICKETS:  $20 all proceeds to benefit 
                       The Gjergj Kastrioti Scholarship Fund

For more information contact Gjon Juncaj at 877-336-7870 (voicemail) or 
Gjon77 at aol.com.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.


From kbejko at hotmail.com  Tue Sep 12 13:54:02 2000
From: kbejko at hotmail.com (Kreshnik Bejko)
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 17:54:02 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Non-Resident Aliens for Gore
Message-ID: <LC8-LFD100YFkuutSgc00000062@hotmail.com>

Hi all,

If, per chance, there are any Gore-Lieberman supporters
out there, I would invite you to come tomorrow and see them here in Boston 
(location yet to be found). Please contact me at this email address if 
interested. Also, if you want a good job in Boston there are great 
opportunities at Massachussetss Financial Services that are currently 
available to college graduates. Again, let me know and I will bend over 
backwards to give you an excellent recommendation even though I may not know 
you. The company is Fortune Top 100 Best Companies to Work For.
Here's an article on MFS that appeared on Boston Globe today.
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/256/business/Taking_stock_at_top_10_MFS+.shtml

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From i_spaho at hotmail.com  Tue Sep 12 15:35:01 2000
From: i_spaho at hotmail.com (irma spaho)
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 19:35:01 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Re: Fwd: [Alb-club] Nje tjeter imagjinate pas gjumit!!
Message-ID: <F85IC7p9zYgPugu3WOX0000a9bf@hotmail.com>

Pershendetje te gjitheve!

Pershendetje Altin!

Meqe ke qene pergjumesh, po t'i falim fantazite ne adrese te ALBSA-s...
Po te jesh teper i interesuar per perberjen e kesaj organizate studentore, 
mund te vizitosh sitin e ALBSA-s tek http://www.albstudent.org
Une personalisht nuk jam anetare sepse nuk jam me studente, por i kam 
ndjekur nga afer te gjitha aktivitetet qe ka organizuar ky grupim studentor 
dhe i njoh pjesen me te madhe te anetareve te saj. BEJE GJUMIN REHAT SE 
ASGJE NGA ATO QE FANTAZON NUK ESHTE E VERTETE!!!
ALBSA ka mbledhur studentet me te talentuar te komunitetit 
shqiptaro-amerikan, pa dallim feje e krahine, qe nderkohe qe ti fantazon e 
hedh shpifje ne internet, ata studiojne dhe ne te njejten kohe kontribuojne 
ne jeten kulturore dhe zgjidhjen e problemeve qe preokupojne komunitetin 
shqiptaro-amerikan.
Ftesa qe Eriola dhe Marku nisen ne kete liste eshte nje xhest qe duhet 
mirepritur e jo analizuar per te gjetur prejardhjen krahinore e fetare te te 
ftuarve, sepse ka per qellim qe jo vetem te bashkoje te gjithe studentet 
shqiptare, por t'ju jape atyre dhe mundesi per te krijuar kontakte qe do ju 
vlejne per te ngritur karrieren.
Te pakten kete mundohu ta kuptosh, edhe pa i njohur anetaret e ALBSA-s.

Perzemersisht nga Bostoni
Irma



>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>Tungjatjeta liste!
>>
>>Ky e-maili me poshte sec me covi ne mendje nje ide konspirative!
>>
>>Do te thoni ju se cila eshte?
>>
>>Perse kjo shoqate ALBSA te quhet Albanian Students Association, kur ne te
>>vertet ne ate shihen se 100 apo 97 % e anetareve jane njerez me emra dhe
>>mbiemra greko-ortodoks pervec disave?
>>
>>A eshte kjo perzgjedhje anetaresh nje rastesi ketu apo eshte nje loje qe 
>>ne
>>te tjeret nuk e kuptojme dot?
>>
>>Pse ne kete shoqeri Shqiptare te futen prifterinje kur kjo ka te beje me
>>Studentet? C'do prifti me rinine? Te marri pjese ne diskot rinore?
>>Po Van Kristo?
>>
>>Me falni te gjithe, por une kete Shoqate do ta quaja me mire lidhja
>>ortodokse, vorioepirote, apo cfare emri tjeter ti vihej, e aspak nuk do te
>>quaja Shqiptare, pasiqe me vjen keq por pak emra qe te vrasin veshin si te
>>Shqiperise se Mesme e te veriut shihen aty!
>>
>>A mos eshte nje koicidence kjo nga Alibali i stigmes?
>>
>>Apo kemi te bejme me nje grupim te caktuar politiko - fetare qe ka Lucifer 
>>e
>>zoter Paskalet e Milloshet, e qe u jep dreka e darka komunisteve 
>>Shqiptare,
>>e qe po ndertojne nje klike jo-shqiptare per te marre Shqiperine sic bene 
>>ne
>>kohen e rilindjes (vdekjes thuaj) Shqiptare ku vllehet u bene heronje
>>Shqiptare e shiten Kosoven e Camerine?
>>
>>Pse gjithmone ne Shqiptareve keta 'heronjte' e 'krietaret' na dalin me 
>>emra
>>jo familjar xhanem??? Pse ministrat tane ti kene mbiemrat si Presidentet e
>>Serbise (Millosh) dhe jo si ata qe i dhane pavaresine vendit tone?
>>
>>Konspiracia vllaho-greko-ortodokse vazhdon!
>>Mjere populli Shqiptar e mjere idiotet qe nuk kane sy te lexojne ato qe
>>Shqiptareve sot ia bejne muuuu. (permbahu Shtino!)
>>
>>Me falni per shqetesimin!
>>
>>Me nderime,
>>Altin Lame
>>
>>
>>----------------
>>Hello,
>>
>>My name is Eriola and I'm a member of the Albanian Students Association
>>(ALBSA). I'm writing to you to urge you to participate in our
>>ALBSA-SKY fundraising event which we are holding next Saturday, Sept. 16, 
>>at
>>Anthony's Pier 4. Please see full announcement at the end of this
>>e-mail.
>>
>>Though advertised as a fundrasiser this event will provide an excellent
>>opportunity to bring together all albanians, old and new, and especially
>>albanian students in the New England area. Very rarely do we get the
>>opportunity to get together in a relaxed, conversational setting.
>>
>>Besides meeting old friends and getting to know new people this event will
>>be an ideal opportunity for albanian students to form contacts with known
>>and successfull members of the albanian-american community. Following is a
>>list of attendees who will most likely be there. Again they can help with
>>job ideas, graduate school ideas, etc... -- both inside and outside of the
>>Boston area.
>>
>>*   = Worcester
>>**  = New York
>>The rest live around Boston
>>
>>Agron Alibali           -- Lawyer with Masters' Degree LLM, and working at
>>                           Harvard Law School
>>Agron Gjerazi           -- Engineer workingfor Computer Company
>>Adrian Papandile        -- Working on Masters Degree in Biology
>>**Denis Kalenje         -- Working for an Internet Company
>>Entela Andrea           -- Working for Sun Like Insurance (Mutual Funds
>>                           and Accounting)
>>**Etrita Ibroci         -- Investment Analyst for Credit Suisse First
>>                           Boston in New York
>>Father Liolin           -- Leader of Albanian-American Church with lots of
>>                           Contacts
>>**Kristin Giantris      -- Finishing Masters Degree at Columbia and
>>                           Working in Investment Banking in New York
>>**Lisa Adams            -- Medical Doctor living in New York who went to
>>                           Dartmouth Medical School
>>Mark Kosmo              -- Former Economics Professor at Dartmouth and
>>                           Economist at the World Bank in Washington
>>Meri Treska             -- Research Scientist at MIT
>>Migen Hasanaj           -- Civil Engineer working in Boston area
>>Mike John               -- Mathematics Professor at Wentworth Institute of
>>                           Technology
>>*Naske Afezolli         -- Energy expert and enginner living in Worcester
>>and
>>                           working for Swiss company
>>*Peter Christopher      -- Mathematics Professor at Worcester
>>                           Polytechnical Institute
>>Phil Giantris           -- Civil Engineer with Emphasis on Water and
>>                           Wastewater
>>Rich Lukaj              -- Senior Managing Director for Bear Sterans in
>>                           New York (Telecom Emphasis)
>>Stefan Kochi            -- Chief Technology Officer and Partner in
>>                           Internet Company
>>Stephanie Kosmo         -- Financial Analyst at Harvard University
>>*Steve Dune             -- Lawyer and Member of Board of Trustees of Clark
>>                           University in Worcester
>>Ted Joseph              -- Chief Executive Officer of Computer Software
>>                           Company
>>Tom Vangell             -- Financial and Banking Consultant formerly
>>                           employed at Federal Reserve Bank
>>Van Christo             -- Head of Frosina Foundation with lots of
>>                           Contacts
>>Veton Kepuska           -- Computer Engineer for Voice-Recognition
>>                           Technology Company
>>Cafo Boga               -- LBS Bank in New York City and Albanian-American
>>Cultural
>>                           Foundation
>>Drita Ivanaj            -- Columbia University and Ivanaj Foundation
>>
>>I'd like to invite all of you to come to this event. I also ask of you to
>>please forward this e-mail to all albanians (and anyone else you wish to
>>invite) in your area. If you have any questions don't hesitate to contact
>>me.
>>...
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From juniku at hotmail.com  Wed Sep 13 01:43:06 2000
From: juniku at hotmail.com (Uk Lushi)
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 05:43:06 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Fwd: Ivy League
Message-ID: <F333EmNKYyWwKHKL82I00010432@hotmail.com>



>From: "Uk Lushi" <juniku at hotmail.com>
>Subject: Ivy League
>Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 05:41:17 GMT
>
>Te nderuar anetare te listave Alb-Club dhe ALBSA-INFO,
>
>
>para disa diteve ne listen Alb-Club pat nje diskutim te vaket per shkollat 
>e te ashtuquajtures Ivy League dhe cdo te duhej shqiptaret te benin te 
>hynin ne to. Per koincidence, para dy diteve, mora shpjegimin e meposhtem 
>dhe e vendosa te ndaj edhe me juve. Teksti dhe historia e kesaj lige, sipas 
>mendimit tim, edhe nje here e theksojne nje fakt shume kokeforte per 
>akademizmin dhe dijen- nuk eshte me rendesi se ku shkon ne shkolle por sa 
>studion dhe shfrytezon ate institucion. Ne kete fryme, kujtoj se per ne 
>shqiptaret ndoshta eshte me e rendesishme qe si, kryesisht, gjenerate e 
>pare e imigranteve ose vijuesve te shkollave te sistemit te edukimit te 
>shtetit me te fuqishem te planetit- SHBA-ve, mbase eshte me e rendesishme 
>te kryejme shkolla aty ku mundemi, gjithmone, natyrisht, duke u munduar te 
>merret sa me shume dije, se sa te vrapohet pas emrave dhe konvencave qe 
>formaliteti shoqeror i krijon gjithkund ku ka qenie njerezore. Keshtu, me 
>nje edukim edhe te pazulmmadh, sigurisht qe do te jete me lehte qe bile 
>femijet tone te tentojne keto shkolla te liges se vecante qe shpeshhere te 
>vecanta i kane vetem pagesat e larta per sherbimet ne misionin e perhapjes 
>se dijes. CALTECH, nje institut shkencoro-shkollor ne California, bie 
>fjala, edhe pse e panjohur dhe ndoshta e vogel, deri me tash botes i ka 
>dhene 27 fitues te cmimit Nobel dhe shume perparime. Me duket se ky eshte 
>nje fakt mjaft aludiv!
>
>Sidoqofte, secilit, suksese ne realizimin e enderrave dhe deshirave dhe 
>shume fat ne pranimin eventual ne ndonje Ivy League shkolle! Dhe shpresoj 
>shume kenaqesi me historine e meposhtme!:-)
>
>
>
>Uk Lushi
>
>P.S. Keroj ndjese nga ata qe jane familjare me keto fakte. Besoj se nuk 
>eshte rende te preket klikuesi i djathte i miut te kompjuterit mbi ikonen 
>DELETE!:-)))
>
>
>
>>Ivy League is the name generally applied to eight universities (Brown,
>>Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale)
>>that over the years have had common interests in scholarship as well as in
>>athletics. Stanley Woodward, New York Herald Tribune sports writer, coined
>>the phrase in the early thirties.
>>In 1936 the undergraduate newspapers of these universities simultaneously
>>ran an editorial advocating the formation of an ``Ivy League,'' but the
>>first move toward this end was not taken until 1945. In that year, the
>>eight presidents entered into an agreement ``for the purpose of
>>reaffirming their intention of continuing intercollegiate football in such
>>a way as to maintain the values of the game, while keeping it in fitting
>>proportion to the main purposes of academic life.'' To achieve this
>>objective two inter-university committees were appointed: one, made up
>>primarily of the college deans, was to administer rules of eligibility;
>>the other, composed of the athletic directors, was to establish policies
>>on the length of the playing season and of preseason practice, operating
>>budgets, and related matters. Two other inter-university committees on
>>admission and financial aid were added later.
>>
>>As President Dodds pointed out at the time, the general principles agreed
>>on by the eight universities were essentially the same as those set forth
>>in the Harvard-Yale-Princeton Presidents' Agreement of 1916 (see Big
>>Three).
>>
>>The first step toward organizing full league competition came in 1952 with
>>the announcement that, beginning with the fall of 1953, each college would
>>play every other college in the group at least once every five years. This
>>plan was superseded in 1954 when the presidents announced the adoption of
>>a yearly round-robin schedule in football, starting in 1956, and approved
>>the principle of similar schedules in ``as many sports as practicable.''
>>
>>Thereafter, the Ivy Group (as the league was called in the Presidents'
>>Agreement of 1954) established schedules in other sports, including some
>>in existing leagues with non-Ivy members. As of 1977, the Ivy League
>>colleges competed, round-robin, in football, soccer, basketball, and, with
>>certain variations as noted, in baseball (also Army and Navy), fencing
>>(except Brown and Dartmouth), ice hockey (except Columbia), squash (except
>>Brown, Columbia, and Cornell), swimming (except Columbia, but also Army
>>and Navy), tennis (also Army and Navy), and wrestling (except Brown and
>>Dartmouth). Ivy championships in cross-country and track were determined
>>at the annual Heptagonal Meets, in golf at an Ivy championship tournament,
>>and in rowing at the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges Regatta.
>>
>>The mid-seventies brought the inclusion of women's teams in the Ivy League
>>program with the institution of championship tournaments in basketball and
>>ice hockey, and a move toward round-robin competition in field hockey,
>>lacrosse, and other sports.
>>
>>Other instances of increasing formalization of the Ivy League occurred in
>>the seventies -- two of them involving Princetonians.
>>
>>Since 1971, the Bushnell Cup has been awarded to the Ivy football player
>>of the year, who is selected by vote of the eight coaches. This trophy,
>>presented to the Ivy League by the Eastern Association of Intercollegiate
>>Football Officials, was named in honor of Asa S. Bushnell '21, the first
>>commissioner of the Eastern College Athletic Conference, in appreciation
>>of ``his great contribution to the advancement of college athletics.''
>>
>>In 1973, to provide greater coordination of the athletic interests of the
>>eight universities, the post of executive director of the Council of Ivy
>>League Presidents was created, and Ricardo A. Mestres '31, financial vice-
>>president and treasurer of the University, emeritus, was elected first
>>incumbent. Mestres served in this post until 1976, when he was succeeded
>>by James M. Litvack, visiting lecturer in economics and public affairs in
>>the University.
>>
>
>>-----
>>From Alexander Leitch, A Princeton Companion, copyright Princeton
>>University Press (1978).
>

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From eribudo at hotmail.com  Wed Sep 13 11:27:17 2000
From: eribudo at hotmail.com (ERI Budo)
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 15:27:17 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Re: Fwd: [Alb-club] Nje tjeter imagjinate pas gjumit!!
Message-ID: <F155W2UVmTr4GErZv3G0000b089@hotmail.com>

N.q.s Zoti Lame do ishte perpjekur te antaresohej ne Albsa, do kishte mare 
vesh qe antaresia fetare nuk eshte aspak nje nga kerkesat e pranimit: vetem 
emri, mbiemri, shkolla, a dicka e tille. Nuk besoj se karakterizimi i ketij 
grupi me termat qe perdor Zoti Lame i sherben edhe aq shume ceshtjeve qe na 
bashkojne te gjitheve, perkundrazi. Akuzat jane kaq te pabazura, sa pak nga 
pak po behem pishman qe po i pergjigjem mesazhit te tij.
Me respekt, eri


>From: "irma spaho" <i_spaho at hotmail.com>
>To: alb-club at alb-net.com, albsa-info at alb-net.com, altinlame at hotmail.com
>Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Re: Fwd: [Alb-club] Nje tjeter imagjinate pas 
>gjumit!!
>Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 19:35:01 GMT
>
>          ----------- ALBSA-Info Mailing List ---------
>          - ALBSA Web Site: http://www.albstudent.org -
>
>Pershendetje te gjitheve!
>
>Pershendetje Altin!
>
>Meqe ke qene pergjumesh, po t'i falim fantazite ne adrese te ALBSA-s...
>Po te jesh teper i interesuar per perberjen e kesaj organizate studentore,
>mund te vizitosh sitin e ALBSA-s tek http://www.albstudent.org
>Une personalisht nuk jam anetare sepse nuk jam me studente, por i kam
>ndjekur nga afer te gjitha aktivitetet qe ka organizuar ky grupim studentor
>dhe i njoh pjesen me te madhe te anetareve te saj. BEJE GJUMIN REHAT SE
>ASGJE NGA ATO QE FANTAZON NUK ESHTE E VERTETE!!!
>ALBSA ka mbledhur studentet me te talentuar te komunitetit
>shqiptaro-amerikan, pa dallim feje e krahine, qe nderkohe qe ti fantazon e
>hedh shpifje ne internet, ata studiojne dhe ne te njejten kohe kontribuojne
>ne jeten kulturore dhe zgjidhjen e problemeve qe preokupojne komunitetin
>shqiptaro-amerikan.
>Ftesa qe Eriola dhe Marku nisen ne kete liste eshte nje xhest qe duhet
>mirepritur e jo analizuar per te gjetur prejardhjen krahinore e fetare te 
>te
>ftuarve, sepse ka per qellim qe jo vetem te bashkoje te gjithe studentet
>shqiptare, por t'ju jape atyre dhe mundesi per te krijuar kontakte qe do ju
>vlejne per te ngritur karrieren.
>Te pakten kete mundohu ta kuptosh, edhe pa i njohur anetaret e ALBSA-s.
>
>Perzemersisht nga Bostoni
>Irma
>
>
>
>>>
>>>                  *** Alb-Club Discussion List ***
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Tungjatjeta liste!
>>>
>>>Ky e-maili me poshte sec me covi ne mendje nje ide konspirative!
>>>
>>>Do te thoni ju se cila eshte?
>>>
>>>Perse kjo shoqate ALBSA te quhet Albanian Students Association, kur ne te
>>>vertet ne ate shihen se 100 apo 97 % e anetareve jane njerez me emra dhe
>>>mbiemra greko-ortodoks pervec disave?
>>>
>>>A eshte kjo perzgjedhje anetaresh nje rastesi ketu apo eshte nje loje qe
>>>ne
>>>te tjeret nuk e kuptojme dot?
>>>
>>>Pse ne kete shoqeri Shqiptare te futen prifterinje kur kjo ka te beje me
>>>Studentet? C'do prifti me rinine? Te marri pjese ne diskot rinore?
>>>Po Van Kristo?
>>>
>>>Me falni te gjithe, por une kete Shoqate do ta quaja me mire lidhja
>>>ortodokse, vorioepirote, apo cfare emri tjeter ti vihej, e aspak nuk do 
>>>te
>>>quaja Shqiptare, pasiqe me vjen keq por pak emra qe te vrasin veshin si 
>>>te
>>>Shqiperise se Mesme e te veriut shihen aty!
>>>
>>>A mos eshte nje koicidence kjo nga Alibali i stigmes?
>>>
>>>Apo kemi te bejme me nje grupim te caktuar politiko - fetare qe ka 
>>>Lucifer
>>>e
>>>zoter Paskalet e Milloshet, e qe u jep dreka e darka komunisteve
>>>Shqiptare,
>>>e qe po ndertojne nje klike jo-shqiptare per te marre Shqiperine sic bene
>>>ne
>>>kohen e rilindjes (vdekjes thuaj) Shqiptare ku vllehet u bene heronje
>>>Shqiptare e shiten Kosoven e Camerine?
>>>
>>>Pse gjithmone ne Shqiptareve keta 'heronjte' e 'krietaret' na dalin me
>>>emra
>>>jo familjar xhanem??? Pse ministrat tane ti kene mbiemrat si Presidentet 
>>>e
>>>Serbise (Millosh) dhe jo si ata qe i dhane pavaresine vendit tone?
>>>
>>>Konspiracia vllaho-greko-ortodokse vazhdon!
>>>Mjere populli Shqiptar e mjere idiotet qe nuk kane sy te lexojne ato qe
>>>Shqiptareve sot ia bejne muuuu. (permbahu Shtino!)
>>>
>>>Me falni per shqetesimin!
>>>
>>>Me nderime,
>>>Altin Lame
>>>
>>>
>>>----------------
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>My name is Eriola and I'm a member of the Albanian Students Association
>>>(ALBSA). I'm writing to you to urge you to participate in our
>>>ALBSA-SKY fundraising event which we are holding next Saturday, Sept. 16,
>>>at
>>>Anthony's Pier 4. Please see full announcement at the end of this
>>>e-mail.
>>>
>>>Though advertised as a fundrasiser this event will provide an excellent
>>>opportunity to bring together all albanians, old and new, and especially
>>>albanian students in the New England area. Very rarely do we get the
>>>opportunity to get together in a relaxed, conversational setting.
>>>
>>>Besides meeting old friends and getting to know new people this event 
>>>will
>>>be an ideal opportunity for albanian students to form contacts with known
>>>and successfull members of the albanian-american community. Following is 
>>>a
>>>list of attendees who will most likely be there. Again they can help with
>>>job ideas, graduate school ideas, etc... -- both inside and outside of 
>>>the
>>>Boston area.
>>>
>>>*   = Worcester
>>>**  = New York
>>>The rest live around Boston
>>>
>>>Agron Alibali           -- Lawyer with Masters' Degree LLM, and working 
>>>at
>>>                           Harvard Law School
>>>Agron Gjerazi           -- Engineer workingfor Computer Company
>>>Adrian Papandile        -- Working on Masters Degree in Biology
>>>**Denis Kalenje         -- Working for an Internet Company
>>>Entela Andrea           -- Working for Sun Like Insurance (Mutual Funds
>>>                           and Accounting)
>>>**Etrita Ibroci         -- Investment Analyst for Credit Suisse First
>>>                           Boston in New York
>>>Father Liolin           -- Leader of Albanian-American Church with lots 
>>>of
>>>                           Contacts
>>>**Kristin Giantris      -- Finishing Masters Degree at Columbia and
>>>                           Working in Investment Banking in New York
>>>**Lisa Adams            -- Medical Doctor living in New York who went to
>>>                           Dartmouth Medical School
>>>Mark Kosmo              -- Former Economics Professor at Dartmouth and
>>>                           Economist at the World Bank in Washington
>>>Meri Treska             -- Research Scientist at MIT
>>>Migen Hasanaj           -- Civil Engineer working in Boston area
>>>Mike John               -- Mathematics Professor at Wentworth Institute 
>>>of
>>>                           Technology
>>>*Naske Afezolli         -- Energy expert and enginner living in Worcester
>>>and
>>>                           working for Swiss company
>>>*Peter Christopher      -- Mathematics Professor at Worcester
>>>                           Polytechnical Institute
>>>Phil Giantris           -- Civil Engineer with Emphasis on Water and
>>>                           Wastewater
>>>Rich Lukaj              -- Senior Managing Director for Bear Sterans in
>>>                           New York (Telecom Emphasis)
>>>Stefan Kochi            -- Chief Technology Officer and Partner in
>>>                           Internet Company
>>>Stephanie Kosmo         -- Financial Analyst at Harvard University
>>>*Steve Dune             -- Lawyer and Member of Board of Trustees of 
>>>Clark
>>>                           University in Worcester
>>>Ted Joseph              -- Chief Executive Officer of Computer Software
>>>                           Company
>>>Tom Vangell             -- Financial and Banking Consultant formerly
>>>                           employed at Federal Reserve Bank
>>>Van Christo             -- Head of Frosina Foundation with lots of
>>>                           Contacts
>>>Veton Kepuska           -- Computer Engineer for Voice-Recognition
>>>                           Technology Company
>>>Cafo Boga               -- LBS Bank in New York City and 
>>>Albanian-American
>>>Cultural
>>>                           Foundation
>>>Drita Ivanaj            -- Columbia University and Ivanaj Foundation
>>>
>>>I'd like to invite all of you to come to this event. I also ask of you to
>>>please forward this e-mail to all albanians (and anyone else you wish to
>>>invite) in your area. If you have any questions don't hesitate to contact
>>>me.
>>>...
>>>_________________________________________________________________________
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>>>
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>>>http://www.alb-net.com/mailman/listinfo/alb-club
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From kbejko at hotmail.com  Wed Sep 13 11:49:54 2000
From: kbejko at hotmail.com (Kreshnik Bejko)
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 15:49:54 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] High Albania on line
Message-ID: <LC5-LFD34k69RKLpgTF00000051@hotmail.com>

http://www.digital.library.upenn.edu/women/durham/albania/albania.html

Edith Durham's "High Albania" discussion her experiences
in North Albania can be read online at the above link.
Enjoy.

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From alb2001 at beld.net  Mon Sep 11 11:58:46 2000
From: alb2001 at beld.net (ALBANIA 2001)
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 11:58:46 -0400
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] [2001ajs] FWD: Benefit for Albanian Students Association and School for Kosovar Youth on Septeber 16th
Message-ID: <200009111158.AA3451977934@f155.beld.net>

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Once again, I would like to encourage you to participate in this event which will be held Saturday, Sept. 16, at 1:00 at Anthony's Pier 4.

I guarantee you that it will be a very interesting and worthwhile event which will afford you the opportunity to hear some interesting speakers, support a good cause, meet LOTS of interesting new people (and, of course, people you know, too), and maybe even make a difference in someone's life.  I am also sure that we'll manage to have some fun, too, just like all good Albanians should-- after all, do you really think there is much point in going through all of this trouble if we are not going to have a little fun???!!!

Please forward this e-mail to anyone whom you think might be interested, and we'll look forward to seeing you on Saturday.  I also may or may not have a party on Saturday night -- not sure yet.

Thanks/Faleminderit,
Mark Kosmo
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "ALBANIA 2001" <alb2001 at beld.net>
Reply-To: <alb2001 at beld.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 15:58:24 -0400

Saturday, September 16

1:00 PM

Anthony's Pier 4

Luncheon Buffet and Presentation to Benefit

The Albanian Students Association (ALBSA)

and

The School for Kosovar Youth (SKY)

$25 Suggested Donation
(Larger Gifts Accepted)
$10 for Students

Featured Speaker:  Mr. Richard Lukaj, Senior Managing Director of the Bear Stearns Company in New York and newly elected Chairman of the National Albanian-American Council (NAAC).  Mr. Lukaj will speak on "New and Emerging Themes in Albanian-American Leadership".

For more information you can visit the following web-sites:

ALBSA		http://www.albstudent.org
NAAC		http://www.naac.org
SKY		http://people.bu.edu/kosovar/globearticle.html
			http://people.bu.edu/kosovar

Please confirm if you plan to attend (preferably via e-mail) to one of the following:

"Mark Kosmo" <alb2001 at beld.net> -- 781-843-1056
"Adnan Derti" <adnan at genetics.med.harvard.edu> -- 617-738-5877
"Eriola Kruja" <kruja at fas.harvard.edu> -- 617-216-5254

Thank You/Faleminderit,
Mark Kosmo, ALBANIA 2001 and Member of NAAC Board of Trustees 
Adnan Derti, The School for Kosovar Youth and Boston University 
Eriola Kruja, Albanian Students Association and Harvard University


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160 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
Telephone:  781-843-1056
Telephone:  617-262-6665
Fax:  617-262-2340
E-Mail:  alb2001 at beld.net

ALBANIA 2001
Investment and Finance
Rruga Asim Vokshi
Pallati #141
Tirana, Albania
Telephone:  355-42-40842
Telephone:  355-42-39748
Fax:  355-42-39748
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From ipanajoti at yahoo.com  Wed Sep 13 17:20:58 2000
From: ipanajoti at yahoo.com (ira panajoti)
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 14:20:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Re: Fwd: [Alb-club] Nje tjeter imagjinate pas gjumit!!
Message-ID: <20000913212058.26446.qmail@web2003.mail.yahoo.com>

I nderuar Z. Lame,
Pasi i dedikova vemendjen e duhur e-mailit tuaj ne
lidhje me konspiracionin vllaho-grek-ortodoks vendosa
t'ju sugjeroj se mbase ne qofte se ju merrni pjese ne
organizate, ndoshta balancohet niveli ekstremist, qe i
pare me syte tuaj, po e mbyt organizaten.  Bile
sugjeroj qe te gjithe ne me emra ortodokse, te bejme
dicka patriotike dhe t'i ndryshojme emrat--keshtu
mbase kenaqim ata qe kane ide konspirative dhe si
rrezultat ua shuajme keto ide.  Kam frike sidoqofte,
se edhe pas kesaj, njerezit nuk do te jene te kenaqur,
se do te dale dikush si ju qe patjeter do te ankohet
per te kunderten--pra pse ka vetem emra jo te
krishtera ne organizate.  Mendimi im eshte qe here
tjeter, para se te gjykoni perberjen e organizates,
qellimet dhe veprimtarite e saj, do te ishte e mira
t'i hyni nje kerkimi te thelle, qe tejkalon analiza te
pavlera si p.sh. prejardhja e emrave apo feja e tyre. 
Mendoja se mbi te gjitha ne ishim shqiptare dhe se nuk
kishte rendesi feja, megjithate ju falenderoj qe me
provuat te kunderten.  Tani jam teper e qarte perse
nuk behet akoma Shqiperia--ekzistenca e njerezve si ju
e ngadaleson se tepermi procesin, pasi nderkohe qe te
merremi me pune te vlefshme, harxhojme kohe duke ju
pergjigjur e-maileve si ajo e juaja, qe me vjen keq ta
them, por nuk meriton pergjigje.
   Me nderime,
   IRA PANAJOTI
--- ERI Budo <eribudo at hotmail.com> wrote:
>           ----------- ALBSA-Info Mailing List
> ---------
>           - ALBSA Web Site:
> http://www.albstudent.org -
>  N.q.s Zoti Lame do ishte perpjekur te antaresohej
> ne Albsa, do kishte mare 
> vesh qe antaresia fetare nuk eshte aspak nje nga
> kerkesat e pranimit: vetem 
> emri, mbiemri, shkolla, a dicka e tille. Nuk besoj
> se karakterizimi i ketij 
> grupi me termat qe perdor Zoti Lame i sherben edhe
> aq shume ceshtjeve qe na 
> bashkojne te gjitheve, perkundrazi. Akuzat jane kaq
> te pabazura, sa pak nga 
> pak po behem pishman qe po i pergjigjem mesazhit te
> tij.
> Me respekt, eri
> 
> 
> >From: "irma spaho" <i_spaho at hotmail.com>
> >To: alb-club at alb-net.com, albsa-info at alb-net.com,
> altinlame at hotmail.com
> >Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Re: Fwd: [Alb-club] Nje
> tjeter imagjinate pas 
> >gjumit!!
> >Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 19:35:01 GMT
> >
> >          ----------- ALBSA-Info Mailing List
> ---------
> >          - ALBSA Web Site:
> http://www.albstudent.org -
> >
> >Pershendetje te gjitheve!
> >
> >Pershendetje Altin!
> >
> >Meqe ke qene pergjumesh, po t'i falim fantazite ne
> adrese te ALBSA-s...
> >Po te jesh teper i interesuar per perberjen e kesaj
> organizate studentore,
> >mund te vizitosh sitin e ALBSA-s tek
> http://www.albstudent.org
> >Une personalisht nuk jam anetare sepse nuk jam me
> studente, por i kam
> >ndjekur nga afer te gjitha aktivitetet qe ka
> organizuar ky grupim studentor
> >dhe i njoh pjesen me te madhe te anetareve te saj.
> BEJE GJUMIN REHAT SE
> >ASGJE NGA ATO QE FANTAZON NUK ESHTE E VERTETE!!!
> >ALBSA ka mbledhur studentet me te talentuar te
> komunitetit
> >shqiptaro-amerikan, pa dallim feje e krahine, qe
> nderkohe qe ti fantazon e
> >hedh shpifje ne internet, ata studiojne dhe ne te
> njejten kohe kontribuojne
> >ne jeten kulturore dhe zgjidhjen e problemeve qe
> preokupojne komunitetin
> >shqiptaro-amerikan.
> >Ftesa qe Eriola dhe Marku nisen ne kete liste eshte
> nje xhest qe duhet
> >mirepritur e jo analizuar per te gjetur prejardhjen
> krahinore e fetare te 
> >te
> >ftuarve, sepse ka per qellim qe jo vetem te
> bashkoje te gjithe studentet
> >shqiptare, por t'ju jape atyre dhe mundesi per te
> krijuar kontakte qe do ju
> >vlejne per te ngritur karrieren.
> >Te pakten kete mundohu ta kuptosh, edhe pa i njohur
> anetaret e ALBSA-s.
> >
> >Perzemersisht nga Bostoni
> >Irma
> >
> >
> >
> >>>
> >>>                  *** Alb-Club Discussion List
> ***
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Tungjatjeta liste!
> >>>
> >>>Ky e-maili me poshte sec me covi ne mendje nje
> ide konspirative!
> >>>
> >>>Do te thoni ju se cila eshte?
> >>>
> >>>Perse kjo shoqate ALBSA te quhet Albanian
> Students Association, kur ne te
> >>>vertet ne ate shihen se 100 apo 97 % e anetareve
> jane njerez me emra dhe
> >>>mbiemra greko-ortodoks pervec disave?
> >>>
> >>>A eshte kjo perzgjedhje anetaresh nje rastesi
> ketu apo eshte nje loje qe
> >>>ne
> >>>te tjeret nuk e kuptojme dot?
> >>>
> >>>Pse ne kete shoqeri Shqiptare te futen
> prifterinje kur kjo ka te beje me
> >>>Studentet? C'do prifti me rinine? Te marri pjese
> ne diskot rinore?
> >>>Po Van Kristo?
> >>>
> >>>Me falni te gjithe, por une kete Shoqate do ta
> quaja me mire lidhja
> >>>ortodokse, vorioepirote, apo cfare emri tjeter ti
> vihej, e aspak nuk do 
> >>>te
> >>>quaja Shqiptare, pasiqe me vjen keq por pak emra
> qe te vrasin veshin si 
> >>>te
> >>>Shqiperise se Mesme e te veriut shihen aty!
> >>>
> >>>A mos eshte nje koicidence kjo nga Alibali i
> stigmes?
> >>>
> >>>Apo kemi te bejme me nje grupim te caktuar
> politiko - fetare qe ka 
> >>>Lucifer
> >>>e
> >>>zoter Paskalet e Milloshet, e qe u jep dreka e
> darka komunisteve
> >>>Shqiptare,
> >>>e qe po ndertojne nje klike jo-shqiptare per te
> marre Shqiperine sic bene
> >>>ne
> >>>kohen e rilindjes (vdekjes thuaj) Shqiptare ku
> vllehet u bene heronje
> >>>Shqiptare e shiten Kosoven e Camerine?
> >>>
> >>>Pse gjithmone ne Shqiptareve keta 'heronjte' e
> 'krietaret' na dalin me
> >>>emra
> >>>jo familjar xhanem??? Pse ministrat tane ti kene
> mbiemrat si Presidentet 
> >>>e
> >>>Serbise (Millosh) dhe jo si ata qe i dhane
> pavaresine vendit tone?
> >>>
> >>>Konspiracia vllaho-greko-ortodokse vazhdon!
> >>>Mjere populli Shqiptar e mjere idiotet qe nuk
> kane sy te lexojne ato qe
> >>>Shqiptareve sot ia bejne muuuu. (permbahu
> Shtino!)
> >>>
> >>>Me falni per shqetesimin!
> >>>
> >>>Me nderime,
> >>>Altin Lame
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>----------------
> >>>Hello,
> >>>
> >>>My name is Eriola and I'm a member of the
> Albanian Students Association
> >>>(ALBSA). I'm writing to you to urge you to
> participate in our
> >>>ALBSA-SKY fundraising event which we are holding
> next Saturday, Sept. 16,
> >>>at
> >>>Anthony's Pier 4. Please see full announcement at
> the end of this
> >>>e-mail.
> >>>
> >>>Though advertised as a fundrasiser this event
> will provide an excellent
> >>>opportunity to bring together all albanians, old
> and new, and especially
> >>>albanian students in the New England area. Very
> rarely do we get the
> >>>opportunity to get together in a relaxed,
> conversational setting.
> >>>
> >>>Besides meeting old friends and getting to know
> new people this event 
> >>>will
> >>>be an ideal opportunity for albanian students to
> form contacts with known
> >>>and successfull members of the albanian-american
> community. Following is 
> >>>a
> >>>list of attendees who will most likely be there.
> Again they can help with
> >>>job ideas, graduate school ideas, etc... -- both
> inside and outside of 
> >>>the
> >>>Boston area.
> >>>
> >>>*   = Worcester
> >>>**  = New York
> >>>The rest live around Boston
> >>>
> >>>Agron Alibali           -- Lawyer with Masters'
> Degree LLM, and working 
> >>>at
> >>>                           Harvard Law School
> >>>Agron Gjerazi           -- Engineer workingfor
> Computer 
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TV-te e himarioteve flasin vetem greqisht

Zenepe Luka

Himare - Qe nga fillimi i fushates elektorale ne Himare nuk ndiqet as TVSH 
dhe as ndonje stacion tjeter televiziv ne gjuhen shqipe.

"Ngrysemi e gdhihemi me emisionet e stacioneve greke dhe per kete fakt 
protestojme", ka qene ky reagimi me i fundit nga disa banore te Himares ne 
adrese te gazetes "KJ" duke kerkuar njeheresh sensibilizimin, por edhe 
pergjegjesine pasi, sipas tyre, kjo eshte e qellimshme. Te tjere qytetare 
flasin se eshte e pakuptimte qe prej mese nje muaji te mos jete ne shtepite 
e himarioteve televizioni shqiptar publik ne kete situate zgjedhjesh te 
pushtetit vendor. Lidhur me problemin qe eshte realisht ne Himare ne 
kontaktuam me sekretarin e Bashkise, Thanas Guma, qe thote se ky fakt eshte 
i vertete. "Prej mese nje muaji ne Himare nuk ndiqet TVSH, por ai nuk e lidh 
kete me fushaten elektorale se sa me moskryerjen e detyres te personave 
pergjegjes qe ndjekin mbarevajtjen e antenave". Sipas tij, Himara merr 
sinjalin nga antena e vendosur ne Korfuz dhe tjetra e vendosur ne Sarande. 
"Ne kemi kontaktuar me njerezit qe merren me kete pune dhe ata nuk kane bere 
asnje percapje per te vene ne gatishmeri antenat", thote Guma. Por, nese 
pushtetari socialist e konsideron nje difekt te antenave, shume qytetare e 
cilesojne ate si te qellimshme. Eshte kjo arsyeja qe qytetare te thjeshte 
kane telefonuar deri tek kryeministri shqiptar per nderhyrjen ne Drejtorine 
e TVSH.



>From: Artjan Shani <mbreti at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: albeuropa at egroups.com
>To: alb-info-talk at egroups.com
>CC: albeuropa at egroups.com
>Subject: {QIKSH ?ALBEUROPA?} Re: Scholar Decries Liberals' 'Culture of 
>Death'
>Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 11:01:46 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>
>
>
>        Scholar Decries Liberals' 'Culture of Death'
>
>          Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2000
>        America's secularist liberal creed is at its
>  core un-Christian, un-Jewish and un-American, a
>  professor told a convention of traditional
>  religionists.
>        Robert P. George, a professor of jurisprudence
>  at Princeton University, said he works "behind enemy
>  lines in the universities," where he specializes in
>  natural law theory, religion and politics.
>
>        "Judaism is against paganism," he told the
>  third national convention of Toward Tradition, a
>  group describing itself as representing "Jews and
>  Christians who believe in the time-tested principles
>  of the Torah and the American Founding." The
>  organization, based in Mercer Island, Wash., is led
>  by Orthodox Rabbi Daniel Lapin.
>
>        Catholic thinker G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
>  described two kinds of paganism in his 1925 book,
>  "Everlasting Man." One form might be described as
>  "Easter Bunny paganism," exemplified by the Roman
>household gods. Chesterton said that simple "happy
>  paganism," which is an attempt to describe the
>  universe through the imagination, became locked in a
>  struggle with a much darker force ? the worship of
>  the demon god Moloch. George spoke of this demonic
>  paganism in his definition of Judaism.
>
>        George said one can distinguish between the
>  worship of false gods from that of "the true God,
>  the God of Israel, the Lord of Life" because false
>  gods always demand innocent blood. "A pagan culture
>  is always, in the end, a culture of death," he said,
>  "Apply the test. The evidence that a culture is
>  descending into paganism is always manifest in the
>  body count. ... This was true in ancient Babylon and
>  it is true in modern America. The same old Baal and
>  Moloch ... always crave the blood of the weakest and
>  the most vulnerable. Today the unborn, the partially
>  born and the handicapped newly born are daily
>  sacrificed to the false gods of autonomy, choice,
>  and liberation on stainless-steel altars by priests
>  robed in surgical whites."
>
>        The Catholic Encyclopedia says, "To the cruel
>  god Moloch, sacrifices of children were offered."
>  The idol is thought to have been shaped as a furnace
>  with a man's body and the head of an ox. To attain
>  prosperity, parents presented their bound children
>  to the pagan priests, who fed the babies into the
>  flames.
>
>        George said that Rabbi Lapin has lamented the
>  fact that many Jews in America have abandoned the
>  Torah and substituted the religion of liberal
>  secularism for the Jewish faith. "This religion, the
>rabbi observes, has its own doctrines, rituals, and
>  codes of behavior," George said. "It is a religion
>  of neo-paganism. What Rabbi Lapin says of many Jews
>  is equally true of many American Christians.
>  Secularized, liberal Christians dress up their
>  neo-pagan ideology in the language of virtues:
>  compassion, tolerance and inclusion.
>
>        "But the secularist liberal creed is at its
>  core most emphatically un-Christian, un-Jewish and
>  un-American," he said.
>
>        The professor said that the neo-pagan culture
>  of death includes not only partial-birth abortion
>  but also assisted suicide and euthanasia. Recalling
>  Germany's Weimar Republic during the years leading>
>to the Nazi era, George said that the handicapped
>and the mentally retarded are again being defined as
>  non-persons, which is the abandonment of the
>sanctity-of-life principles of Judaism and
>  Christianity. It is to this that we should say,
>  "Never again," George said to applause.
>
>
>
>
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Subject: [ALBSA-Info] New Book: Schoepflin, Nations, Identity, Power. The New Politica of Europe
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From kbejko at hotmail.com  Fri Sep 15 09:46:17 2000
From: kbejko at hotmail.com (Kreshnik Bejko)
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 13:46:17 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Himara:Dems/Socs collaborate against Greek
Message-ID: <LC7-LFD23gXTi8M19VM0000027d@hotmail.com>

This is truly amazing, but I think the HR Party would
win anyways. What they can do with Greek help is much
more than what the Socialist or Democrat candidates can
do on an Albanian state budget.

Foes Ally Against Greek-Speaking Candidate


HIMARA, Vlora - The two largest parties nationwide will support each other 
to block a smaller group that represents the Greek minority from winning, 
daily Shekulli reported on Thursday.

Socialist Organisation Secretary Petro Koci called on the main parties on 
Tuesday to join their vote against the Union for Human Rights Party, Vasil 
Bollano. ?We should have an Albanian patriot as the region?s mayor to 
reverse the trend of having Greek-speaking mayors there,? said Koci.

The Socialists will hold a rally on Saturday to present their candidate for 
the head of the communes along the Ionian coast, but both they and the 
Democrats claim they will win the election.

However, the Union for Human Rights, which chiefly represents the Greek 
minority, has a stronghold there.

Many people in Himara have Greek as their native language.

Although Greek historians say the population is Greek, Albanian ones think 
that the population is Albanian but has used Greek as a lingua franca 
because of its Orthodox religion and trading links with Corfu.

Both Albanian and Greek nationalists have indeed come from those areas.

Whatever the right reason might be, both main parties will stress 
nationalist overtones in their campaigns.
?Himara has always been and will be Albanian,? the Socialists said in a 
poster for the elections there.

But the Democratic Party branch admitted on Wednesday that if the Socialists 
oust their candidate in the first round, the Democrats will be urged to vote 
for the latter.

The chairman of the Union for Human Rights Party, Vasil Melo, called all the 
propaganda rubbish.?What the Socialists are mentioning as a Greek danger is 
senseless,? Melo said.

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From i_spaho at hotmail.com  Fri Sep 15 10:33:41 2000
From: i_spaho at hotmail.com (irma spaho)
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 14:33:41 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Poezia e fundjaves
Message-ID: <F182GdKO8FNpyLAPDVX0000de8a@hotmail.com>

SONTE DHIMBJA PASKA EMRIN TEND

Sonte dhimbja m'u shfaq me fytyren tende te paperseritshme,
me nenqeshjen tende nen buze me vrau gjumin,
si nje egersire me ka shtrenguar mes dhembeve te saj
e pameshirshem po me mat durimin.

Sonte ne lendinen e shpirtit ra heshtja e memecte
ne rruge dola te bej miq yjet, zhurmen.
Po ato te marrat, si te kishin frike prej meje merguan larg
kete shpirt te dimeruar te mos shihnin.

Sonte Perendite le te mbyten ne pellgun e kripur te syve te mi,
mua me mjaftojne fjalet per t'me vrare gjumin.
Dashuria qe s'ndahet, vdes shpejt, po kujtohet gjate,
barre e rende qenka krenaria e vrare dhe ndjenja e humbur!

Sonte dicka u thye, dicka mbaroi, dha shpirt,
zeri brenda meje u be nje me zerin e Nerudes,
ne kerkim te vargjeve me te trishtuara, per ty,
per gjithe fjalet e pathena, netet pa gjume, dashurine e mundur.

Sonte do te fle ne buze te durimit-me bej vend!
Te mbeshtetem vetem pak sa te me zgjoje agimi,
e kur neser te kthjellohem e rifitoj gjykimin
te kuptoj qe s'me ke merituar, edhe pse te kam dashur shume.

Sonte ne gjurmen e nje loti dua te mbytem e te lind tjeter njeri...

Irma
Boston,
Shtator 2000
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From eribudo at hotmail.com  Fri Sep 15 11:02:10 2000
From: eribudo at hotmail.com (ERI Budo)
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 15:02:10 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Leader of the free world??!!!
Message-ID: <F1045nwZvIPNTAbAWFs00000bd5@hotmail.com>




> >Oh yeah, this is who I want leading the country....
> >
> >
> >> George W. Bush, in his own words:
> >>
> >> "How do you know if you don't measure if you have a system that
> >simply
> >> suckles kids through?"
> >> -- Explaining the need for educational accountability in Beaufort,
> >> S.C.,  Feb. 16, 2000.
> >>
> >> "Will the highways on the Internet become more few?"
> >> -- Concord, N.H., Jan. 29, 2000.
> >>
> >> "This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what you
> >do
> >>
> >> when you run for president. You gotta preserve."
> >> -- Speaking during "Perseverance Month" at Fairgrounds Elementary
> >> School in Nashua, N.H. As quoted in Los Angeles Times, Jan. 28,
> >> 2000.
> >>
> >> "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."
> >> -- Greater Nashua, N.H., Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 27, 2000.
> >>
> >> "What I am against is quotas. I am against hard quotas, quotas they
> >> basically delineate based upon whatever. However they delineate.
> >Quotas,
> >> I
> >> think, vulcanize society. So, I don't know how that fits into what
> >> everybody else is saying, their relative positions, but that's my
> >> position."
> >> -- Quoted by Molly Ivins, San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 21, 2000
> >>   (Thanks to Toni L. Gould).
> >>
> >> "When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world, and you knew exactly
> >> who
> >> they were. It was us vs. them, and it was clear who them was. Today,
> >we
> >> are not so sure who the they are, but we know they're there."
> >> -- Iowa Western Community College, Jan. 21, 2000.
> >>
> >> "The administration I'll bring is a group of men and women who are
> >> focused
> >> on what's best for America, honest men and women, decent men and
> >women,
> >> women who will not stain the House."
> >> -- Des Moines Register debate, Iowa, Jan. 15, 2000
> >>
> >> "This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and
> >uncertainty
> >>
> >> and potential mental losses."
> >> -- At a South Carolina oyster roast, as quoted in the Financial
> >Times,
> >> Jan. 14, 2000
> >>
> >> "Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?"
> >> -- Florence, S.C., Jan. 11, 2000
> >>
> >>   "There needs to be debates, like we're going through. There needs
> >to
> >> be
> >> town-hall meetings. There needs to be travel. This is a huge
> >country."
> >> -- Larry King Live, Dec. 16, 1999
> >>
> >> "The important question is, How many hands have I shaked?"
> >> --Answering a question about why he hasn't spent more time in New
> >> Hampshire, in The New York Times, Oct. 23, 1999
> >>
> >> "It was just inebriating what Midland was all about then."
> >> -- From a 1994 interview, as quoted in First Son by Bill Minutaglio

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From i_spaho at hotmail.com  Fri Sep 15 14:42:59 2000
From: i_spaho at hotmail.com (irma spaho)
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 18:42:59 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] KONKURS I POEZISË - Emigracioni, gruaja e hapsirës mesdhetare dhe...
Message-ID: <F272WEF0HG0anlzmUR7000044a6@hotmail.com>

> >
> >Qendra Informative Kulturore Shqiptare ?ALBEUROPA?, Rom?
> >
> >K O N K U R S  I  P O E Z I S ?
> >
> >     Si? ka njoftuar bashkatdhetarja jon? - patriotja, veprimtarja e 
>palodhur
> >e ??shtjes Komb?tare dhe krijuesja e mir?njohur letrare - Znj. Mimoza
> >Kallfa - Ahmeti, n? Ankon? (Itali) po organizohet nj? konkurs i madh
> >nd?rkomb?tar i poezis?.
> >     Prandaj, ftohen krijuesit shqiptar? n? Itali, por edhe n? vendet 
>tjera
> >t? bot?s e n? atdhe, q? t'i d?rgojn? poezit? e tyre, n? konkurrenc?. 
>?sht? e
> >preferueshme q? krijuesit nga Italia, m? shum? t? merren me tema nga
> >emigracioni, kurse krijuesit tjer? - me tema lidhur me gruan n? hapsir?n
> >mesdhetare, me theks t? posa??m at? shqiptare. Por k?to nuk jan? kushte 
>t?
> >pakap?rcyeshme, sepse mund t? d?rgoni edhe poezi temash t? ndryshme (tema 
>t?
> >lira).
> >     Krijimet mund t'i d?rgoni:
> >     - me post? - Mimoza Kallfa - Ahmeti
> >                            Via Piave, 43
> >                             Ancona - Italia
> >     - me fax - ++39 071 200374
> >     - me e-mail - mimoza2 at yahoo.it
> >
> >     Zonj?s Mimoza dhe juve krijues t? rinj - sh?ndet, mbar?si dhe 
>suksese t?
> >lakmueshme!
> >     Engj?ll Koliqi - kosova1 at hotmail.com, stublla at yahoo.it, 
>kosova at iol.it,
> >dardania at infinito.it.
> >
>

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From i_spaho at hotmail.com  Fri Sep 15 16:00:01 2000
From: i_spaho at hotmail.com (irma spaho)
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 20:00:01 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Tralala nga qyteti im i lindjes...
Message-ID: <F27959I09Ek8fIpWIgR0000d87d@hotmail.com>

>Tralala ne Pazarin e Korces
>
>Resmi Corbaxhi
>
>Korce - Cifti Petraq e Ristana Nasto me kombesi maqedonase nga Zaroshka e 
>Korces, nuk e kishte harruar gjemen qe polici Niko Andoni u kishte bere 
>muaj me pare. Ai se bashku me nje tabore me uniforma blu u kishte bere 
>papritur kontroll ne banese dhe i kishin marre topin e vetem 75 mm qe 
>mbanin ne plevice. Madje, kete veprim e kishin shoqeruar edhe me akuzen e 
>armembajtjes pa leje. Por, duket se burre e grua kane menduar se vetem mali 
>me malin nuk takohen, ndersa njerezit po. Dhe kete fraze e kane vertetuar 
>me shume kur dje ne mesdite teksa psoninsin ne Pazarin e Korces, verejten 
>policin Andoni. Nuk e zgjaten shume, grumbulluan ca gure dhe nisen betejen 
>duke e qelluar ku te mundnin. Ne funksion te luftes vune edhe shkelmat dhe 
>grushtat. Nga ana e tij polici u gjet i papregatitur. Aq sa e humbi fare 
>toruan. Por, vetem ne nje moment e zgjidhi situaten duke nxjerre pistoleten 
>e duke qelluar ne ajer. Ne kete kohe tere Pazari u alarmua. Njerezit nisen 
>te klithnin e te largoheshin duke boshatisur tregun. E tere kete zallamahi 
>e zgjidhi perfundimisht nje furgon policie i cili i futi te tre 
>protagonistet brenda dhe me pas i percolli ne komisariat. Vetem aty eshte 
>sqaruar gjithcka. E kur kane perfunduar te gjitha procedurat, te tre jane 
>lene te lire, por gjithsesi, cifti nen hetim.
>
>Si ndodhi ngjarja
>
>Ngjarja ka ndodhur ne mesditen e djeshme ne pazarin e produkteve ushqimore 
>te qytetit te Korces. Cifti maqedonas ka shfrytezuar pazarin per t'u bere 
>te njohur brenda pak minutash. Ndersa kane pare punetorin e policise 
>kufitare Niko Andoni jane leshuar kunder tij me gure burre e grua, vihet ne 
>pozite te veshtire dhe per t'i shpetuar turpit nxjerr pistoleten per te 
>qelluar ne ajer. Krismat e armes kane mbjelle panik ne radhet e 
>pjesmarresve te pazarit dhe vetem nderhyrja e forcave te gatshme kane 
>vendosur normalitetin. Polici me uniforme te demtuar dhe cifti maqedonas 
>Nasto jane shoqeruar per ne komisariat ku pas veprimeve te para 
>proceduriale te dy palet jane lene te lira. Nga burime policore te 
>besueshme mesohet se shkaku i skandalit ne pazarin e Korces ka qene nje 
>grindje e vjeter midis tyre. Ndersa polici ka shpetuar nga turperimi i 
>metejshem nepermjet te shtenave te pistoletes ne ajer, cifti Nasto 
>detyrohet te ulet ne bangen e te akuzuareve ne gjendje te lire per te 
>zbardhur perfundimisht ngjarjen e dites se premte ne pazarin e produkteve 
>ushqimore ne Korce. Deponimet e policit kufitar prane grupit hetimor 
>konfirmojne se shkak i grindjes ka qene jo nje grindje e vjeter, por nje 
>kontroll i organizuar ne banesen e tyre nga organet e policise, ku kane 
>zbuluar dhe armatime si nje top 75 mm. Cifti e polici kane udhetuar ne nje 
>autobuz nga Liqenesi ne drejtim te Korces ku midis tyre ka pasur edhe 
>replika te ashpra qe si kulm kane shenuar te qelluaren me pistolete ne mes 
>te pazarit.
>
>
>
>
>Ministrat mbushin institucionet me fshataret e tyre
>
>-C'pune ben ne Kryeministri?
>
>-Jam vlonjat!
>
>Kjo batute qe lindi dy vite me pare paraqet ne shume menyra nje nga 
>kriteret kryesore te punesimit neper institucionet publike shqiptare. Dhe 
>kjo jo vetem per vlonjatet, por edhe per gjirokastritet, tropojanet apo 
>tiranasit e vjeter. Nje nga kriteret shpesh dhe dendur eshte edhe 
>perkatesia partiake e personit qe paraqitet per te filluar pune. Ajo qe 
>eshte me e rendesishme eshte se origjina e drejtuesit te dikasterit eshte 
>baza e kritereve te punesimit. Tropojanet u "perzune" pothuajse teresisht 
>nga administrata shteterore pas vitit '97
>
>

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From aalibali at law.harvard.edu  Sun Sep 17 17:54:57 2000
From: aalibali at law.harvard.edu (aalibali at law.harvard.edu)
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 17:54:57 -0400
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Positions at HRW
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From: Rachel Bien by way of Greek Helsinki Monitor  <office at g...>
Date: Fri Sep 15, 2000 6:29am
Subject: Position Available:HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH SEEKS RESEARCHER ON THE FORMER 
YUGOSLAVIA AND ALBANIA


PLEASE POST (September 14, 2000)

Position Available:
RESEARCHER ON THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA AND ALBANIA

Since its founding in 1978, Human Rights Watch has become the largest
U.S.-based international human rights monitoring and advocacy
organization, known for its in-depth investigations, its incisive and
timely reporting, its innovative and high-profile advocacy campaigns,
and its success in changing the human rights-related policies of the
U.S., other influential governments and international institutions.

Description: We seek a researcher on the former Yugoslavia and Albania
who will have primary responsibility for Kosovo, Macedonia, and
Albania. The researcher will be based in New York, and should be
prepared to spend periods of time in the region. Responsibilities
include:
monitoring and researching human rights developments in Kosovo,
Macedonia, and Albania;
conducting fact-finding investigations in the region;
writing and editing reports, newsletters, appeals, press releases,
editorials, articles and position papers on human rights issues;
developing local and international advocacy strategies vis a vis
governments and international organizations to effect change;
raising human rights issues and influencing the human rights policies
of governmental bodies in the United States, the European Union, and in
the former Yugoslavia and Albania through correspondence and personal
contact; and
responding promptly to queries from the press, the public and
colleagues in the human rights community.

Qualifications: An advanced degree in law, international relations, or a
related field, as well as experience in human rights are required.
Candidates must have excellent writing and communication skills in
English, a very good command of Albanian and/or Serbo-Croatian (both the
Latin and Cyrillic alphabets), and a background in the region. The
ideal candidate will have field research experience, be highly motivated
and organized, be able to work under pressure and juggle multiple tasks
simultaneously, and demonstrate a commitment to international human
rights.

Salary and Benefits: Salary commensurate with experience. Human Rights
Watch offers generous employer-paid medical, dental, life insurance and
pension plans, and 20 vacation days a year.

APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH NOVEMBER 1, 2000. Please send
cover letter, resume, references, and unedited writing sample (no calls,
please) to:
Human Rights Watch
Att: Former Yugoslavia and Albania Researcher Search (KMA)
350 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10118-3299
Fax: (212) 736-1300

Human Rights Watch is an equal opportunity employer and does not
discriminate on the basis of
race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital or parental
status, disability or sexual orientation. 
 
 
 


From aalibali at law.harvard.edu  Sun Sep 17 22:02:58 2000
From: aalibali at law.harvard.edu (aalibali at law.harvard.edu)
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 22:02:58 -0400
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Conference in Montreal
Message-ID: <H0002d7b05957df3.0969242489.hulaw5.law.harvard.edu@MHS>

    
 
COLLOQUE N?7 
Responsables scientifiques Programme(english) Information Site web 


?TATS-NATIONS, MULTINATIONS ET ORGANISATIONS SUPRANATIONALES 
Lieu : 
H?tel Delta 
Salle Opus II
475, avenue du Pr?sident-Kennedy
Montr?al


Du mercredi 4 octobre au vendredi 6 octobre 2000 



--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Responsables scientifiques 
Micheline LABELLE, Professeur, D?partement de sociologie, Universit? du Qu?bec 
? Montr?al 

Michel SEYMOUR, Professeur agr?g?, D?partement de philosophie, Universit? de 
Montr?al 

Michel CORNATON, Professeur, D?partement de Psychologie Sociale, Universit? 
Lumi?re Lyon 2 

Henri GIORDAN, Directeur de recherche, Centre National de la Recherche 
Scientifique (CNRS), Universit? Paul Valery, Montpellier 

?lise MARIENSTRAS, Professeure ?m?rite, D?partement d'histoire, Universit? 
Paris 7 Denis Diderot 

Henry MILNER, Professeur, D?partement de sciences politiques, Universit? 
d'Ume?, Su?de 



--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Programme 

Quel mod?le d'organisation politique faut-il privil?gier au d?but du troisi?me 
mill?naire? Doit-on favoriser l'?tat-nation, la multination ou les 
organisations supranationales? Plusieurs ont annonc? la fin de l'?tat-nation, 
mais la mise en place de v?ritables ?tats multinationaux pose toujours de tr?s 
nombreux probl?mes. Il existe en outre plusieurs sortes d'?tats-nations, qu'il 
s'agisse d'?tats-nations ethniques fond?s sur un processus de " nation-state 
building " (p. ex. l'Allemagne) ou d'?tats-nations civiques fond?s sur un " 
state-nation building " (p. ex. la France). En outre, il se peut que certains 
types d'?tats-nations soient d?pass?s alors que d'autres m?ritent d'?tre 
conserv?s. Quoi qu'il en soit, parmi l'ensemble des questions que suscite la 
red?finition de la nation, la question se pose de savoir comment tenir compte 
de la difficult? pos?e par la fluidit? des r?f?rents identitaires de genre, de 
classe, d'ethnicit?. Il faut ?galement se demander comment analyser les 
dynamiques parfois antagonistes li?es aux mouvements nationaux, f?ministes, 
anti-racistes. 

Aux diff?rentes fa?ons de concevoir l'?tat-nation s'ajoutent diff?rentes fa?ons 
de concevoir la multination. Il peut s'agir d'un ?tat qui est de facto 
multinational (le Canada) ou d'un ?tat multinational de jure, c'est-?-dire d'un 
?tat dont le caract?re multinational se refl?te dans sa constitution et ses 
institutions (p. ex. la Belgique). (i) Pour certains, l'?tat multinational doit 
?tre compos? d'une population partageant une m?me culture. Il est alors con?u 
comme une nation culturelle inclusive compos?e de plusieurs nations culturelles 
particuli?res. (ii) Pour d'autres, la multination doit prendre la forme d'un 
v?ritable ?tat multinational au sens o? la seule identit? commune au sein de 
cet ?tat doit ?tre l'identit? civique proprement dite. La viabilit? de l'?tat 
multinational requiert alors seulement l'adh?sion ? un m?me ordre 
constitutionnel. On pense ici au patriotisme constitutionnel de J?rgen 
Habermas. (iii) Il y a cependant d'autres fa?ons de concevoir la multination. 
Il s'agirait de promouvoir simultan?ment une identit? civique commune au sein 
de l'?tat et la reconnaissance de ses nations constitutives. (iv) On 
mentionnera finalement une derni?re option qui s'offre ? nous. Il s'agirait 
d'adopter une approche pragmatiste et pluraliste. Selon ce point de vue, il 
existerait plusieurs mod?les acceptables d'organisations politiques : 
diff?rentes formes d'?tats-nations et diff?rentes formes de multinations. 

Telles sont donc les voies que le colloque permettra d'explorer. Il faudra 
?galement accorder une place importante ? une r?flexion sur la viabilit? des 
organisations supranationales. On posera le probl?me de l'identit? 
postnationale, mais on r?fl?chira aussi ? la place occup?e par les 
organisations supranationales qui ont de plus en plus tendance ? s'imposer et ? 
contraindre le pouvoir des ?tats-nations. C'est aussi ? cause de telles 
organisations supranationales que l'?tat-nation perd de son influence. On pense 
? l'Organisation des Nations Unies, mais aussi et surtout ? la Communaut? 
Europ?enne, ? l'Organisation mondiale du Commerce, ? la Banque mondiale, au 
Fonds mon?taire international et, plus g?n?ralement, ? tout un ensemble de 
ph?nom?nes caus?s par la mondialisation de l'?conomie. Ces r?alit?s nouvelles 
nous permettent de r?examiner dans un nouveau contexte l'opposition 
traditionnelle entre l'?tat-nation et la supranation. 

Les conf?renciers proviendront de diff?rents pays et de diff?rentes 
disciplines. Ils seront invit?s ? poser les balises th?oriques du probl?me, 
mais aussi ? r?fl?chir sur des cas d'esp?ce. Parmi les enjeux th?oriques 
abord?s, mentionnons : la d?finition de la nation, les sortes de minorit?s, les 
droits collectifs, le f?d?ralisme, la conception cosmopolitique, la d?finition 
de l'?tat multinational, etc. Parmi les cas d'esp?ce ?tudi?s, mentionnons : Les 
Balkans, la Belgique, le Canada, la Catalogne, l'?cosse, les ?tats-Unis, 
l'Europe, la Finlande, la France, la Palestine, le Qu?bec, le sud-est asiatique 
et la Suisse. 

 


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What is the most appropriate political institutional model for the next 
millenium? Should we look primarily to the nation-state, the multinational 
state, or supernational institutional structures? There are frequent claims 
made nowadays of the end of the nation-state, but establishing successful 
multinational states has proven to be highly problematic. Indeed, there are 
several types of nation-states : there are "ethnic" nation-states, founded 
through the process known as "nation-state building" (e.g. Germany), 
and "civic" nation-states, founded through the process known as "state-nation 
building" (e.g. France). It would appear that certain types of nation-states 
are outmoded, but others deserve to be maintained. Whatever the specifics of 
each case, the redefinition of the nation-state raises complex problems due to 
the difficulties inherent in trying to take into account the fluidity of 
identities with regard to such characteristics as gender, class and ethnicity. 
In addition, one cannot avoid taking into account the sometimes antagonistic 
dynamics associated with national, feminist and anti-racist movements. 

Along with different ways of conceptualizing the nation-state, there are also 
different ways of conceptualizing the multinational state. There are de facto 
multinational states (such as Canada) and de jure multinational states, that 
is, states whose multinational character is reflected in its constitution and 
institutions (such as Belgium). (i) For some, the people of the multinational 
state must have a common culture. It is thus conceived as an inclusive cultural 
nation composed of several specific cultural nations. (ii) For others, the 
multinational state must take the form of a real multinational state which 
means that the only common identity within this state is the civic identity 
associated with it. Hence the viability of the multinational state requires 
only that all belong to the same constitutional order. We are referring here in 
particular to the constitutional patriotism of J?rgen Habermas. (iii) There 
are, however, other ways to conceptualize the multinational state. One could 
simultaneously foster a common civic identity through the state and a 
recognition of the nations composing it. (iv) A final possible option bears 
mentioning, that of taking a pragmatic and pluralist position. We could argue 
that there are several forms of political institutional models: different 
acceptable forms of nation-states and different acceptable forms of 
multinational states. 

These are the paths that we shall explore in the conference. We shall also 
examine supernational organizations, and reflect upon their viability. Is there 
such a thing as "postnational identity"? Are supernational organizations 
constraining the power and influence of nation-states to an unacceptable 
degree? These questions are raised with regard to the United Nations, but also, 
and especially, the European Community, the World Trade Organisation, the World 
Bank, the International Monetary Fund and, more generally, the entire range of 
phenomena associated with economic globalization. These new realities are the 
context from within which we shall reexamine the traditional conflict between 
the nation-state and the supernational organizations. 

The participants come from different countries and different disciplines. They 
will be asked to address both the theoretical aspects of the question as well 
as case studies. Among the conceptual issues to be considered are the 
definition of the nation, the typology of minorities, collective rights, 
federalism, and the definition of the multinational state. Cases to be studied 
include : the Balkans, Belgium, Canada, Catalonia, Scotland, the United States, 
Europe, Finland, France, Palestine, Qu?bec, South-East Asia, and Switzerland. 

MARDI 3 OCTOBRE 2000  
 15 h 30 
?
 18 h 00  CONF?RENCE D'OUVERTURE DES TREIZI?MES ENTRETIENS DU CENTRE JACQUES 
CARTIER
Table ronde
MONDIALISATION ET SES EFFETS SUR LA NATION Pr?sident de s?ance : Raymond BARRE, 
Ancien Premier Ministre, D?put? du Rh?ne, Maire de la Ville de Lyon 

Mod?rateur : Bernard DESC?TEAUX, Directeur, Journal Le Devoir, Montr?al 

Bernard LANDRY, Vice-premier ministre, Ministre d'?tat ? l'?conomie et aux 
Finances, Gouvernement du Qu?bec 

Bob RAE, Ancien Premier Ministre de l'Ontario 

Jean DANIEL, Journaliste-auteur et Directeur du Nouvel Observateur, Paris 

Philippe S?GUIN, D?put? des Vosges, Ancien Pr?sident de l'Assembl?e Nationale 
Fran?aise 

Lieu : Universit? de Montr?al, Pavillon principal, Amphith??tre Ernest-Cormier, 
2900, boulevard ?douard-Montpetit 

  
 
MERCREDI 4 OCTOBRE 2000  
  TH?ME 1 : LES BALISES TH?ORIQUES 
  
 
 9 h 00  Allocution inaugurale
Guy LACHAPELLE, Professeur, D?partement de science politique, Universit? 
Concordia; Secr?taire g?n?ral de l'Association internationale de science 
politique, Montr?al 
  
 
  Pr?sident de s?ance : Alain G. GAGNON, Professeur, D?partement de science 
politique, Universit? McGill, Montr?al 
  
 
 9 h 15  LA MODERNIT? EST-ELLE POSSIBLE SANS LE NATIONALISME?
Liah GREENFELD, Professeur, The University Professors, Boston University 
  
 
 10 h 00  FRAGILIT? DU NATIONALISME CIVIQUE
Joseph PESTIEAU, Professeur, Ottawa 
  
 
 10 h 45  Pause 
  
 
 11 h 00  DEUX PARADOXES POUR LES POLITOLOGUES : PENSER LA NATION ET LE 
NATIONALISME
Margaret CANOVAN, Professeure, D?partement de politique, Universit? de Keele, 
Royaume-Uni 
  
 
 11 h 45  LE NATIONALISME : ENTRE LE MYTHE DE LA COMMUNAUT? ET LE MIRAGE DU 
PATRIOTISME CONSTITUTIONNEL
Jocelyne COUTURE, Professeure, D?partement de philosophie, Universit? du Qu?bec 
? Montr?al 
  
 
 12 h 30  D?jeuner 
  
 
  Pr?sidente de s?ance : Micheline DE S?VE, Professeure, D?partement de science 
politique, Universit? du Qu?bec ? Montr?al 
  
 
 14 h 30  DU PARADOXE DE L'?TAT-NATION AU PARADIGME DE LA MULTINATION. PROPOS 
SUR LA L?GITIMIT? DE LA SOCI?T? POLITIQUE
St?phane PIERR?-CAPS, Professeur, Facult? de droit, Universit? de Nancy 
  
 
 15 h 15  RAWLS, HABERMAS ET LE DROIT DES PEUPLES
David INGRAM, Professeur, D?partement de philosophie, Universit? de Loyola ? 
Chicago 
  
 
 16 h 00  Pause 
  
 
 16 h 15  LA MULTINATION PEUT-ELLE ADMETTRE LES DROITS COLLECTIFS DES PEUPLES?
Michel SEYMOUR, Professeur agr?g?, D?partement de philosophie, Universit? de 
Montr?al 
  
 
 17 h 00  SOUVERAINET?, F?D?RALISME ET ORGANISATIONS SUPRANATIONALES
Daniel TURP, Professeur, Facult? de droit, Universit? de Montr?al; D?put? du 
Bloc Qu?b?cois 
  
 
 17 h 45  Pause 
  
 
  Pr?sident de s?ance : Daniel WEINSTOCK, Professeur, D?partement de 
philosophie, Universit? de Montr?al 
  
 
 18 h 00  LES ?TATS-NATIONS ET LES MULTINATIONS SONT-ILS D?PASS?S? LE D?FI DE 
LA GLOBALISATION
Kai NIELSEN, Professeur, D?partement de philosophie, Universit? Concordia, 
Montr?al 
Commentatrice :
Ryoa CHUNG, ?tudiante au doctorat, D?partement de philosophie, Universit? de 
Montr?al 

  
 
 19 h 00  Fin de la s?ance 
  
 
JEUDI 5 OCTOBRE 2000  
  TH?ME 2 : LA PRISE EN COMPTE DES MINORIT?S 
Pr?sidente de s?ance : Jane JENSON, Professeure, D?partement de science 
politique, Universit? de Montr?al 

  
 
 9 h 00  DU LOCAL ? L'UNIVERSEL, OU LA RECHERCHE DE NOUVELLES IDENTIT?S 
POLITIQUES
Michel CORNATON, Professeur, D?partement de Psychologie Sociale, Universit? 
Lumi?re Lyon 2 
  
 
 9 h 45  LA PRISE EN COMPTE POLITIQUE DES MINORIT?S EN FRANCE
Henri GIORDAN, Directeur de recherche, Centre National de la Recherche 
Scientifique (CNRS), Universit? Paul Valery, Montpellier 
  
 
 10 h 30  Pause 
  
 
 10 h 45  UNE MINORIT? NATIONALE SU?DOISE EN FINLANDE
Henry MILNER, Professeur, D?partement de sciences politiques, Universit? 
d'Ume?, Su?de 
  
 
 11 h 30  APR?S LA COLONIE, LA NATION? LE CAS DES SOCI?T?S D?PENDANTES DE LA 
CARA?BE
Michel GIRAUD, Directeur de Recherche, Centre National de Recherche 
Scientifique (CNRS), Paris 
  
 
 12 h 15  D?jeuner 
  
 
  Pr?sidente de s?ance : Dominique OLLIVIER, Attach?e politique, Minist?re des 
Relations avec le Citoyen et de l'Immigration, Gouvernement du Qu?bec 
  
 
 14 h 15  LA NATION CIVIQUE ET LES MINORIT?S FRANCOPHONES VIVANT ? L'EXT?RIEUR 
DU QU?BEC
Linda CARDINAL, Professeure, D?partement de science politique, Universit? 
d'Ottawa 
  
 
 15 h 00  LES DROITS LINGUISTIQUES DANS LES ?TATS MULTINATIONAUX : ACCOMMODER 
LES HISPANIQUES AUX ?TATS-UNIS
Thomas W. POGGE, Professor, School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced 
Study, Princeton 
  
 
 15 h 45  Pause 
  
 
 16 h 00  CITOYENNET?, NATION ET TRANSNATIONALISME : DE LA MULTIPLICIT? DES 
IDENTIT?S ET DES PRATIQUES
Micheline LABELLE, Professeure, D?partement de sociologie, Universit? du Qu?bec 
? Montr?al 
  
 
 16 h 45  LA CITOYENNET? FRAGMENT?E : L'IDENTIT? POLITIQUE ET LA DIVERSIT? 
CULTURELLE
Ross POOLE, Associate Professor in Philosophy; Acting Head, Division of 
Society, Culture, Media and Philosophy, Macquarie University, Sidney 
  
 
 17 h 30  Pause 
  
 
  Pr?sident de s?ance : Guy LACHAPELLE, Professeur, D?partement de science 
politique, Universit? Concordia, Montr?al 
  
 
 17 h 45  LES ?TATS-UNIS : AUTOCHTONIE ET MINORIT?S D'IMMIGRATION
?lise MARIENSTRAS, Professeure ?m?rite, D?partement d'histoire, Universit? 
Paris 7 Denis Diderot 
Commentatrice : 
Anne L?GAR?, Professeure, D?partement de science politique, Universit? du 
Qu?bec ? Montr?al 

  
 
 18 h 45  Fin de la s?ance 
  
 
VENDREDI 6 OCTOBRE 2000  
  TH?ME 3 : L'EXP?RIENCE EUROP?ENNE 
Pr?sident de s?ance : Alberto PEREZ CALVO, Professeur de Droit Constitutionnel, 
Universit? publique de Navarre, Espagne 

  
 
 9 h 00  LA CONTRIBUTION DE L'OSCE ? LA GESTION DE L'ETHNONATIONALISME DANS LA 
GRANDE EUROPE
Victor-Yves GHEBALI, Professeur, Institut Universitaire des Hautes ?tudes 
Internationales, Gen?ve 
  
 
 9 h 45  LES R?GIONS : MENACE OU N?CESSIT? DANS UNE ORGANISATION SUPRANATIONALE 
EUROP?ENNE?
Elmire af GEIJERSTAM, Directrice des Affaires internationales, F?d?ration 
su?doise des Comt?s et R?gions, Stockholm 
  
 
 10 h 30  Pause 
  
 
 10 h 45  LE NATIONALISME CIVIQUE ET LE CONFLIT EN IRLANDE DU NORD
John McGARRY, Professeur, D?partement de science politique, Universit? de 
Waterloo 
  
 
 11 h 30  NATIONALISMES MAJORITAIRES ET MINORITAIRES DANS LES BALKANS
Panayote DIMITRAS, Professeur invit?, ?tudes du Sud-Est Europ?en, Universit? 
d'Europe Centrale, Budapest 
  
 
 12 h 15  D?jeuner 
  
 
 14 h 15  APR?S LA GRANDE-BRETAGNE : LES NOUVEAUX TRAVAILLISTES ET LE RETOUR DE 
L'?COSSE
Tom NAIRN, Professeur, Graduate School, Universit? d'?dimbourg 
  
 
 15 h 00  LA SUISSE COMME MULTINATION : SUCC?S ET LIMITES D'UN SYST?ME
Fran?ois GRIN, Directeur adjoint, Centre Europ?en pour les Questions de 
Minorit?s, Flensburg, Allemagne 
  
 
 15 h 45  Pause 
  
 
 16 h 00  LA CATALOGNE : UN NATIONALISME NON S?CESSIONISTE?
Montserrat GUIBERNAU, Professeure, Facult? des sciences sociales, Open 
University 
  
 
  Pr?sident de s?ance : Michel SEYMOUR, Professeur agr?g?, D?partement de 
philosophie, Universit? de Montr?al 
  
 
 16 h 45  UNE COMPARAISON ENTRE LES PHILIPPINES ? L'?RE POST-MARCOS ET 
L'INDON?SIE ? L'?RE POST-SUHARTO.
Benedict ANDERSON, Professeur, D?partement des affaires gouvernementales, 
Universit? de Cornell, Ithaca, ?tats-Unis 
Commentateur :
Daniel WEINSTOCK, Professeur, D?partement de philosophie, Universit? de 
Montr?al 

  
 
 17 h 45  Pause 
  
 
 18 h 00  Table ronde de cl?ture
QUEL AVENIR POUR L'?TAT-NATION? 
Pr?sidente de s?ance : Lise BISSONNETTE, Pr?sidente-directrice g?n?rale de la 
Grande Biblioth?que du Qu?bec, Montr?al Participants :
Joseph FACAL, Ministre d?l?gu? aux affaires intergouvernementales canadiennes, 
Gouvernement du Qu?bec
Anne L?GAR?, Professeure, D?partement de science politique, Universit? du 
Qu?bec ? Montr?al
Alexa McDONOUGH, Chef du Nouveau parti d?mocratique du Canada
Ken McROBERTS, Professeur, D?partement de science politique; Doyen, Coll?ge 
universitaire de Glendon, Universit? de York, Toronto
Michel VENNE, R?dacteur en chef adjoint, Journal Le Devoir, Montr?al
Patrick WEIL, Chercheur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 
Paris 

  
 
 20 h 30  Fin du colloque 
  
 


  


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From mehollim at hotmail.com  Mon Sep 18 12:59:31 2000
From: mehollim at hotmail.com (Mimoza Meholli)
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 16:59:31 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] (no subject)
Message-ID: <F47vZ9aZ1i6bdVJWrGW0000271f@hotmail.com>

Please do not ignore this e-mail. This is something that we, as human
  beings, need to support. I don't know if this is going to help but take 3  
minutes out of your life to do your part.
Madhu, the government of Afghanistan, is waging a war upon women.  Since the 
Taliban took power in 1996, women have had to wear burqua and have been 
beaten and stoned in public for not having the proper attire, even if this 
means simply not having the mesh covering in front of their eyes.  One woman 
  was beaten to death by an angry mob of fundamentalists for accidentally 
exposing her arm while she was driving.  Another was stoned to death for  
trying to leave the country with a man that was not a relative. Women are 
not allowed to work or even go out in public without a male relative; 
professional women such as professors, translators,doctors, lawyers, artists 
and writers have been forced from their jobs and forced to remainin their  
homes.
  Homes where a woman is present must have their windows painted so that
she can never be seen by outsiders. They must wear silent shoes so that
they are never heard. Women live in fear of their lives for the slightest 
misbehavior. Because they cannot work, those without male relatives or 
husbands are either starving to death or begging on the street, even if they 
hold PhDs. Depression is becoming so widespread that it has reached 
emergency levels. There is no way in such an extreme Islamic society to know 
the  suicide rate with certainty, but relief workers are estimating that the 
suicide rate among women, who cannot find proper medication and treatment 
for  severe depression and would rather take their lives than live in such 
conditions, has increased significantly. There are almost no medical 
facilities available for women. At one of the rare hospitals for women, a  
reporter found still, nearly lifeless bodies lying motionless on top of
beds, wrapped in their burqua, unwilling to speak, eat, or do anything, but 
slowly wasting away. Others have gone mad and were seen crouched in corners, 
perpetually rocking or crying, most of them in fear.
One doctor is considering, when what little medication that is left finally 
runs out, leaving these women in front of the president's residence. "Human 
Rights" has become a meaningless statement.
   Husbands have the power of life and death over their women relatives,
especially their wives, but an angry mob has just as much right to stone or 
beat a woman, often to death, for exposing an inch of flesh or offending 
them in the slightest way. Women enjoyed relative freedom, to work, dress 
generally as they wanted, and drive and appear in public alone until only 
1996. The rapidity of this transition is a main reason for the depression 
and suicide; women who were once educators or doctors or simply used to 
basic human freedoms are no  severely restricted and treated as subhuman in 
the name of right win  fundamentalist Islam. It is not their tradition or 
'culture,' but it is
alien  to them, and it is extreme even for those cultures where 
fundamentalism is  the rule.
    Everyone has a right to a tolerable human existence, even if they are 
women in a Muslim country. If we can threaten military force in Kosova in 
the name of human rights for the sake of ethnic Albanians, citizens of the 
world can certainly express peaceful outrage at the oppression, murder and  
injustice committed against women by the Taliban.

  STATEMENT:

In signing this, we agree that the current treatment of women in
Afghanistan is completely UNACCEPTABLE and deserves action by the United 
Nations, and that the current situation overseas will not be tolerated. 
Women's Rights is  not a small issue anywhere, and it is UNACCEPTABLE for 
women in 2000 to be treated as subhuman and as so much property. Equality 
and human decency is a RIGHT not a freedom, whether one lives in Afghanistan 
or elsewhere.

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>   101) Michael Jampole, Beach Park, IL, USA
>   102) Diane Willis, Wilmette, IL, USA
>   103) Sharri Russell, Roanoke, VA, USA
>   104) Faye Cooley, Roanoke, VA, USA
>   105) Celeste Thompson, Round Rock, TX, USA
>   106) Sherry Stang, Pflugerville, TX, USA
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>   268. Jan de Weerd, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
>   269. Maaike Riemersma de Feyter, Wageningen, The Netherlands
>   270. Wim Warman, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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From pulab at gusun.georgetown.edu  Mon Sep 18 16:28:50 2000
From: pulab at gusun.georgetown.edu (Besnik Pula)
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 22:28:50 +0200
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] protest
In-Reply-To: <39C532B5.14CFF990@bndlg.de>
Message-ID: <B5EC47A2.1691%pulab@gusun.georgetown.edu>

To the Foreign News Editor

Dear editor:

I was very much apalled to see your news agency help spread grossly
unsubstantiated and utterly racist claims made by Macedonian former
communists regarding the alleged "explosion" of organized crime rings in
Kosova ("Concern In Macedonia At Explosion Of Crime In Kosovo", Sep. 17).

The supposed "experts" that your news agency quotes are three former
officials of the Macedonian state, whom are now out of office and whose
political party is vying for power in this election year in FYROM. By
helping these politically bankrupt officials spread their anti-Albanian
racism, your news agency turned into a mouthpiece of Macedonia's former
communists' electioneering with their nationalist agenda.

Macedonia's record in its treatment of its Albanian population is quite
poor, and was especially disastrous during Mr. Gligorov's rule. His tacit
support of Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic's repressive policies in
neighboring Kosova during the last decade was obvious to most observers of
Balkan politics. It is no surprise that Mr. Gligorov and his former cronies
speak in this grossly overgeneralizing and defaming manner about Albanians,
what is surprising is Agence France Presse's treatments of these comments as
staments of fact and representative of expert opinion in Macedonia.

I urge your news agency to retract the news report in its present format and
issue an apology to those offended by it.

Attached below is a copy of the news report in question.

Sincerely,

Besnik Pula
Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
 


> Concern In Macedonia At Explosion Of Crime In Kosovo
> 
> SKOPJE, Sep 17, 2000 -- (Agence France Presse) Women, immigrants, drugs,
> weapons, cigarettes, alcohol: trafficking is exploding in Kosovo, warn
> experts in neighboring Macedonia, wary of the impact on regional
> stability and very critical of the international response.
> "Criminal activities like arms and drugs smuggling develop,
> connections are being made with well known foreign mafia figures, for
> example with the Italian Mafia, and they increasingly penetrate into
> some (western) European countries," Macedonia's former president Kiro
> Gligorov has warned.
> "That is maybe the biggest danger, that the wider region could be
> criminalized," he added.
> "The European Union, the Organization for Security and Cooperation
> in Europe (OSCE) and all the other international organizations are
> partly responsible for the situation since they support leaders, for
> instance in Macedonia, Montenegro or Kosovo, who are involved in these
> criminal activities," said Pavle Trajanov, former interior minister.
> "I can see their motives, since those leaders' policies are against
> (Yugoslav President) Milosevic," Trajanov added.
> Ljubomir Frchkoski, another former interior minister, said he
> failed to understand what he called the EU's reluctance to act more
> decisively.
> "They are the main victims of the Balkans narcotics route," he
> said.
> Since June, more than 1,300 trucks with smuggled cigarettes have
> crossed the border between Kosovo and Macedonia, Trajanov said.
> "Everything is organized by the Macedonian government, (Albanian
> leader) Hashim Thaci in Kosovo and (President Milo) Djukanovic in
> Montenegro," Trajanov added.
> The cigarettes enter without being taxed via Kosovo into Montenegro
> and Western Europe, Trajanov said, adding that the smugglers were
> bribing ruling parties in Skopje with DEM 20,000 to 30,000 (USD 8,800 to
> 13,200, EUR 10,200 to 15,300) for each truck.
> Those parties had received more than DEM 130 millions (USD 57
> millions, EUR 66 millions) since June 1999 -- the end of Serbian control
> of Kosovo -- from tobacco, alcohol, coffee and fuel smuggling alone,
> Trajanov said.
> "Albanians are the main ones responsible. The Albanian mafias could
> not infiltrate into Macedonia for years and were not even present in
> Kosovo. But now they are spreading very fast," he emphasized.
> Trajanov warned that some criminal groups launched drug trafficking
> business and prostitution, especially with girls from east European
> countries. "The current chaos in Kosovo is now spilling over in
> Macedonia," he said.
> According to Trajanov, the mafias involved in drug business are
> concentrated in Kosovo.
> "Drugs are re-packed and shipped to Western Europe. Heroin comes
> from Turkey, across Albania or Macedonia, but currently mainly through
> Kosovo. Also a lot of marijuana is coming from Albania. It goes mainly
> to Greece and west European markets by trucks," Trajanov explains.
> Many criminal groups have made a lot of money since 1999 and "we
> have information that they are starting to buy new dangerous weapons,
> very sophisticated logistical and communication systems, and to hire
> instructors in weapons and explosives," Trajanov added, anticipating an
> increase of terrorist activities in the region.
> Meanwhile Frchkoski stressed that the main issue was to reduce
> organized crime in Kosovo, warning that the EU should share the concern
> since it faces the severest consequences.
> In Kosovo, between its UN civil administration and NATO troops,
> "there is a gap regarding the most important issue: tackling organized
> crime."
> "There is lack of special units with a police capacity. That is the
> most important issue now. That is why international structures there are
> not so efficient," Frchkoski concluded.
> 
> ((c) 2000 Agence France Presse)


From aalibali at yahoo.com  Tue Sep 19 21:54:37 2000
From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali)
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 18:54:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Fwd: ASNet/ASN 2001 CALL FOR PAPERS
Message-ID: <20000920015437.20644.qmail@web110.yahoomail.com>

--- Dominique Arel <darel at brown.edu> wrote:
> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 10:29:27 -0400
> To: Recipient List Suppressed:;
> From: Dominique Arel <darel at brown.edu>
> Subject: ASNet/ASN 2001 CALL FOR PAPERS
> 
> Call for Papers
> 
> "Nation-Making, Past and Present:
> Community, Economy, Security"
> 
> ASN 6th Annual World Convention
> International Affairs Building,
> Columbia University, NY
> Sponsored by the Harriman Institute
> 5-7 April 2001
> 
> 
> The Annual World Convention of the Association for
> the Study of 
> Nationalities (ASN) has become the most attended
> international 
> scholarly gathering dealing with issues of national
> identity, 
> nationalism, ethnic conflict and state-building in
> Central and 
> Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Central
> Asia, and adjacent 
> areas. The Convention continued its impressive
> growth in 2000 with a 
> record 600+ attendees and 100 panels. More than a
> hundred 
> participants travelled from overseas for the event,
> particularly, but 
> not exclusively, from Western and Eastern Europe.
> Panelists' 
> disciplines included political science, history,
> anthropology, 
> sociology, economics, geography, and
> sociolinguistics.
> 
> The central theme of the 2001 Convention addresses
> the interface of 
> identity politics with economic issues and
> security/foreign policy 
> concerns, either in the past or in contemporary
> developments. 
> Proposals can focus on particular cases, theoretical
> questions, or 
> cross-regional comparison. Papers or panels
> comparing cases of the 
> post-Communist world with cases from other regions
> of the world are 
> encouraged. Due to continuing instability in the
> Caucasus and the 
> Balkans, proposals dealing with these areas are
> particularly 
> solicited. Unlike most conventions, ASN accepts
> individual paper 
> proposals, although full panel proposals have a
> greater chance of 
> being accepted, due to space constraints.
> 
> The ASN World Convention's yearly theme specifically
> refers to a core 
> number of panels. Since the Convention is far larger
> in scope than a 
> thematic conference, we invite, as in previous
> years, proposals on a 
> wide range of topics related to identity,
> nationalism, conflict and 
> state-building in Central and Eastern Europe, the
> former Soviet 
> Union, Central Asia, and  adjacent areas. Themes in
> 2000 included 
> Nationalism and Federalism in the Russian
> Federation; Ethnic 
> Minorities in Georgia; Ukrainian Foreign Policy
> Orientation: East or 
> West?; The Russian-Chechen War(s); Bosnia after
> Dayton: 
> Disintegration or Reintegration; Security, Energy,
> and Foreign Policy 
> South of Russia; What Is European Identity?; The
> Kosovo War; Forced 
> Migrations in the Balkans and the Caucasus; Valery
> Tishkov and the 
> Anthropology of Russia; Approaches to the Prevention
> of Ethnic 
> Conflict and many more. The ASN web site
> (http://asn.uno.edu) 
> contains a complete list of the 2000 panels.
> 
> Videos/Films. The 2000 Convention was enhanced by
> the highly 
> successful screening of short videos (10-15
> minutes), accompanying 
> presentations in regular panels, as well as medium-
> and full-length 
> documentaries or feature films in video format,
> shown as special 
> screenings followed by a general discussion. The
> British 
> documentaries The Valley, on Kosovo, and A Cry from
> the Grave, on 
> Serbenica, were some of the highlights of the 2000
> Program. For 2001, 
> proposals partly or entirely revolving around video,
> film, or 
> audio-visual material (including slides and power
> point 
> presentations) are strongly encouraged. As a rule,
> the convention 
> intends to show video or film material produced
> within the past year 
> or two. Throughout the convention, one or two of the
> convention 
> meeting rooms will be exclusively devoted to the
> screening of video 
> material. All suggestions and proposals should be
> sent to the Program 
> Chair, Dominique Arel (address below).
> 
> Location. The Convention will be held by the
> Harriman Institute at 
> Columbia University, New York (address below), and
> co-sponsored by 
> the Watson Institute, Brown University, Rhode
> Island.
> 
> Schedule. The convention will begin on Thursday,
> April 5th, at 1 PM, 
> and end on Saturday, April 7th in early evening. No
> panels will be 
> held on Sunday, and the dates do not coincide with
> the Jewish and 
> Orthodox religious holidays, which all take place
> later in the month.
> 
> Panel/Roundtable/Roundtable Proposals. There is no
> particular 
> application form to fill out. The vast majority of
> proposals were 
> e-mailed to the Program Chair last year, but
> proposals sent by fax or 
> regular mail are also accepted. For instructions on
> the proposals, 
> see the "Application Information" below. All
> proposals must be sent 
> to the Program Chair, Dominique Arel (address
> below).
> 
> Registration. Registration fees are $40 for ASN
> Members, $60 for 
> Non-Members ($30 for East European Non-Members) and
> $25 for Students. 
> All panel participants have to pre-register by March
> 15th, 2001. 
> Non-panel participants are also urged to
> pre-register early. Please 
> note that the Convention will be unable to refund
> preregisterees 
> after March, 15th, 2001.  Pre-registration by panel
> participants and 
> attendees can be done electronically, by fax, or by
> regular mail. A 
> registration form can be downloaded from our ASN web
> page 
> (http://asn.uno.edu), or be requested from Gordon
> Bardos (address 
> below).
> 
> Funding. Participants are responsible for seeking
> their own funds to 
> cover all travel and accommodation costs. ASN is
> unfortunately unable 
> to assist participants financially, including
> applicants from Central 
> and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and
> Central Asia.
> 
> Accommodation. The Convention does not have
> particular arrangements 
> with hotels. Our ASN web site (http://asn.uno.edu),
> however, provides 
> a list of several hotels, in various price ranges.
> Participants and 
> attendees are strongly encouraged to reserve as
> early as possible.
> 
> Advertisements/Exhibitors. Several dozen publishers
> and companies had 
> exhibits and/or advertised in the Convention Program
> in 2000. Due to 
> considerations of space, advertisers and exhibitors
> are encouraged to 
> place their order early. For information, please
> contact the 
> Convention Director Gordon Bardos (address below).
> 
> Convention Papers. The convention papers will be
> available for sale 
> at the Convention for $1.50 apiece. That policy has
> proven a huge 
> success in the past.
> 
> Web Site. Our web site (http://asn.uno.edu) provides
> continuously 
> updated information on the ASN World Convention.
> 
> Membership Subscription to ASN. A yearly membership
> to ASN is $50, 
> and $30 for students. Members receive the journal
> Nationalities 
> Papers (four times a year), the periodical Analysis
> of Current Events 
> (ACE, four times a year), the newsletter ASNews
> (twice a year) and a 
> registration discount at the ASN Annual World
> Convention. Since 1999, 
> ASN Members also have the option of subscribing to
> Europe-Asia 
> Studies at the cut-rate of $55 yearly. A membership
> form can be 
> downloaded from our ASN web page
> (http://asn.uno.edu), or be 
> requested from Gordon Bardos (address below).
> 
> We look forward to seeing you at the convention!
> 
> Dominique Arel, Program Chair
> Gordon Bardos, Convention Director
> 
> 
> Application Information
> 
> ASN is accepting proposals for panels, roundtables,
> or individual 
> papers. There is no particular form to fill out.
> Proposals can be 
> emailed (preferably), faxed or mailed to the Program
> Chair (address 
> below).
> 
> Proposals for panels with presentations based on
> papers must include:
> 	*a chair, no more than three paper-givers and a
> discussant
> *the title of the panel, as well as the title and an
> abstract (200 to 
> 500 words) for each of the papers
> 	*the affiliation, postal address, telephone, fax,
> and email (very
> 	important) of all participants
> 	*a one-paragraph cv of each participant
> 
> Proposals for roundtables must include:
> 	*a chair and no more than four presentors
> 	*the title of the roundtable
> 	*the affiliation, postal address, telephone, fax,
> and email (very
> 	important) of all participants
> 	*a one-paragraph cv of each participant
> 
> Proposals for individual papers must include:
> 	*the title and an abstract (200 to 500 words) of
> the paper
> 	*the affiliation, postal address, telephone, fax,
> and email (very
> 	important) of the applicant
> 	*a one-paragraph cv of each participant
> 
> If audio-visual equipment is required, please
> indicate so in your application.
> 
> As before, applicants must abide by three golden
> rules:
> 	*No participant may be listed more than once on a
> given panel
> 	*No participant may present more than one paper at
> the convention
> 	*No participant may appear more than twice in the
> convention program
> 
> The proposals must be sent to Dominique Arel
> (address below). Email 
> applications are encouraged. An international
> Program Committee will 
> be entrusted with the selection.
> 
> 
> Deadline for proposals:7 December 2000
> 
> For information on panel and paper proposals:
> Dominique Arel
> ASN Convention Program Chair
> Watson Institute
> Brown University, Box 1831
> 130 Hope St.
> Providence, RI 02912
> 401 863 9296 tel
> 401 863 2192 fax
> darel at brown.edu
> 
> For information on exhibits
> and advertisements in the convention program:
> Gordon Bardos
> Convention Director
> Harriman Institute
> Columbia University
> 1216 IAB
> 420 W. 118th St.
> New York, NY 10027
> 212 854 8487 tel
> 212 666 3481 fax
> gnb12 at columbia.edu
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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From i_spaho at hotmail.com  Wed Sep 20 14:31:02 2000
From: i_spaho at hotmail.com (irma spaho)
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 18:31:02 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Current warnings
Message-ID: <F100u45XijWQK3zrwz400008f63@hotmail.com>

As the International Travel News, Octobe Issue went to press, the State Dpt. 
had travel warning for 27 destinations, including Albania.

For details, visit
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From aalibali at yahoo.com  Wed Sep 20 16:16:53 2000
From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali)
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 13:16:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Punesim nepermjet Kennedy School of Government
Message-ID: <20000920201653.23323.qmail@web125.yahoomail.com>

http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/career/fair.htm

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From aalibali at law.harvard.edu  Wed Sep 20 16:45:17 2000
From: aalibali at law.harvard.edu (aalibali at law.harvard.edu)
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 16:45:17 -0400
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Invitation 27. Sept. Balkan Workshop at AICGS Washington DC
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From deti at ont.com  Wed Sep 20 06:39:37 2000
From: deti at ont.com (etel)
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 05:39:37 -0500
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] RE:Student sponsor
Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.20000920053937.006bfc98@mail.ont.com>

This are my questions:

Is there such thing as an Albanian student sponsor organization that
sponsors Albanian students studying in the US? Web site maybe? How do you
find sponsors that help one financially?

Ethel Haxhiaj

Etel H.



From aalibali at yahoo.com  Wed Sep 20 20:26:25 2000
From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali)
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 17:26:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Conference in Washington, DC
Message-ID: <20000921002625.28881.qmail@web111.yahoomail.com>

EVENT: CONFERENCE - JANE'S INFORMATION GROUP


Jane's Information Group holds a conference on
"Transnational Organized Crime," September 20-21.
Highlights:
-- 8 a.m. - Rennie Campbell, coordinating editor,
Jane's Information Group,
welcome
-- 8:25 a.m. - Panel 1, "Issues and Trends in
Transnational Organized Crime"
-- 11 a.m. - Jonathan Winer, Alston and Bird LLP and
former deputy assistant
secretary of State for International Law Enforcement
Counsel, keynote
-- 1 p.m. - Panel 2, "Major Criminal Organizations:
Part 1," in Russia, Italy,
 Albania,  Turkey, United States and criminal-free
states
LOCATION: Ronald Reagan Building/International Trade
Center, 1300 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW, Washington, DC -- September 20, 2000
CONTACT: 703-683-3700, ext. 204; 800-824-0768, ext.
295; conference at janes.com;
or http://www.janes.com


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From Gazhebo at aol.com  Wed Sep 20 23:17:54 2000
From: Gazhebo at aol.com (Gazhebo at aol.com)
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 23:17:54 EDT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Serbs Not Concerned With Elections/US Kosovo Report Shows Misconduct/U.S. Urges Albanians Not To Incite Vote Violence/Albania Enters WTO as 138th Member
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1. Serbs Not Concerned With Elections
2. US Kosovo Report Shows Misconduct
3. U.S. Urges Albanians Not To Incite Vote Violence
4. Albania Enters WTO as 138th Member


******

#1.
Serbs Not Concerned With Elections

By MERITA DHIMGJOKA
.c The Associated Press

  
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Yugoslavia (AP) - A dark red marble marker overlooking 
Kosovo's tensest community stands as a lonely relic of the years when Serbs 
and Albanians fought a common enemy, the Nazis, instead of each other. 

It's a reminder, as Yugoslavia heads into elections Sept. 24 with Slobodan 
Milosevic fighting to stay on as president, that things were once very 
different - that in its communist period Yugoslavia's official credo was 
ethnic tolerance, and many of its citizens actually believed in it. 

Nowadays the memorial to those who ``gave their lives for the freedom of the 
future generations'' is overshadowed by other realities - the antennas and 
radio transmitters set up by NATO and the United Nations charged with keeping 
the peace between Serbs and Albanians. 

Below the monument lies Kosovska Mitrovica, divided into hostile halves. 

The presidential and parliamentary elections include Kosovo, which nominally 
remains part of the Balkan federation despite being under NATO and U.N. 
control. 

But the Serbs of Kosovska Mitrovica have other concerns - the approach of 
winter, and the fear of their Albanian neighbors, still in vengeful mood over 
the Serb crackdown that led to the NATO bombing last year. 

Most of the 200,000-strong Serb minority has fled Kosovo. Those who remain 
are pressed into NATO-protected enclaves, and they are angry - with the West 
for taking the Albanian side, but also, in many cases, with Milosevic for 
causing the war. 

The Yugoslav president rose to power more than a decade ago by promising to 
protect all of Yugoslavia's Serbs. Instead, after goading Serbs into war 
first in Croatia, then Bosnia, and finally in Kosovo, he abandoned them, 
leaving them to the mercies of rival ethnic groups now in control. 

Still, Milosevic seems to hope Kosovo can help him win the election against 
his main rival, Vojislav Kostunica, who is presently ahead in the polls. 

Most of Kosovo's 2 million Albanians, having fought to break away from 
Serbia, will likely boycott the elections. So will many Serbs, according to 
some of their moderate leaders. 

Still, it is feared a boycott will play into Milosevic's hands by allowing 
him to claim the votes of those who stayed away. 

That should be relatively easy. The United Nations and NATO have said they 
will not monitor the voting, and restrict their role to keeping the peace. 
Thus, like elsewhere in Yugoslavia, there will be no independent verification 
of who voted for whom. 

During the last Yugoslav elections four years ago, Kosovo Serbs 
enthusiastically listened to Milosevic's message that a vote for him was a 
vote for continued Serb supremacy in the province. 

Now, people in Kosovska Mitrovica walk on weed-infested pavements past 
boarded-up storefronts, windows plastered with election posters. The mood is 
glum. Dark looks and gestures meet a visitor asking questions about Milosevic 
and the elections. Serbs in this town have a more urgent quest - survival. 

``We are worried about the winter that's coming, about food and power,'' said 
Dusan Drobac, a Kosovo Serb. 

The 20-year-old law student had little doubt Milosevic would manipulate the 
ballot. 

``Why should I vote, if I know who the winner is going to be at the end?'' he 
said. 

Standing by the memorial stone, he pointed south to what is now the Albanian 
half of Kosovska Mitrovica, and sighed. 

``See the white house with the red balcony?'' He said. ``There's where I used 
to live.'' 

Even those lucky enough to have jobs don't seem to care about the election. 

Jelena Sedlarevic makes $70 a month selling nationalist mementos at the 
``Srpska Zemlja'' (Serbian Land) souvenir shop. She wears one of the shop's 
more popular items, a T-shirt displaying the insignia of the ``White Wolves'' 
- the vigilante group guarding the main bridge over the Ibar River that 
divides the city's Serbs and Albanians. 

Customers are few, and much of her time is spent daydreaming of better times 
at home in Dragoljevac, her village in western Kosovo, now occupied by ethnic 
Albanians. 

She produced a mirthless smile when asked how she would vote. 

``Only when I am able to return home can we talk about elections,'' she said. 


#2.
US Kosovo Report Shows Misconduct

By ROBERT BURNS
.c The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Army paratroopers abused and beat civilians in Kosovo after 
their training for a peacekeeping mission failed to tone down their ``combat 
mentality,'' according to an Army investigative report that also blamed the 
soldiers' commanders for ignoring signs of trouble in the unit. 

The commander of the soldiers' battalion, Lt. Col. Michael D. Ellerbe, was 
faulted for pursuing a task - to ``identify and neutralize'' Albanian 
splinter groups - beyond the scope of the peacekeepers' mission, the report 
said. 

That created a situation which invited soldiers to ``step over the line of 
acceptable conduct,'' the report concluded. 

Defense Secretary William Cohen issued a statement Monday, while traveling in 
Asia, that called the incidents described in the report a matter of ``grave 
concern.'' He endorsed Army Chief of Staff Gen. Eric Shinseki's decision to 
order a high-level review and to take ``corrective actions as appropriate.'' 

The investigation was ordered after Staff Sgt. Frank J. Ronghi - a member of 
A Company, 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd 
Airborne Division - was accused of raping and murdering an 11-year-old Kosovo 
Albanian girl in Vitina last January. Ronghi was convicted and sentenced in 
August to life in prison. 

The investigative report recommended that commanders consider 
court-martialing an officer, Lt. John Serafini, also of A Company, 3rd 
Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, for assault and conduct 
unbecoming an officer and for communicating a threat. He admitted to holding 
an unloaded gun to the head of a Kosovo Albanian man during an interrogation 
and told investigators, ``I was totally wrong.'' 

Several other officers and soldiers were recommended for lesser punishment. 

At the Fort Bragg, N.C., headquarters of the 82nd Airborne Division, 
spokesman Maj. Gary Tallman said Monday that in addition to Ronghi, nine 
soldiers received administrative punishment for actions in Kosovo, but no 
others were court-martialed. Tallman would not specify soldiers who were 
punished. 

During his trial, Ronghi's attorneys read into the court record excerpts from 
the investigative report, including descriptions of misbehavior by several 
soldiers from Ronghi's unit. The full report was withheld from public release 
until the Army edited it to remove classified information. 

In a sworn statement to the investigators, Ellerbe defended his actions. He 
said ``neutralizing'' Albanian splinter groups was ``the only task implied'' 
by the U.S. peacekeeping contingent's overall purpose. 

``It was essential to eliminate the corrupt leadership that was suspected of 
committing all of the violent crime in Vitina,'' Ellerbe said, referring to 
the city in southeastern Kosovo for which his unit was responsible. 

``My view is, to be successful at maintaining security in this area and 
policing the area, you have to eliminate the people that were causing the 
problems,'' he said. 

The investigative report, conducted by Col. John W. Morgan III of the 1st 
Infantry Division, interviewed numerous soldiers who said Ellerbe's unit had 
created the impression of being pro-Serbian. This, coupled with Ellerbe's 
emphasis on ``neutralizing'' Albanian splinter groups, made Vitina ``the 
natural focal point for abuses and excessive use of force against the 
Albanians,'' Morgan concluded. 

Morgan said the murder of 11-year-old Merita Shabiju was an isolated 
incident, although he found systemic problems fostered by a ``command 
climate'' that tolerated misbehavior, at least tacitly. He said battalion and 
company commanders knew or should have known of alleged misconduct. 

``It is my opinion that battalion and company-level leadership failed to take 
appropriate action based upon reported allegations of soldier misconduct, to 
include the excessive use of force,'' Morgan wrote. 

The report focused attention on whether the 3rd Battalion of the 504th 
received proper training in peacekeeping tasks, such as crowd control, in the 
several weeks before the unit went to Kosovo in September 1999. It concluded 
from interviews with soldiers that they misunderstood their purpose. 

One soldier, whose name was not disclosed, told the investigator: ``I don't 
think we were prepared for what we came into when we got down here. We 
expected to get fired at and things like that. We didn't expect things to be 
so calm and laid-back. I actually thought it would be more like combat.'' 

Said another: ``I would say what we were trained on and what we actually saw 
when we got over here were two different things. I think the soldiers came 
over here expecting to lock and load or (be) ready for ground combat.'' 

Because they were not adequately trained for the full range of peacekeeping 
tasks, some soldiers ``experienced difficulties tempering their combat 
mentality,'' the report said. The investigator concluded that the unit's 
overly aggressive tendencies were manifest in its slogan: ``Shoot 'em in the 
face.'' 

On the Net: Peacekeeping force: http://www.kforonline.com 

3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment: http://www.bragg.army.mil/3-
504pir/home.htm 


#3.
U.S. Urges Albanians Not To Incite Vote Violence
 
TIRANA, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The United States urged Albanian parties on 
Friday to avoid inflammatory language that could incite violence before local 
elections on October 1. 

The polls will be Albania's biggest political test since the Socialist Party 
ousted Sali Berisha's Democrats in 1997 in snap national elections that 
helped end months of anarchy caused by the collapse of pyramid investment 
schemes. 

U.S. ambassador Joseph Limprecht said that Albania had an historic chance to 
make the election, one of many in the troubled Balkans this autumn, the most 
free, fair and peaceful in recent history. 

``It is unacceptable for political parties or leaders to create an atmosphere 
that might put at risk the work of the OSCE or other monitoring 
organisations,'' Limprecht told a parliamentary committee. 

The 54-nation Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will 
monitor voting in the impoverished and often violent country. About half a 
million guns looted during the 1997 anarchy are still in private hands. 

Limprecht urged voters to take advantage of an extension in the registration 
deadline to make sure they are on the list. The opposition has accused the 
government of manipulating the voter roll. 

Separately, Arben Loka, executive director of the Society for Democratic 
Culture, said the use of aggressive language by some political leaders might 
discourage some voters. 

But the campaign was more open than in 1997 because candidates have been able 
to travel freely across the country and take advantage of growth of private 
media outlets to spread their messages, he said. 


#4.
Albania Enters WTO as 138th Member

GENEVA, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Albania on Monday became the 138th member of the 
Geneva-based World Trade Organisation (WTO), a move the body's chief said 
could help foster greater stability in the Balkan region. 

Albanian government officials have said membership will also help the country 
overcome its acute economic and social problems. 

The Balkan state's entry was automatic as it completed negotiations on 
admission terms earlier this year and presented its formal notification that 
the entry accord had been ratified by its parliament a month ago. 

Apart from agreeing to observe all the WTO's open trading accords with 
immediate effect, it also signed up to separate agreements opening up its 
government procurement market to foreign firms and on trade in civil 
aircraft. 

Welcoming the new member state, WTO Director-General Mike Moore said its 
entry ``promises a more prosperous future and raised living standards for all 
Albanian citizens.'' 

``I also believe that by encouraging trade links between countries, the WTO 
can help foster greater peace, stability and development in southeastern 
Europe,'' the former New Zealand prime minister declared in a formal 
statement. 

The former communist country, which for 45 years after World War Two 
maintained a strictly state-controlled economy and largely isolated itself 
from the international community in the 1980s, is the second in the Western 
Balkans to join the WTO. 

Slovenia is already a member and Croatia, like its northern neighbour 
formerly part of the old Yugoslavia, is due to come in shortly. Bosnia and 
Macedonia are also negotiating entry. 


From kruja at fas.harvard.edu  Thu Sep 21 10:41:05 2000
From: kruja at fas.harvard.edu (Eriola Kruja)
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 10:41:05 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] AASO Cultural Concert (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10009211034170.3690-100000@is03.fas.harvard.edu>

Ethel,

this was sent to ALBSA a couple of days ago. It is the only student
organization that I know off that might give out scholarships, albeit very
small ones.

It would be extrememly tough for student organizations to support students 
financially, because after all they are composed of students themselves,
so your best bet is to try more established and more well-endowed
organizations. You might even want to invest on a scholarship book. Try
this site <http://www.collegecash.com/scholarshipbooks.htm>

good luck,
eriola.

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Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 12:21:35 EDT
From: GJON77 at aol.com
To: albsa-info at alb-net.com
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] AASO Cultural Concert

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          - ALBSA Web Site: http://www.albstudent.org -
 Dear Fellow Albanians,

The Albanian American Student Organization (AASO) @ Wayne State University, 
Detroit, Michigan would like to invite you to our Second Annual Albanian 
Cultural Concert.  Last year's Concert raised $12,000 in relief money for 
Kosovar Refugee's and this year the AASO is benefiting another honorable 
cause: The Gjergj Kastrioti Scholarship Fund.

The Gjergj Kastrioti Scholarship Fund was established by the AASO to support 
young ALbanians who want to pursue a higher education but may not have the 
means to do so.  This year the AASO will award $6,000 in scholarship money.  
Hopefully, with your support the numbers will grow.

The Concert includes singing performances by Gezim Nika, Viollca Luka, Luke 
Juncaj, and Lindon Gjelaj.  A beautiful cultural dancing exhibition 
choreographed by famed Albanian ballerina Joli Paparisto.  Also, hilarious 
videos and skits by our student members depicting the difficulties Albanians 
face when "fitting into American culture"; from finding work to raising a 
family.  Plus, much more!!

DATE: Sunday September 24th 
TIME:  7 PM
LOCATION: Fitzgerald Auditiorium 
                  Warren, Michigan
                 (9 Mile and Ryan)
TICKETS:  $20 all proceeds to benefit 
                       The Gjergj Kastrioti Scholarship Fund

For more information contact Gjon Juncaj at 877-336-7870 (voicemail) or 
Gjon77 at aol.com.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.
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From kbejko at hotmail.com  Fri Sep 22 10:13:39 2000
From: kbejko at hotmail.com (Kreshnik Bejko)
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 14:13:39 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Shqiptaret ne Olympics
Message-ID: <LC7-LFD19RVVEsr2xbD00000140@hotmail.com>

22.09.2000 15:50 (CET)
Sportist?t shqiptar? kan? konkuruar dje dhe sot n? Lojrat Olimpike t? 
Sidnejit Australi, por rezultatet e tyre nuk kan? qen? mbres?l?n?se.

Paraqitjen m? t? mir? e b?ri pesh?ngrit?si Ilirian Suli, n? kategorin? 77 
kg, i cili doli i pesti. Suli ishte shpresa e vetme e Shqip?ris? p?r nj? 
medalje n? Olimpiad?n e Sidnejit.

Edhe qit?sja Diana Mata konkuroi dje duke u renditur e 11-ta n? gar?n 
pistolet?-25 metra duke grumbulluar 579 pik?.

Mata ?sht? sportistja shqiptare q? i ?sht? afruar m? shum? q?llimit t? saj 
n? olimpiad?. Burime t? ekipit olimpik shqiptar i than? BBC-s? se synimi i 
saj kishte q?n? renditja nd?r dhjet? m? t? mir?t e bot?s.

N? renditjen me pik?, qit?sja shqiptare ishte vet?m dy pik? larg vendit t? 
n?nt? dhe tre ndaj vendit t? tet?.

Nd?rkoh?, atleti Oltion Luli vrapoi n? 100 metra, dhe arriti koh?n 11,08 
sekonda duke u eleminuar. Vrapimi i tij ishte larg koh?s s? tij m? t? mir? 
k?t? sezon prej 10,98 sekonda, dhe akoma m? larg koh?s m? t? mir? prej 10,66 
sekonda.

N? nj? lajm nga pesh?ngritja, ekipi bullgar i pesh?ngritjes ?sht? 
p?rjashtuar nga Lojrat Olimpike pasi analizat treguan se edhe dy sportist? 
t? tjer? t? tij kishin marr? drog?.

Izabela Dragnev?s iu hoq medalja e art?, nd?rsa Sevdalin Angelovit medalja e 
bronxt?. Dit? m? par? i ishte hequr medalja e argjent? edhe Ivan Ivanovit.

Sipas rregullave t? Federat?s Bot?rore t? Pesh?ngritjes e gjith? skuadra 
skualifikohet, n?se tre sportist? t? saj gjenden se kan? marr? drog?.

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From alb2001 at beld.net  Thu Sep 21 20:14:25 2000
From: alb2001 at beld.net (ALBANIA 2001)
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 20:14:25 -0400
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] [2001ajs] Report and Article on Fund-Raiser for Albanian Students
Message-ID: <200009212014.AA3498902152@f155.beld.net>

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I would like to personally thank those of you who came to the event for the Albanian Students on Saturday at Pier 4.  The event was attended by about 125 people, a good time was had by all (or at least most of us), and approximately $3,000 in contributions was raised at the event.  In addition, all of the food and drink was donated by Anthony Athanas, and Rich Lukaj has offered to double the amount raised with a matching contribution.   There will be an article in this Friday?s Illyria about the event (see draft article below), and, we hope, an Albanian version in next week?s Illyria.

For those of you who would like to still make donations, you can send a check made payable to the School for Kosovar Youth to Adnan Derti at the address below.  All money raised will be split 50-50 between the Albanian Students Association and the School for Kosovar Youth.

Adnan Derti 
5 Wellman Street
Brookline, MA 02446

Thanks,
Mark

Albanian Education Groups Hold Student Benefit in Boston
By Denise Lymperis

Boston?In a cooperative grass-roots effort to provide educational opportunities for young ethnic Albanians in the Boston area, the Albanian Students' Association and the School for Kosovar Youth held a joint fundraising luncheon September 16.  The event was hosted by honorary Albanian consul Anthony Athanas at his renowned Pier 4 restaurant.

Most of the 125 people attending the benefit were ethnic Albanians studying at Harvard and other major local universities and young professionals from the Boston and New York regions.  Approximately $6000 was raised, including a $3000 matching gift from Richard Lukaj, the newly elected Chairman of the National Albanian-American Council (NAAC), and two $500 contributions from the Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America and an anonymous donor.

Lukaj, who was the featured speaker at the benefit, is also Senior Managing Director of Bear Stearns Company in New York.  Focusing on new and emerging themes in Albanian-American leadership, he called on the intelligentsia to play a major role in preserving their ethnic culture and identity both here in the United States and abroad.

"It is very clear that education is the key to participating," he said, noting that this key attribute is consistent among the many ethnic Albanians who have made remarkable achievements since their arrival in the United States.  "I don't think there are limits to opportunity in this country and that's one of the great gifts that you get from being here."  At the same time, Lukaj added, those of us who are fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to attain some degree of personal achievement need to recognize our obligation to make a contribution to the Albanian community.

Lukaj urged everyone present to reach out to the community and inspire others to want to contribute.  "It's time, particularly as Albanian-Americans, to look at ourselves and say what are we all working towards," he said.  While NAAC is an apolitical organization, Lukaj also emphasized the importance of political involvement, which has helped the Albanian community organize itself and focus its greater strength before the U.S. leadership.

"It's been a long time coming, but I think for the first time in the last four or five years, though, the Congress is pretty well aware of the National Albanian-American voice," Lukaj noted.  The same is true of the Senate and the White House.  "We need to perpetuate this with a degree of consistency.  We cannot just be active in times of crisis."

Lukaj also noted that the 600,000 or so Albanians in this country represent a very sizeable community that, if incorporated into a representative organization, could support a lot of scholarships and other programs.  "I think a lot can be done by the next generation to build on what work has been done today," he said.  "I urge all of you today to begin to evaluate what's out there and figure out how to make your mark."

Also speaking at the benefit were Adnan Derti, a cofounder of the School for Kosovar Youth and a doctoral candidate at Boston University, and Eriola Kruja, who is a founder of the Albanian Students' Association and a junior at Harvard.

The Albanian Students' Association (ALBSA) was created in April 1999 at the height of the Kosova crisis and is based in Boston.  In addition to serving as a resource organization for Albanian students and a primary sponsor of the School for Kosovar Youth, ALBSA seeks to promote Albanian culture, history, and traditions.  Last March, ALBSA organized the visit and two subsequent lectures at Harvard and Boston University by Noel Malcolm, renowned British historian and Balkan affairs expert.

The School for Kosovar Youth (SKY) was established in June 1999 and is designed to ease the transition to American life for Kosovar refugee children and young adults in the Boston area.  About 20 students meet in a Cambridge classroom every Saturday, where they receive English language instruction and help with math and science homework.  The school's long-term goal is to motivate the students to do well in school and encourage them to attend college so they will be able to access the wide range of job opportunities available in the U.S.  In addition to its educational focus, SKY exposes students to the culture and history of Boston and has taken them on tours of the Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Science, and the New England Aquarium.

NAAC is a nonprofit, Washington-based policy organization dedicated to fostering a better understanding of Albanian issues in the United States, and to promoting peace, human rights, and economic development in the Balkans.  At the community level, it is dedicated to increasing the involvement of Albanian-Americans in the U.S. democratic process.  It also assists Albanians in the Balkans in their effort to build strong democratic institutions and provides humanitarian aid to war victims.

For more information, please visit the ALBSA and SKY websites at:
http://www.albstudent.org
http://people.bu.edu/kosovar

Contributions are much appreciated and are fully tax-deductible.  Checks should be made payable to:
School for Kosovar Youth
c/o Mr. Adnan Derti
5 Wellman Street
Brookline, MA  02446


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From: aalibali at yahoo.com (Agron Alibali)
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 17:31:36 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] On Kosova
Message-ID: <20000922003136.8175.qmail@web125.yahoomail.com>

  The Scotsman
 September 21, 2000, Thursday

Pg. 12

SERBS WERE PLANNING KOSOVO TERRORISM

 Christian Jennings In Pristina

    THREE Serb security forces personnel arrested
inside Kosovo in a British-led
operation were planning to ambush and destroy
international targets, including
United Nations institutions, in a campaign of violence
in the lead-up to
Kosovo's October elections, military sources have told
The Scotsman.

    In a midnight raid on Monday, code-named
"Operation Ambuscate", British and 
Swedish NATO troops seized three Serbs, two of them
alleged members of the Serb 
army special forces, in the central Kosovan town of
Gracanica.

    In the raid on the Serb enclave three properties -
one of them, according to
international sources, a brothel frequented by Russian
NATO troops - were
searched, and explosives, detonators, guns and
hand-grenades discovered.

    "We believe that their targets were going to be
buildings, NATO and UN
vehicles, international targets, both in Pristina and
Gracanica," said one
international official. "Given that any attack on 
Albanians  inside Pristina
would also include an attack on internationals, we can
say that they would have 
been targeted too," a senior United Nations official
said.

    A NATO source said offices and buildings of the
Organisation for Security
and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), were also thought
to have been planned as
targets for the Serb insurgency cell, which had
infiltrated Kosovo from the
Serbian town of Nis on several occasions over the last
few weeks, according to
UN police officials.

    "We got to these guys before they had had a chance
to bring in all their
material from Serbia," said the UN official. "If all
of their explosives and
weapons had been bought into Kosovo and used, there
would have been many
casualties."

    There are 43,000 NATO troops based in Kosovo from
some 30 countries, some
3,500 United Nations staff, and more than 300 aid
organisations working in
Kosovo. The three arrested Serbs had 1.25kg of plastic
explosive in their
possession, and intelligence officials believed that
more would have been bought
in following an initial terrorist attack due to have
taken place inside Kosovo
in the run-up to this weekend's Yugoslav elections.

    "Operation Ambuscate" drew on domestic and
military intelligence resources
from Britain, Sweden and other European countries, but
Royal Ulster Constabulary
officers attached to Kosovo's United Nations police
played a leading role in the
intelligence operation that lead up to Monday night's
raid.

    Britain's senior commander in Kosovo, Brigadier
Rob Fry, said that there was
"compelling" evidence to link the men to the Serb
armed forces. A British
prosecutor has been assigned the case in Pristina,
where the three men are being
detained by UN police.

    Under de facto law in Kosovo prisoners can be kept
in custody for up to 72
hours without charge. The raid on Gracanica involved
British troops from the 1st
Battalion, the Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment, men
from the Royal Engineer
Explosive Ordnance Disposal team, as well as Swedish
troops attached to Kosovo's
British-run central sector.

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From Gazhebo at aol.com  Thu Sep 21 23:00:35 2000
From: Gazhebo at aol.com (Gazhebo at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 23:00:35 EDT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Yugoslavia Steps Up Anti-West Talk/Yugoslav PM deals blow to Serb opposition hopes
Message-ID: <af.db1ada.26fc2553@aol.com>

#1.
Yugoslavia Steps Up Anti-West Talk

By JOVANA GEC

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - Trailing in polls days before key elections, 
President Slobodan Milosevic's allies turned up their anti-Western propaganda 
campaign Thursday, claiming plots have been crafted abroad to bring the 
opposition to power in Yugoslavia. 

Yugoslavia's prime minister, meanwhile, said Milosevic would remain in office 
until the middle of next year even if he loses Sunday's vote because the 
constitution allows him to finish his current term, which expires in June. 

The comment, made by Prime Minister Momir Bulatovic to a private television 
station in Montenegro, was the clearest public sign so far that Milosevic 
will hang on to power regardless of the outcome of Sunday's vote. 

``I absolutely believe President Milosevic will win the election,'' Bulatovic 
said. ``No matter, the president's mandate expires next year.'' 

Legal experts dispute Bulatovic's interpretation, noting the constitution 
also calls for a new president to be sworn in within 15 days of the election. 
Under previous rules, Milosevic was named by parliament in 1997 for a 
four-year term. But this year he changed the constitution to allow for direct 
elections and called an early ballot. 

Bulatovic's comments followed a day of increasingly confrontational rhetoric, 
in which a top Yugoslav army commander even claimed the West's plans may 
include infiltration of his troops during Sunday's elections. 

Such conspiracy theories have been spun for weeks by government officials, 
leading to fears that they were preparing ground for the possible annulment 
of the presidential, parliamentary and municipal elections if Milosevic loses 
- and force, if needed, against opposition supporters. 

The army chief of staff, Gen. Nebojsa Pavkovic, recently described the 
elections as ``D-Day'' for the army. On Thursday, he softened his customary 
all-out support for Milosevic by saying the military would recognize a 
victory by opposition candidate Vojislav Kostunica. 

But opposition supporters fear that is empty rhetoric, because - by declaring 
that any opposition win is in reality an anti-government coup - authorities 
have ruled out recognizing a defeat of Milosevic and his party in the 
presidential and parliamentary elections. 

Milosevic is shown trailing Kostunica in all polls published here ahead of 
the elections. The incumbent's popularity plummeted after last year's NATO 
bombing, which led to Milosevic's giving up Kosovo. 

Milosevic's key aide, Nikola Sainovic, said Thursday that a NATO-led campaign 
to remove Milosevic from power by force is at work in Western capitals. 

``They (NATO and opposition) have created a whole structure and organization, 
and they are making such a fuss that it all became clear,'' said Sainovic, 
referring to growing optimism among pro-democracy Serbs about an election 
victory. 

The pro-Western president of Montenegro, the republic that along with Serbia 
makes up Yugoslavia, warned Thursday that Milosevic would use force to stay 
in power. 

``I don't expect Milosevic will ever concede losing the ballot,'' Milo 
Djukanovic told The Associated Press. ``What's more, I am convinced that he 
will - if need be - use force.'' 

Chief of Staff Pavkovic, speaking on Montenegro's state TV, warned that 
foreign soldiers might try to move into Yugoslavia during elections and that 
his troops would be ready. 

``As a serious army we have to be ready to prevent any surprises,'' Pavkovic 
said. ``If someone intervenes, there won't be peace.'' 

He told Tanjug the military will ``defend the country's freedom ... and a 
country cannot be free if it is colonized and enslaved.'' 

Independent analysts also predict that Milosevic will try to rig the vote in 
his favor. An independent election monitoring group claimed Thursday that it 
has come into possession of ballots with Milosevic's name already circled. 

``He has so much to lose,'' Gen. Wesley Clark, NATO's former supreme allied 
commander, Europe, said of Milosevic. ``We have to anticipate anything that 
he will do to stay in power.'' 

Very few visas have been granted to Western journalists, and even nationals 
of the few countries who don't need visas but work for Western news 
organizations have been told they cannot enter the country without a special 
letter of authorization, which is rarely being issued. 


#2.
Yugoslav PM deals blow to Serb opposition hopes

By Fredrik Dahl

BELGRADE, Sept 22 (Reuters) - A senior Yugoslav official has thrown a 
question mark over the outcome of crucial weekend elections by saying 
President Slobodan Milosevic, who called them, will serve his original 
four-year term whatever the result. 

Yugoslav Prime Minister Momir Bulatovic, a Montenegrin ally of the Serbian 
strongman, said the current presidential mandate would run until it expires 
in the middle of next year. 

``Under the constitutional law, the mandate of the president cannot be 
shortened. It will last until its expiry, which will be until mid-2001,'' he 
told the private television station TV Elmag in Yugoslavia's smaller republic 
Montenegro on Thursday. 

The premier's remarks followed warnings by the army's chief of staff that the 
West planned to sabotage the polls, and it would intervene if they did. 

Milosevic, isolated internationally and indicted by a U.N. criminal for 
alleged war crimes, called the presidential and parliamentary polls for 
September 24 confidant that he could extend his term in power, and thereby 
guarantee his freedom. 

But independent opinion polls, dismissed as Western propaganda by the 
authorities, have shown him trailing well behind opposition candidate 
Vojislav Kostunica, fuelling opposition fears that he would declare victory 
whatever the result. 

Opponents of Milosevic had expressed concern that constitutional changes he 
pushed through parliament in July to pave the way for Sunday's vote left the 
timing of a possible handover of power unclear. 

MILOSEVIC TO ALSO NOMINATE PREMIER 

Bulatovic left no doubt as to the intentions of the authorities, also saying 
that Milosevic would nominate a prime minister after the presidential and 
parliamentary elections. 

Under the constitution, parliament votes on the presidential nominee for 
prime minister. 

Up to now the Yugoslav parliament has been packed with Milosevic loyalists 
and a boycott of Sunday's polls by the pro-Western leadership of Montenegro, 
which argues that they are unconstitutional, means this is likely to continue.
 

The latest opinion polls also show the opposition parties ahead in elections 
for the parliament, but the Montenegro boycott would give Milosevic an 
in-built advantage, analysts said. 

Bulatovic was speaking as the Serbian opposition ended their campaign for 
political change in a determined mood, saying the time had come to oust 
Milosevic at the ballot box. 

On the last day of campaigning before a period of pre-election silence, tens 
of thousands of people attended separate events in the capital and in the 
northern city of Novi Sad on Thursday evening. 

Leaders of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS), a bloc grouping 18 
parties and one trade union, led the rally in Novi Sad, the capital of 
Serbia's northern Vojvodina province. 

``We are here with you in order to rid people of their fears and take the 
country out of darkness,'' one opposition leader, Momcilo Perisic of the 
Movement for Democratic Serbia, told a crowd of roughly 30,000 people. 

In Belgrade, around 20,000 people listened to rock music in a park beneath 
the Ottoman-era Kalemegdan fortress where the Sava and Danube rivers meet, 
braving pouring rain. 

``Young people in Serbia are against Milosevic,'' said opposition activist 
Aleksandar Djukic. ``The last 10 years have been horrible for us.'' 

Serbian opposition leaders blame Milosevic for widespread poverty and 
international isolation following the violent disintegration of old socialist 
Yugoslavia in the 1990s, vowing to implement radical reform if they come to 
power. 

Milosevic, with a tight grip on state media, has launched a fierce counter 
attack, describing his opponents at carefully choreographed campaign rallies 
as enemies to the people paid by the West to destroy Serbia. 

The Yugoslav army echoed government warnings of Western plans to sabotage the 
vote. 

ARMY CHIEF WARNS AGAINST OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE 

Chief-of-staff General Nebojsa Pavkovic was quoted as saying the army knew of 
a plan for disturbances on election day ``provoked by special units of 
foreign armed forces who would be infiltrated into Yugoslav territory.'' 

``If someone interferes from outside, it will not be quiet,'' Beta news 
agency cited him as telling Montenegrin state television in an interview late 
on Wednesday. 

But Kostunica hit back, saying his opponent would have neither army or police 
on his side if he tried to use force. 

``We have reports that the army is not ready to be pushed into a Serb-Serb 
conflict. Neither are police,'' he told a local independent television 
station, vowing that the opposition would defend every single vote. 

Perisic, a former Yugoslav army chief, also appeared unfazed, telling the 
rally in Novi Sad: ``They are frightening us with the army, but the army was 
always with the people. Whoever abuses force will be the first to suffer from 
that force.'' 


From iliri at hotmail.com  Fri Sep 22 16:46:30 2000
From: iliri at hotmail.com (F_L_I _R_I)
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 16:46:30 EDT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Zbehet shpresa për medaljen e Sidneit
Message-ID: <LAW-F281IT18olkDTM900001c04@hotmail.com>

Zbehet shpresa p?r medaljen e Sidneit

SIDNEI, Australi - Dy atlet? shqiptar? jan? paraqitur dob?t n? garat e s? 
premtes dhe nuk kan? mundur t?

fitojn? medaljen e par? p?r vendin e tyre n? Loj?rat Olimpike.

Shpresat e Shqip?ris? p?r nj? medalje n? Loj?rat Olimpike ishin varur te 
pesh?ngrit?si Ilirjan Suli, por

24-vje?ari ?sht? renditur i pesti n? kategorin? e pesh?ngritjes 77 kg.

Suli, i cili ka fituar nj? medalje t? argjendt? n? Kampionatin Europian n? 
Sofje, ka ngritur162,5 kg n? shtytje

dhe 192.5 n? shk?putje. Ai ngriti gjithsej 355 kg, dhjet? kg m? pak se 
medalja e bronzit, Arsen Melikyan i

Armenis?.

Suli ?sht? paraqitur dob?t n? shtytje dhe ka d?shtuar dy her? n? ngritjen e 
200 kg n? shk?putje. Ai ka l?n?

edhe ngritjen e fundit, me sa duket p?r shkak t? nj? d?mtimi.

Kur gara olimpike e pesh?ngritjes p?r pesh?n 77 kg mbaroi, secili u largua 
me nga nj? medalje.

Zhan Xugang i Kin?s ka p?rs?ritur medaljen e tij t? art?, duke l?n? pas t? 
premten grekun Viktor Mitrou n?

ngritjen e tij finale.

P?r shkak t? p?rjashtimeve, d?mtimeve dhe s?mundjeve, vet?m tre pesh?ngrit?s 
q? g?zonin sh?ndet t? plot? - nga

nj? p?r ?do medalje - mor?n pjes?, kur Xuang fitoi n? ngritjen e tij t? 
fundit n? shk?putje. Kinezi ngriti

gjithsej 367.5 kg. Edhe Melikyan u d?mtua pasi d?shtoi n? p?rpjekjen e tij 
t? tret? p?r t? ngritur 202.5 kg.

Shqip?ria ?sht? paraqitur me nj? ekip prej kat?r atlet?sh n? Sidnei dhe t? 
kat?rt jan? tani jasht? konkurrimit.

Vrapuesi i 100-met?rshit, Oltion Luli, ?sht? renditur i fundit, por ka dal? 
i parafundit n? baterin? n?nt?she.

Luli e ka b?r? distanc?n p?r 11.08 sekonda. Gjasht? atlet? jan? kualifikuar 
nga bateria. Atleti Ato Boldon nga

Trinidadi ka sh?nuar rezultatin 10.04 sekonda, nd?rsa Anninos Marcoullides 
nga Qiproja 10.32. Rekordi personal

i Lulit ?sht? 10.66 sekonda.

Edhe vrapuesja Klodiana Shala ?sht? paraqitur dob?t t? premten, duke mos 
arritur t? kualifikohet n? gar?n prej

400 metrash. Ajo u rendit e shtata me 56,41 sekonda n? baterin? pes?she, 4.8 
sekonda pas fitueses Katharine

Merry nga Britania e Madhe. Rekordi personal i Shal?s ?sht? 56,23 sekonda.

Kampionia shqiptare e qitjes, Diana Mata ?sht? reditur e 11-ta n? gar?n e 
qitjes 25 m me pistolet? p?r femra,

me 579 pik?. Tao Luna fitoi medaljen e art? me 590 pik?, nd?rsa vendi i 
tret? Michiko Fukushima nga Japonia,

sh?noi 585 pik?.

T? diel?n e kaluar, Mata u rendit e 21-ta n? gar?n 10 met?rshe me pistolet? 
pneumatike, me 378 pik?, 112 m? pak

se fituesja e medaljes s? art?, kinezja Tao Luna. Mata ndan vendin e 
renditjes me Carmen Malo nga Ekuadori dhe

Anke Schuman nga Gjermania.

Mata ka treguar nj? p?rmir?sim t? rezultateve t? saj n? krahasim me 
rezultatet e saj n? Loj?rat Olimpike n?

Atlanta n? vitin 1996, ku ajo u rendit e 38-ta, me 368 pik?.

Mata ?sht? e fundit e kategoris? s? qit?sve t? shk?lqyer shqiptar?, t? cil?t 
kan? fituar medalje t? arta p?r

vendin e tyre n? garat ballkanike dhe europiane.

Si p?r t'i keq?suar m? shum? pun?t, pesh?ngrit?si shqiptar Luan Shabani 
fitoi jav?n e kaluar medaljen e

argjendit, si p?rfaq?sues i Greqis?, me emrin e tij t? ri t? helenizuar, 
Leonidas Sabanis. Dy atlet? t? tjer?

shqiptar?, me komb?si shqiptare po konkurrojn? si p?rfaq?sues t? Greqis?: 
pesh?ngrit?si Pirro Dhima (Pyros

Dimas), medalje e art? n? Barcelona '92 dhe Atlanta '96 dhe hedh?sja e 
shtiz?s Mirela Manjani, kampione e

Europ?s.

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From pilika at yahoo.com  Sat Sep 23 11:45:58 2000
From: pilika at yahoo.com (Asti Pilika)
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 08:45:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Zbehet shpresa për medaljen e Sidneit
Message-ID: <20000923154558.2079.qmail@web805.mail.yahoo.com>

Dy korrigjime te vogla per dashamirsit shqiptare te
sportit.

E para, ne shtytje ngrihet me shume peshe se ne
shkeputje. Pra Suli ka deshtuar ne ngritjen e 200 kg
ne shtytje.

E dyta dhe me e rendesishmja, greku Viktor Mitro qe
fitoi medalje te argjendte ne peshen 77 kg, eshte
shqiptar nga Vlora. Mund ta kontrolloni vete
biografine e tij ne www.olympics.com.

Deri tani, dy meshkujt greke me medalje - Shabani dhe
ky Mitroja - jane shqiptare te greqizuar.


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>  
> Zbehet shpresa p?r medaljen e Sidneit
> 
> SIDNEI, Australi - Dy atlet? shqiptar? jan?
> paraqitur dob?t n? garat e s? 
> premtes dhe nuk kan? mundur t?
> 
> fitojn? medaljen e par? p?r vendin e tyre n? Loj?rat
> Olimpike.
> 
> Shpresat e Shqip?ris? p?r nj? medalje n? Loj?rat
> Olimpike ishin varur te 
> pesh?ngrit?si Ilirjan Suli, por
> 
> 24-vje?ari ?sht? renditur i pesti n? kategorin? e
> pesh?ngritjes 77 kg.
> 
> Suli, i cili ka fituar nj? medalje t? argjendt? n?
> Kampionatin Europian n? 
> Sofje, ka ngritur162,5 kg n? shtytje
> 
> dhe 192.5 n? shk?putje. Ai ngriti gjithsej 355 kg,
> dhjet? kg m? pak se 
> medalja e bronzit, Arsen Melikyan i
> 
> Armenis?.
> 
> Suli ?sht? paraqitur dob?t n? shtytje dhe ka
> d?shtuar dy her? n? ngritjen e 
> 200 kg n? shk?putje. Ai ka l?n?
> 
> edhe ngritjen e fundit, me sa duket p?r shkak t? nj?
> d?mtimi.
> 
> Kur gara olimpike e pesh?ngritjes p?r pesh?n 77 kg
> mbaroi, secili u largua 
> me nga nj? medalje.
> 
> Zhan Xugang i Kin?s ka p?rs?ritur medaljen e tij t?
> art?, duke l?n? pas t? 
> premten grekun Viktor Mitrou n?
> 
> ngritjen e tij finale.
> 
> P?r shkak t? p?rjashtimeve, d?mtimeve dhe
> s?mundjeve, vet?m tre pesh?ngrit?s 
> q? g?zonin sh?ndet t? plot? - nga
> 
> nj? p?r ?do medalje - mor?n pjes?, kur Xuang fitoi
> n? ngritjen e tij t? 
> fundit n? shk?putje. Kinezi ngriti
> 
> gjithsej 367.5 kg. Edhe Melikyan u d?mtua pasi
> d?shtoi n? p?rpjekjen e tij 
> t? tret? p?r t? ngritur 202.5 kg.
> 
> Shqip?ria ?sht? paraqitur me nj? ekip prej kat?r
> atlet?sh n? Sidnei dhe t? 
> kat?rt jan? tani jasht? konkurrimit.
> 
> Vrapuesi i 100-met?rshit, Oltion Luli, ?sht?
> renditur i fundit, por ka dal? 
> i parafundit n? baterin? n?nt?she.
> 
> Luli e ka b?r? distanc?n p?r 11.08 sekonda. Gjasht?
> atlet? jan? kualifikuar 
> nga bateria. Atleti Ato Boldon nga
> 
> Trinidadi ka sh?nuar rezultatin 10.04 sekonda,
> nd?rsa Anninos Marcoullides 
> nga Qiproja 10.32. Rekordi personal
> 
> i Lulit ?sht? 10.66 sekonda.
> 
> Edhe vrapuesja Klodiana Shala ?sht? paraqitur dob?t
> t? premten, duke mos 
> arritur t? kualifikohet n? gar?n prej
> 
> 400 metrash. Ajo u rendit e shtata me 56,41 sekonda
> n? baterin? pes?she, 4.8 
> sekonda pas fitueses Katharine
> 
> Merry nga Britania e Madhe. Rekordi personal i
> Shal?s ?sht? 56,23 sekonda.
> 
> Kampionia shqiptare e qitjes, Diana Mata ?sht?
> reditur e 11-ta n? gar?n e 
> qitjes 25 m me pistolet? p?r femra,
> 
> me 579 pik?. Tao Luna fitoi medaljen e art? me 590
> pik?, nd?rsa vendi i 
> tret? Michiko Fukushima nga Japonia,
> 
> sh?noi 585 pik?.
> 
> T? diel?n e kaluar, Mata u rendit e 21-ta n? gar?n
> 10 met?rshe me pistolet? 
> pneumatike, me 378 pik?, 112 m? pak
> 
> se fituesja e medaljes s? art?, kinezja Tao Luna.
> Mata ndan vendin e 
> renditjes me Carmen Malo nga Ekuadori dhe
> 
> Anke Schuman nga Gjermania.
> 
> Mata ka treguar nj? p?rmir?sim t? rezultateve t? saj
> n? krahasim me 
> rezultatet e saj n? Loj?rat Olimpike n?
> 
> Atlanta n? vitin 1996, ku ajo u rendit e 38-ta, me
> 368 pik?.
> 
> Mata ?sht? e fundit e kategoris? s? qit?sve t?
> shk?lqyer shqiptar?, t? cil?t 
> kan? fituar medalje t? arta p?r
> 
> vendin e tyre n? garat ballkanike dhe europiane.
> 
> Si p?r t'i keq?suar m? shum? pun?t, pesh?ngrit?si
> shqiptar Luan Shabani 
> fitoi jav?n e kaluar medaljen e
> 
> argjendit, si p?rfaq?sues i Greqis?, me emrin e tij
> t? ri t? helenizuar, 
> Leonidas Sabanis. Dy atlet? t? tjer?
> 
> shqiptar?, me komb?si shqiptare po konkurrojn? si
> p?rfaq?sues t? Greqis?: 
> pesh?ngrit?si Pirro Dhima (Pyros
> 
> Dimas), medalje e art? n? Barcelona '92 dhe Atlanta
> '96 dhe hedh?sja e 
> shtiz?s Mirela Manjani, kampione e
> 
> Europ?s.
> 
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From: melisa_n1 at yahoo.com (Melisa Gavani)
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 12:47:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] {QIKSH =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=AB?=ALBEUROPA=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=BB?=} Milosevic's Close Friends and Greek Observers
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*** Milosevic's Close Friends and Greek Observers of
> Yugoslav Elections
> 
> 
>        AIM Athens, September 23, 2000
> 
> 
> Prominent Greeks rushed to become "observers" of
> tomorrow's Yugoslav
> elections. Not really to be objective witnesses of
> any possible
> irregularities, but probably to do what so many
> other such Greek
> delegations have done in previous Yugoslav
> elections. In the past, they had
> issued dissenting statements blasting all other
> observers of such elections
> who had considered them as unfair: Greek observers
> (including in one case
> the at the time President of the Greek section of
> Amnesty International)
> considered all other international observers as
> participants in Western
> efforts to interfere in Yugoslav politics and
> overthrow the popular
> Milosevic regime.
> 
> This year's Greek delegation, invited by the
> Milosevic government, includes
> the whole leadership of the splinter socialist -and
> now extra
> parliamentary- party DIKKI of Mr. Tsovolas, who has
> repeatedly and publicly
> supported Milosevic even in the last party congress
> of the latter's
> Socialist Party. Also present, the Greek lawyer of
> the Milosevic family
> -and reportedly of other prominent persons indicted
> by the ICTY- Alexandros
> Lykourezos. Most prominent, the government (PASOK)'s
> former Foreign
> Minister and Chairman of the Parliament's Foreign
> Affairs Committee,
> Karolos Papoulias, who had a publicized meeting with
> current Foreign
> Minister George Papandreou before he left for
> Belgrade. The latter's views
> on the elections he pretends to observe were stated
> on 23 September at "Sky
> Radio." 
> 
> "It is a crucial election in Yugoslavia. Of course,
> a pattern of the past
> seen again today has been the interference of all
> those forces who want to
> overthrow Milosevic. These forces can be found in
> the US or some European
> great powers. I consider unacceptable the EU's
> statement that says 'if you
> overthrow Milosevic you will eat in golden plates.'
> I think the Yugoslav
> people have many experiences and will go to the
> polls with their own
> experiences and will express their will. Regardless
> of the criticism we may
> make to President Milosevic, there is a stable basis
> in Yugoslavia's
> internal matters. Serbia's political life is
> characterized by patriotism
> and nationalism that will be expressed. The big
> question is if Milosevic
> looses what will be the attitude of the new
> president on the major national
> problem of Kosovo. Which will be the relation of
> Serbia with the Former
> Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia? And on the
> Montenegro factor, there is a
> threat not so much for the opponent of Milosevic but
> for the latter. I
> think it is the last trump card of all those who
> want to overthrow
> Milosevic is the use of Montenegro. But I am afraid
> that they should think
> over and over gain such a development. Because a new
> military intervention
> by NATO Nand the US and Great Britain will be a
> difficult one and will blow
> all of us away. Greek interests in our region and
> especially in Yugoslavia
> are completely different than those of the US and
> the large European
> countries."
> 
> One cannot wait to hear these observers' conclusions
> after the elections...
> 
> 


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From aalibali at law.harvard.edu  Sun Sep 24 09:53:20 2000
From: aalibali at law.harvard.edu (aalibali at law.harvard.edu)
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 09:53:20 -0400
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Conference: Greece and the Balkans: Cultural Encounters since the Enlightenment, 28-30.6.2001, UK
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No Albanian scholars participate in the forthcoming conference. 
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Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Call for Papers: Minority Languages in Europe: Frameworks - Status - Prospects
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Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 14:58:14 -0400
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Journal: Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans, May 2000
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Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Call for Papers: Writing Europe 2001: Migrant Cartographies,Amsterdam, March 2001
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From aalibali at law.harvard.edu  Sun Sep 24 16:43:03 2000
From: aalibali at law.harvard.edu (aalibali at law.harvard.edu)
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 16:43:03 -0400
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] HRW Felloeships
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From: "Craig Zelizer" czelizer at O...
Subject: HRW FEllowshiops


2001-2002 FELLOWSHIPS IN
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS



For Recent Graduates of Law Schools or Graduate Programs in
Journalism, International Relations or Area Studies

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, the international human rights monitoring and advocacy
organization, invites applications for its fellowship program. Human Rights
Watch is known for its impartial and reliable human rights reporting on over
70 countries worldwide, its innovative and high-profile advocacy campaigns,
and its success in affecting the policy of the U.S. and other influential
governments toward human rights abusers.  Two of the HRW fellowships are
open to recent graduates of law schools or graduate programs in journalism,
international relations or area studies from any university worldwide.
Three are restricted to graduates of specific schools.

Unrestricted Fellowships
Schell Fellowship - established in memory of Orville Schell, a founder of
Human Rights Watch
Finberg Fellowship - established in memory of Alan Finberg, an early
supporter of Human Rights Watch

Restricted Fellowships
Sandler Fellowship - established in memory of Judge Leonard H. Sandler, a
1950 Columbia Law graduate with a lifelong commitment to civil rights and
civil liberties, open to recent graduates of Columbia Law School
Furman Fellowship - open to recent graduates of New York University School
of Law
Bloomberg Fellowship - open to recent graduates of graduate programs at John
Hopkins University

JOB DESCRIPTION: Fellows work full time for one year with one or more
divisions of Human Rights Watch, based in New York or Washington, DC.
Fellows monitor human rights developments in various countries, conduct one
or more on-site investigations, draft reports on human rights conditions,
and engage in advocacy efforts aimed at publicizing and curtailing human
rights violations.  Past fellows have conducted fact-finding missions to
Albania, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Burma, Cambodia, Colombia,
Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala,
Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, India (including Kashmir and Punjab), Iran,
Kenya, Moldova, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Russia, Rwanda,
South Africa, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Uganda, the U.S.-Mexican border, and
Venezuela.

QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must have exceptional analytic skills, an ability
to write and speak clearly, and a commitment to work in the human rights
field in the future on a paid or volunteer basis.  Proficiency in one
language in addition to English is strongly recommended.  Familiarity with
countries or regions where serious human rights violations occur is also
valued.  Fellows must be recent law, journalism, international relations or
area studies graduates by no later than June 2000, or have significant,
comparable, relevant work experience.  Fellowships begin in the early fall
of 2001.

SALARY AND BENEFITS: The salary is $35,000, plus excellent employer-paid
benefits.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1, 2000.  Applications must include  a cover
letter, resume, two letters of recommendation, at least one unedited,
unpublished writing sample, and an official law or graduate school
transcript (applicants in one-year graduate programs should supply an
undergraduate transcript with a list of their graduate school courses;
applicants without any graduate school training must provide compelling
evidence of significant, comparable, relevant work experience).  Complete
applications for 2001-2002 fellowships (including materials sent separately,
such as transcripts or recommendations) must be received by Human Rights
Watch no later than November 1, 2000.

Applications should be sent to:
Human Rights Watch
Att: Fellowship Committee
350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor
New York, NY 10118-3299.

Applicants must be available for interviews in New York from early January
to mid-February 2001.  Inquiries may be directed to the Fellowships hotline
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From i_spaho at hotmail.com  Sun Sep 24 21:19:35 2000
From: i_spaho at hotmail.com (irma spaho)
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 01:19:35 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] U HAP FESTIVALI KOMBËTAR I FOLKLORIT «GJIROKASTRA 2000»
Message-ID: <F213P5VvfOVtNfLMZRZ000039ec@hotmail.com>


>
>  GJIROKASTER, 21 Shtator/ATSH-Flora Nikolla/.- Rreth 15 mije spektatore
>llogaritet te kene ndjekur ?eljen e Festivalit Folklorik Kombetar mbremjen 
>e
>se merkures, ne skenen e kalase se Gjirokastres.
>Nje shifer rekord kjo, ku kane qene prezent jo vetem spektatore nga qyteti 
>i
>Gjirokastres, por edhe nga rrethet fqinje, pa llogaritur ketu studiuesit,
>muzikologet, kritiket e artit qe ndodhen ne qytetin e gurte, te ftuar nga
>organizatoret e Festivalit.
>Aktualisht ne qytetin muze ndodhen 860 festivaliste, nderkohe qe sot (e
>enjte) priten te mberrijne 300 festivaliste te tjere, duke plotesuar 
>kuadrin
>e hapesires mbareshqiptare, pjesemarrese ne evenimentin me te madh te 
>Folkut
>shqiptar.
>Spektatore te shumte pritet te ndjekin edhe naten e pare te konkurrimit, e
>cila do te ?elet sonte ne mbremje ne oren 17:00.
>Nata e pare do te sjelle ne skenen e festivalit koncertet e grupeve
>folklorike te prefekturave Kukes, Fier, Grupin Folklorik te Shqiptareve ne
>Maqedoni, Grupin Folklorik te Prefektures se Kor?es, ndersa do te
>pershendese grupi folklorik "Vjershetare", i arberesheve te Italise.
>Pjesemarrja e gjere e publikut te Gjirokastres ne Fest- Folk 2000 eshte
>siguruar falas nga organizatoret e tij.
>/k.sh/
>
>  Shqiptar?t e Maqedonis? prezantojn? art burimor ne Fest-Folk 2000
>
>  GJIROKASTER, 21 Shtator/ATSH- E.Serjani/.- Shqiptar?t e Maqedonis? kan?
>mb?rritur n? qytetin muze t? Gjirokastr?s me nj? grup burimor, n? kuadrin e
>Fest- Folk 2000, i cili ?eli siparin te merkuren ne mbremje.
>Zylfi Aliu drejtor i festivalit burimor "Shari k?ndon" (Tetove) duke
>prezantuar programin e k?tij grupi tha per ATSH-n? se, "n? koncertin
>p?rfshihen k?ng? e valle burimore me folklor t? p?rzgjedhur nga trevat
>shqiptare t? Maqedonis?, Tetova, Shkupi, Gostivari etj.
>"E pranuam me k?naq?si ftes?n p?r t? ardhur n? Gjirokast?r.
>Pavar?sisht nga ndarja e gjat? ne i kemi ndjekur edicionet e kaluara te
>ketij aktiviteti, zhvilluar ne kete qytet dhe e konsiderojm? Gjirokastr?n 
>si
>djep i gjithe veprimtarive folklorike t? t? gjith? shqiptar?ve kudo q?
>jan?", u shpreh Aliu.
>Ai vler?soi koncertin e mir?seardhjes, dhene te merkuren ne mbremje n?
>Kalan? e Argjiros.
>Grupi i shqiptar?ve t? Maqedonis? do t? prezantoj? sot (e enjte) n? rreth 
>90
>perqind t? programit t? tij nj? folklor burimor n? k?ng? dhe n? valle.
>"Shari k?ndon" i drejtuar nga Zylfi Aliu ?sht? nj? festival burimor i
>p?rvitsh?m, i cili organizohet n? qytetin shqiptar t? Tetov?s./Art/k.sh/
>
>
>
>

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From: Gazhebo at aol.com (Gazhebo at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 00:35:02 EDT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Local Elections a Test of Albanian Democracy
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Local Elections a Test of Albanian Democracy

By Benet Koleka

  
TIRANA, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Albania's local elections on October 1 will be 
the first big test of its stability since the impoverished Balkan nation 
plunged into anarchy in 1997. 

The vote is being fought largely on national issues, with both main parties 
-- Prime Minister Ilir Meta's Socialists and former President Sali Berisha's 
Democrats -- treating it as a foretaste of next year's general election. 

The election in a country which has suffered periodic outbursts of political 
violence since it overthrew communism in 1991 is being watched closely by all 
those who are anxious to avoid another source of instability in a volatile 
region. 

``The question is simple,'' political analyst Remzi Lani told Reuters. ``Are 
Albanians capable of voting calmly, counting their votes without noise, 
declaring the winners without shooting in the air, and shaking hands 
afterwards?'' 

``If yes, all have won. If not, all have lost.'' 

For U.S. ambassador Joseph Limprecht, the local elections constitute a 
``significant test.'' 

``Albania has a great opportunity to demonstrate the democratic progress that 
has been made,'' Limprecht said. 

The last major test of voter sentiment, the general election of 1997, 
followed months of violence and chaos caused by the collapse of fraudulent 
pyramid investment schemes in which countless Albanians lost their life 
savings. 

Order was restored after the intervention of an Italian-led multinational 
force. 

SEMBLANCE OF ORDER 

Berisha was ousted by a Socialist-led coalition in an election described by 
international observers as ``adequate and acceptable'' given that it had 
taken place against an atmosphere of violence. 

But Berisha never accepted the result and his Democratic Party has boycotted 
parliament for much of the past three years. 

Campaigning this time has so far been fairly peaceful, with only a handful of 
minor shooting incidents reported -- hardly surprising in a country awash 
with half a million weapons looted in 1997 -- and no deaths or serious 
injuries. 

Some 2.3 million Albanians are entitled to vote for 65 mayors and 309 commune 
chairmen at 5,000 polling stations. 

Arben Loka, executive director of the Society for Democratic Culture, said 
the campaign was freer than that for the 1997 general election. 

Candidates can now travel comparatively freely across this wild and often 
lawless country in which politics is fundamentally divided along regional and 
clan lines, even venturing into areas controlled by their rivals. 

And the growth of private media outlets has made candidates less reliant on 
state-controlled radio and television to spread their message, Loka said. 

The campaign has been dominated by the bitter personal feud between Albania's 
dominant post-communist politicians -- former President Berisha, and veteran 
Socialist party leader and former Prime Minister Fatos Nano. 

Berisha accuses the Socialist-led government of manipulating the electoral 
register, compares ministers with the pigs in George Orwell's novel ``Animal 
Farm'' -- fat and corrupt -- and makes extravagant promises to boost pensions 
and wages. 

``These promises are real because the government will collapse after our 
victory and the country will prepare for general elections,'' Berisha said. 

SEEKING ROLE OF UNDERDOG 

Despite Socialist control of national power, Nano is trying to portray his 
party as the opposition on the grounds that the Democrats control 80 percent 
of municipalities. 

``We shall offer to the world the image of an Albania that is governed by 
wise and progressive people,'' said Nano, who spent four years in prison 
under Berisha on what many Albanians believe were trumped-up charges. 

The Socialists are pushing hard for the post of mayor of Tirana, which they 
have not managed to win in the past nine years, and are fielding Culture 
Minister Edi Rama, a painter. 

The Democratic candidate for this high-profile and influential role is Besnik 
Mustafaj, a writer and former ambassador to France. 

Reliable independent opinion polls are still a rarity in Albania so it is 
difficult to anticipate the result. 

Only one poll has been published in the independent Gazeta Shqiptare 
newspaper, which showed the Socialist candidate likely to win the race for 
mayor of Tirana but suggested the Democrats would control the city council. 

The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the 54-nation 
security and human rights body which has played a key role in maintaining 
stability in Albania since 1997, plans to bring in 170 observers for the 
election. 

``What is very important to see for the first time in Albania is whether the 
defeated party will accept defeat,'' said Geert-Hinrich Ahrens, head of the 
OSCE mission to Albania. 

``This would be a very large step forward in this country.'' 


From Gazhebo at aol.com  Mon Sep 25 00:50:01 2000
From: Gazhebo at aol.com (Gazhebo at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 00:50:01 EDT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Kosovo's Albanians Concerned/UN Says Kosovo Albanians Ignored Yugoslav Vote/Opposition Claiming Yugoslavia Vote
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1. Kosovo's Albanians Concerned
2. UN Says Kosovo Albanians Ignored Yugoslav Vote
3. Opposition Claiming Yugoslavia Vote
4. Kostunica Claims Victory in Crucial Yugoslav Poll


******


#1.
Kosovo's Albanians Concerned

By ELENA BECATOROS

PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (AP) - Although Kosovo's ethnic Albanians will stay on 
the sidelines in Sunday's Yugoslav elections, many of them will be quietly 
rooting for Slobodan Milosevic - the man who drove most of them from their 
homes last year. 

Many Kosovo Albanians, who technically remain Yugoslav citizens, fear victory 
by opposition candidate Vojislav Kostunica will encourage the West to make 
overtures to Belgrade and undercut their aspirations for independence from 
Yugoslavia's main republic Serbia. 

``I think it would be simpler if Milosevic wins,'' said Bajram Rexhepi, the 
ethnic Albanian community leader in Kosovska Mitrovica. ``But even if 
Kostunica wins, we will try for independence. We won't push for independence 
now because this is not the time. But we will in the future.'' 

Although Kosovo Albanians could vote as Yugoslav citizens in Sunday's 
balloting, few are expected to do so. Many of the province's 2 million ethnic 
Albanians had been boycotting elections and other Yugoslav institutions since 
Milosevic canceled Kosovo's autonomy in 1989. 

Milosevic has been indicted by the U.N. court in The Hague for atrocities 
committed by Yugoslav forces during the 18-month crackdown, which ended when 
NATO-led troops arrived here last year after the 78-day Western bombing of 
Yugoslavia. 

Despite the suffering visited on them during Milosevic's rule, many ethnic 
Albanians realize that as long as he remains in power, the West is unlikely 
to cut any deal with Belgrade which would restore Serb rule that effectively 
ended when international peacekeepers arrived. 

Neither the United States nor any other major power supports independence for 
Kosovo. But as long as Milosevic is president, however, the prospects for 
that goal are certainly no worse than under a Yugoslav leader more acceptable 
to the West. 

``It is better for Kosovo if Milosevic wins,'' said Mimosa, an ethnic 
Albanian journalist who refused to give her surname. ``Kostunica is an 
unknown. We don't know his strategy.'' 

Many ethnic Albanians interviewed in this dusty provincial capital fear the 
West, in its drive to get rid of Milosevic, has misjudged Kostunica, who 
himself is a strong Serb nationalist. 

They fear an opposition victory could lead to the gradual withdrawal of the 
international presence from Kosovo and a sudden influx of aid for Serbia at 
Kosovo's expense. 

``Europe thinks the opposition in Serbia is democratic. They don't know it 
could be worse than Milosevic,'' said Daut Demaku, 55. ``The opposition of 
Serbia is more criminal than Milosevic.'' 

Kostunica, who is leading in all independent polls, has promised to seek the 
return of the estimated 200,000 Serbs who fled Kosovo after Yugoslav forces 
withdrew. That worries Kosovo Albanians, who complain Serb opposition leaders 
have never openly condemned Milosevic for his crackdown in Kosovo. 

``The opposition of Serbia never criticized Milosevic (on Kosovo). They have 
the same ideas,'' Sabit Abdullahi said. ``Kostunica is a modern nationalist. 
I don't believe the West understands this.'' 


#2.
UN Says Kosovo Albanians Ignored Yugoslav Vote

By Douglas Hamilton
  
PRISTINA, Yugoslavia, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Kosovo Albanians ignored the 
Yugoslav elections on Sunday, dismissing them as a purely Serbian event of no 
consequence to the province which they are determined will soon be an 
independent homeland. 

The United Nations sent out 300 ``witness teams'' to check the turnout in the 
parliamentary and presidential ballot, and reported after most polls had 
closed in Kosovo at 4 p.m. (1400 GMT) that 44,167 people had entered polling 
stations, all of them in predominantly Serb areas. 

``I can assure you that any claim of massive participation by Kosovo 
Albanians in the so-called FRY (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) election in 
Kosovo would be a fiction or a manipulation,'' Kosovo's U.N. administrator 
Bernard Kouchner told a news conference midway through the voting. 

``As far as the Serb and other non-Albanian areas (are concerned) we have 
witnessed that the number of stations in operation this morning are far fewer 
than the sites Belgrade claims to have set up,'' he told a news conference. 

``There were no major incidents,'' he said, at his second news conference of 
the day. He said the UN figures were not scientific, but indicated the 
maximum possible number of voters. 

``We were witnesses, not observers,'' Kouchner said. 

Six hours after the start of voting, only 55 people -- all Serbs -- had cast 
ballots at one of two polling stations in Pristina, the capital city of some 
500,000 inhabitants. 

They were adult members of mostly displaced families, who voted in an 
unfinished basement room of an apartment complex that has become a virtual 
prison yard for 150 Serbs, with British commandos providing round-the-clock 
protection against potential Albanian revenge attacks. 

For the rest of the capital, the election was a non-event. 

``Serbia? We have nothing to do with them. Let them go to hell,'' said 
pensioner Nazmie Hoxha. 

EYES ON THEIR OWN OCTOBER ELECTION 

An estimated 60,000 Kosovo Serbs were eligible to vote -- a tiny fraction of 
Yugoslavia's 7.4 million electorate. Serbian claims that Kosovo Albanians 
would also be keen to cast ballots were laughed off by Kosovars. 

Kosovo holds its own municipal elections in one month -- the first test of 
democracy in the province since NATO and the United Nations took control in 
June last year. 

The United Nations will establish 1,500 polling stations for that vote. On 
Sunday, by contrast, there were 260 polling sites. Eight municipalities had 
no polling stations and in 12 the U.N. had seen no activity half way through 
the day. 

Putting up a wall of bright blue posters in Pristina to encourage a big 
turnout on October 28, Sami Kastrati said: ``We are getting ready for our 
elections, and we have nothing to do with this vote that's being held today. 
Those are elections of a foreign country.'' 

A U.N. spokesman in the divided northern city of Mitrovica said after touring 
polling stations in the Serb-dominated northern section that the city was 
generally quiet. 

The UN's witness teams check of the turnout was aimed at countering any 
exaggerated claims by the Milosevic regime, suspected of preparing massive 
electoral fraud to keep him in power. 

Kouchner said it had succeeded in heading off any claim that Kosovo Albanians 
had participated. 

``This major effort by UNMIK has shown that there was no significant voting 
outside of predominantly Serb areas,'' he said. 


#3.
Opposition Claiming Yugoslavia Vote

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC
  
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - After an election Sunday marked by a large 
turnout and allegations of fraud, Yugoslavia's once struggling opposition 
claimed victory and urged Slobodan Milosevic to peacefully quit power after 
13 years of hardline rule. 

Milosevic, however, showed no signs of conceding defeat. His spokesman, 
Nikola Sainovic, told reporters early Monday he doubted there would even be a 
need for a run-off vote - required if no candidate gets more than 50 percent 
- because ``our candidate is leading.'' 

The state election commission closed up for the night without announcing any 
official returns. Voting - in which the turnout was estimated at higher than 
70 percent - was plagued Sunday by reports of blatant irregularities by 
Milosevic backers, including ballot box stuffing, the few domestic monitors 
watching the polls said. 

Still, two rival opposition parties said Milosevic was trailing his strongest 
challenger, Vojislav Kostunica, and that the best the Yugoslav president 
could hope for was to head into a runoff Oct. 8. They based the claims on 
counts by their own vote monitors. 

``According to our count, the first-round victory is certain. Dawn is coming 
to Serbia. I'm excited,'' Kostunica said early Monday. ``I'm happy for the 
people and the country because it's almost the last moment to take the 
destiny in our hands. There is much work ahead.'' 

``There is no doubt that we overwhelmingly won on all levels,'' said 
opposition campaign manager Zoran Djindjic. ``Milosevic has to seriously 
understand the judgment of history, and he shouldn't gamble any longer. He 
has to recognize the defeat. It seems, this is the end of his career.'' 

Confident of victory by an opposition that seemed hopelessly fragmented only 
months ago, huge crowds streamed into the streets of downtown Belgrade late 
Sunday to await official results. Helmeted riot police carrying shields and 
armed with tear gas launchers cordoned off the group but later withdrew after 
a concert by Milosevic's supporters ended. 

Similar gatherings were reported in Nis, Novi Sad, Cacak and several other 
towns in Yugoslavia's main republic Serbia. There were no reports of clashes, 
and early Monday the crowds in Belgrade were returning home. 

With no offical word on results, Western governments held late night 
consultations to determine how to respond if Milosevic rigs the count. 

In Washington, the State Department warned that ``the world is watching these 
elections and the response of the authorities in Belgrade very closely.'' 

In the voting, ``large numbers of the population ... expressed their wishes 
in an election where the choice was clear,'' spokesman Richard Boucher said. 
``We congratulate the people of Yugoslavia on their commitment to 
democracy.'' 

Sainovic, who like Milosevic is under international indictment for war 
crimes, disputed the opposition claims of victory. He claimed that with 20 
percent of the votes counted, Milosevic was leading by 44 percent while 
Kostunica had 41 percent. 

Those figures were different from those posted on the party's own web site, 
which showed Kostunica leading with 44 percent to 41 percent for Milosevic. 

Cedomir Jovanovic, spokesman of Kostunica's Democratic Opposition of Serbia, 
said that based on returns from 45 percent of 10,000 polling stations, 
Kostunica was leading with 57 percent to 33 percent for Milosevic. Three 
other candidates are in the race. 

The ultranationalist Serbian Radical Party, Milosevic's partner in Serbia's 
government, reported Kostunica leading Milosevic by 53.5 percent to 37.9 
percent with about 20 percent of the votes counted. The party admitted its 
own candidate was defeated. 

The United States - which has invested millions of dollars in an attempt to 
organize the traditionally fractured Serbian opposition - has made ousting 
Milosevic a major goal, believing there can be no stability in the Balkans so 
long as he remains in power. 

The stakes were especially high in the voting, which also included selection 
of a new parliament and municipal governments. 

If Milosevic loses, he risks extradition to the U.N. war crimes tribunal in 
The Hague, Netherlands, which indicted him last year for atrocities committed 
by his troops in Kosovo. He may also risk massive revenge by Yugoslavs tired 
of being an impoverished pariah country after a decade of his rule. 

The European Union has promised massive aid to Yugoslavia if Milosevic loses. 
Montenegro, the smaller republic that along with Serbia forms present-day 
Yugoslavia, said it would hold an independence referendum if Milosevic wins. 

Kostunica had been leading in opinion polls despite a campaign marred by a 
crackdown against opposition supporters, one-sided coverage by the staunchly 
pro-Milosevic media and the lack of broad-based foreign monitoring. 

The Center for Free Elections and Democracy, a private group including human 
rights workers, lawyers and other volunteers, reported a turnout of 74.6 
percent in Yugoslavia's main republic Serbia. 

In the smaller republic of Montenegro - where the pro-Western government 
boycotted the vote - the turnout was only about 24 percent, the opposition 
said. 

Milosevic made no statement about the seemingly unfavorable returns. Earlier 
Sunday, he brushed aside accusations that he would rig the vote to stay in 
power, predicting prosperity after he wins and his troubled country is 
``cleared up'' politically. 

The president's statement, made after he cast his ballot in the Dedinje 
district where he lives, may indicate he plans to crack down hard on 
political opponents - whom he has dubbed NATO lackeys and traitors - if he's 
declared the winner. 

The Center for Free Elections and Democracy reported major voting 
irregularities. They included opposition representatives being kicked out of 
polling stations or not allowed to inspect voters' lists, voting boxes and 
ballots. 

At many voting places, police were present in front of polling stations, and 
there was public - instead of secret - voting in southern regions of Serbia, 
according to the center, a nongovernmental organization which included human 
rights activists, lawyers and other pro-democracy volunteers. 

In the eastern town of Negotin, opposition representatives were banned from a 
polling station but managed to get in by force, only to find that the ballot 
boxes had been stuffed in advance with ballots for Milosevic, the 
Belgrade-based group said. 

``There is an absolute mess in Serbia today,'' said Marko Blagojevic from 
independent monitoring group. ``I don't think elections like this were ever 
held anywhere, ever since the Stone Age.'' 

The government's electoral commission said the vote passed without 
irregularities, ``despite Western propaganda.'' 

Sainovic claimed Milosevic won ``overwhelmingly'' in Kosovo. However, the 
chief U.N. administrator in the province, Bernard Kouchner, said the 
``so-called elections did not meet any international and European standards 
in terms of democracy.'' 

Most of the examples cited by the monitoring group could not be confirmed. 
However, in Kosovo, Western reporters saw cases where polling stations were 
never opened, where prominent opposition members were told their names were 
not on registration rolls or where voters had no privacy to mark their 
ballots. 

Others were turned away because their names did not appear on registration 
lists. Officials claimed that was a result of the turmoil that swept Kosovo 
during last year's conflict, which ended with the arrival of NATO-led 
peacekeepers. 


#4.
Kostunica Claims Victory in Crucial Yugoslav Poll

By Philippa Fletcher
 
BELGRADE, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Opposition candidate Vojislav Kostunica on 
Monday predicted certain victory for himself over the veteran incumbent 
Slobodan Milosevic in Yugoslavia's presidential election. 

But while Kostunica said a first round triumph was guaranteed once official 
results of Sunday's election came through later in the week, Milosevic's 
Socialist Party were just as adamant that their figures showed Milosevic 
would keep power. 

Kostunica's followers took their cry of triumph to the streets. But in the 
absence of any official figures, uncertainty still hung over the outcome of 
the vote, the most serious electoral threat yet to Milosevic's 13-year rule. 

Milosevic, indicted for war crimes by a United Nations tribunal, has been 
accused by the West of planning to rig the election in any way necessary to 
ensure he remains in power. 

Changes in election rules, a lack of independent foreign monitoring and 
reports of intimidation of voters were all seen as stacking the vote in 
Milosevic's favour. 

The opposition says it is keen to publicise its version of early, partial 
results to prevent the authorities using fraud. 

``According to our data for the presidential elections, victory in the first 
round is certain,'' Kostunica told reporters early on Monday. 

Earlier thousands of his supporters had danced and cheered to music in the 
capital Belgrade and other cities. 

WEST REMAINS CAUTIOUS 

``Look how happy people are when they see even such a small sign of 
victory,'' said one of them, 25-year-old Pedja. 

The United States said the elections -- for president and parliament -- had 
been badly flawed and warned Milosevic that his response was being watched. 

The European Union was more cautious, saying it was too soon to declare an 
opposition victory. It said it was consulting closely with its allies, 
including Russia, on how to respond should Milosevic be re-elected by unfair 
means. 

Kostunica said data from 1,237 out of 10,000 polling stations gave him 54.05 
percent support, compared to 33.81 percent for Milosevic. 

But the ruling Socialist Party said the president had a 44 to 41 percent lead 
over Kostunica, after trailing far behind him in independent pre-election 
polls. 

``We still think our presidential candidate is in the lead and we think the 
voting can end in the first round,'' said Deputy Prime Minister Nikola 
Sainovic, a Milosevic loyalist. 

A candidate needs more than 50 percent of the vote to win outright without 
having to contest a second round. 

Intriguingly, the state news agency Tanjug, which usually prints only news 
favourable to the government, reported the Radical Party, former allies of 
Milosevic but now estranged, as saying that it reckoned Kostunica had an 
eight-point lead. 

Turnout appeared to have been high, at above 70 percent, which analysts said 
would benefit the opposition. 

British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook said the turnout showed the people of 
Serbia had ``seized the opportunity to vote for their democratic rights 
despite repeated systematic attempts by the Milosevic regime to bully and 
intimidate them.'' 

NO SIGNIFICANT VIOLENCE 

Fears that violence would be stoked to provide an excuse for a clampdown 
proved unjustified, with rival opposition and government rallies passing off 
peacefully in major cities. 

Opposition figures and a leading analyst said Milosevic would wait until 
later on Monday before responding to what they said would be an overwhelming 
defeat. 

``There will be nothing from the authorities tonight. The ruling left is now 
in a state of panic,'' said Bratislav Grubacic of the VIP newsletter. ``They 
don't know how to come out with the real result since they know Kostunica is 
winning.'' 

There was some joy for Milosevic in the coastal republic of Montenegro, 
Serbia's smaller partner in the Yugoslav federation, where he won an easy 
victory. 

However, Montenegro accounts for less than six percent of registered Yugoslav 
voters and a boycott by the pro-Western government of the republic meant that 
those who turned out were largely Milosevic supporters. 

In Kosovo, the United Nations administrators sent out what it called mobile 
``witnessing'' teams to check the turnout to ensure ballot-boxes could not be 
``stuffed'' with the votes of Kosovo Albanians, estimated to total up to 1.8 
million. 

Around 60,000 Kosovo Serbs, all that remains of a population of some 200,000 
before last year's NATO air strikes, are eligible to vote. 

``I can assure you that any claim of massive participation by Kosovo 
Albanians in the so-called FRY (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) election in 
Kosovo would be a fiction or a manipulation,'' U.N. administrator Bernard 
Kouchner said. 


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From: Gazhebo at aol.com (Gazhebo at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 01:10:06 EDT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Cautious West Casts Doubt on Yugoslav Election/Opposition Supporters Gather in Serbian Towns/Yugo Opposition Says Part-count Gives It Big Lead/Milosevic's Party Says He Leads 44-41 Pct in Vote/NATO Ships off Yugoslavia amid Poll Tension -paper
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1. Cautious West Casts Doubt on Yugoslav Election
2. Opposition Supporters Gather in Serbian Towns
3. Yugo Opposition Says Part-count Gives It Big Lead
4. Milosevic's Party Says He Leads 44-41 Pct in Vote
5. NATO Ships off Yugoslavia amid Poll Tension -paper
6. Britain's Cook Welcomes High Yugo Election Turnout


******


#1.
Cautious West Casts Doubt on Yugoslav Election

By Paul Taylor

LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Western governments cast doubt on the conduct of 
Yugoslavia's presidential election on Sunday but remained cautious about the 
outcome as both supporters and opponents of President Slobodan Milosevic 
claimed success. 

The United States, which has given high priority to ousting Milosevic from 
power, said reports of irregularities raised grave doubts about the validity 
of the vote, but the European Union was more wary of making any early 
judgment. 

``We have serious doubts about the credibility of this process,'' U.S. 
National Security Council spokesman P.J. Crowley said in a telephone 
interview. ``The irregularities that have been reported today certainly cast 
doubt on the credibility of this process.'' 

U.S. officials cited media restrictions and Milosevic's refusal to allow 
international observers to witness the vote. 

Crowley said Sunday's vote -- the most serious electoral challenge to 
Milosevic in 13 years in power -- had been marred by intimidation of voters 
through a heavy police presence and requirements that voters show their 
completed ballots. 

He said Washington would await further indications of the outcome before 
commenting further. 

British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook said the high turnout showed that the 
people of Serbia ``have seized the opportunity to vote for their democratic 
rights despite repeated systematic attempts by the Milosevic regime to bully 
and intimidate them.'' 

EU MINISTERS CONFER 

He said Milosevic had ``lost the campaign and the argument -- he must not now 
cheat once again and award himself the result.'' 

European Union ministers conferred by telephone late into the night, pooling 
their analysis and reports from local and foreign observers, but officials 
said they would make no statement before Monday. A French Foreign Ministry 
spokesman said Russia was also involved in the talks. 

Earlier on Sunday, Italian Prime Minister Giuliano Amato pledged to continue 
sanctions against Yugoslavia if Milosevic won Sunday's election by unfair 
means. 

``If Milosevic steals the elections, we will openly say he has stolen the 
elections,'' Amato said. ``A sort of illegal outcome gives political and 
legal grounds for the continuation of our sanctions against him.'' 

A spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said it was too soon 
to talk of an opposition victory, despite claims by opposition leaders that 
their candidate, Vojislav Kostunica, had a big lead over the Belgrade 
strongman. 

In the run-up to the poll the EU had pleaded with Serbian voters to turn out 
and vote and oust Milosevic, indicted by the Hague-based war crimes tribunal. 
The EU has promised to lift sanctions on Belgrade if the opposition wins. 

The ruling Socialist Party said Milosevic led Kostunica by 50.28 percent to 
30.76 percent, based on preliminary data from around 300 polling stations. 

RIVAL VICTORY CLAIMS 

Opposition leader Zoran Djindjic said earlier that of 70 polling stations 
across Serbia out of a sample of 300 chosen because they were deemed 
representative, Kostunica had won in 63 and Milosevic in seven. 

Ousting Milosevic, 59, has been a top Western goal since the United States 
and its allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation bombed Serbia last 
year to end alleged ``ethnic cleansing'' in Kosovo, a province of Serbia. 

Western governments say there can be no true peace in the Balkans while he 
remains in power. 

But they fear that Milosevic -- who has survived military routs in Bosnia, 
Croatia and Kosovo -- may seek to cling to power even if he is defeated by 
opposition leader Vojislav Kostunica, who is leading in the polls. 

NATO Secretary-General George Robertson has said alliance forces are on alert 
in the Balkans, but the U.S. and British defence ministries played down an 
increase in naval, air and ground forces in the area as part of long-planned 
exercises. 

Two hundred U.S. Marines are set to begin an amphibious exercise with 
Croatian forces near Split on the Croatian coast on Monday. Romania, another 
neighbour of Serbia, is also holding joint exercises with NATO forces. 

Last year the West imposed an oil embargo, financial sanctions and a ban on 
visas for Milosevic's associates as punishment for Yugoslavia's policy in 
Kosovo. 


#2.
Opposition Supporters Gather in Serbian Towns

By Branimir Pipal

BELGRADE, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Thousands of opposition supporters gathered in 
downtown Belgrade, many celebrating and shouting ``victory, victory'' as they 
listened to early results from Sunday's crucial elections. 

The opposition rallies in Belgrade and other Serbian towns were much bigger 
than hastily organised pro-government concerts following the polls, in which 
Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic faced the biggest challenge yet to his 
13-year rule. 

Both the opposition and Milosevic's ruling Socialist Party said they were 
ahead in the presidency race, according to partial and preliminary results. 
Official results are expected to be issued sometime next week. 

In Belgrade, riot police stood between the two groups, which had gathered 
less than 100 metres (yards) from each other as an opposition official read 
out election results from a balcony. 

But they later withdrew, reducing fears of any clashes. 

Around 5,000 opposition supporters remained in downtown Belgrade until the 
early morning hours on Monday, with music blaring and people dancing. 

``Look how happy people are when they see even such a small sign of 
victory,'' said one of them, 25-year-old Pedja. 

``HE'S FINISHED'' 

``I don't know what the regime is going to do next. I'm afraid they could 
make some sort of wrong move, do something violent, but even if they do, I 
don't believe it would change their fate. He's finished,'' he said, meaning 
Milosevic. 

Maja, 24, said she believed the opposition had won: ``It became obvious when 
the police withdrew together with these regime musicians. I hope they won't 
come back.'' 

The rally was called off at around 3:30 a.m. (0130 GMT) with a new gathering 
set for Tuesday evening. 

In the northern city of Novi Sad, around 10,000 opponents of the Serbian 
strongman gathered on Sunday evening, while about 500 government supporters 
attended a concert. The situation was similar in other towns. 

In Belgrade, hundreds of people had earlier gathered in front of a huge 
stage, set up by Serbian State Television, to hear folk songs from local 
groups. 

But that crowd later dwindled to at most 100. Opposition supporters jeered at 
them and sang songs mocking Milosevic. 

In the town of Kragujevac, around 5,000 opposition supporters attended a 
rally. A concert organised by Milosevic's ruling Socialist Party and the 
Yugoslav Left led by his wife Mirjana Markovic attracted about 500. 

NO SIGNIFICANT VIOLENCE 

Similar turnout figures were reported from the town of Cacak, an opposition 
stronghold, and Kraljevo. 

Earlier, opposition official Cedomir Jovanovic said the rallies organised by 
the authorities were a ``signal that they will try to provoke something,'' 
adding that the opposition rejected all responsibility. 

In the eastern town of Pozarevac, the home town of the Milosevic family, 
around 30 people pelted 150-200 opposition supporters with stones in front of 
opposition premises, the independent Beta news agency said. 

A fight broke out, and the opposition supporters said they had been attacked 
by Socialist Party officials. 

But there were no signs of any large-scale violence, as some had feared there 
would be if police cracked down on demonstrators after the elections. 

``There will be nothing from the authorities tonight. The ruling left is now 
in a state of panic,'' said Bratislav Grubacic, editor of the VIP independent 
newsletter. ``They don't know how to come out with the real result because 
they know Kostunica is winning over Milosevic.'' 

Zarko Korac of the opposition Social Democratic Union took a similar line, 
saying: ``I think we have passed the stage of possible violence and the only 
thing the authorities can do now is annul the election results.'' 


#3.
Yugo Opposition Says Part-count Gives It Big Lead

BELGRADE, Sept 25 (Reuters) - The Serbian opposition said its presidential 
candidate Vojislav Kostunica so far had 57 percent of votes in Sunday's 
Yugoslav presidential election, with ballots counted at 45 percent of polling 
stations. 

Cedomir Jovanovic, a spokesman for the Democratic Opposition of Serbia bloc 
grouping 18 political parties and one trade union, said early on Monday that 
Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic stood on 33 percent. 

Earlier, Milosevic's ruling Socialist Party said some hours after polls 
closed at 8:00 p.m. (1800 GMT) that the president had a wide lead over 
Kostunica. Milosevic had been clearly behind in independent pre-election 
opinion surveys. 

According to the Socialists, Milosevic led Kostunica by 50.28 percent to 
30.76 percent, based on preliminary data from around 300 of 10,000 polling 
stations across Yugoslavia. 

The ultra-nationalist Radical Party, once a member of Milosevic's ruling 
coalition but now estranged from it, complaining of unfair treatment, put 
Kostunica ahead by 49.5 percent to 40.44 percent with more than 600,000 
ballots counted. 


#4.
Milosevic's Party Says He Leads 44-41 Pct in Vote

BELGRADE, Sept 25 (Reuters) - The ruling Socialist Party of Yugoslav 
President Slobodan Milosevic said on Monday he was leading opposition 
candidate Vojislav Kostunica by 44 percent to 41 percent with more than 
940,000 votes counted. 

``We still think that our presidential candidate is in the lead and we think 
the voting can end in the first round,'' said Yugoslav Deputy Prime Minister 
Nikola Sainovic, a leading Socialist Party official. 

He said ballots cast at 2,478 of more than 10,000 polling stations across 
Yugoslavia had been counted. 

Earlier, the Democratic Opposition of Serbia, Kostunica's backer, said that, 
with votes counted at 45 percent of polling stations, he had 57 percent 
against 33 percent for Milosevic. 

There are 7,861,327 eligible voters in Yugoslavia, which consists of Serbia 
and Montenegro. 


#5.
NATO Ships off Yugoslavia amid Poll Tension -paper

LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - A NATO armada including 15 ships from Britain is 
in the Mediterranean amid tension over elections in Yugoslavia, the 
Independent newspaper said on Monday. 

But the British Ministry of Defence said the presence of British ships was 
not intended to warn Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic against using 
violence to remain in power if he were defeated in the election. 

``Britain has a number of ships in the area but they are not in the area to 
send anyone a message,'' a spokesman said. 

HMS Invincible was in the Mediterranean ``filling a capability gap'' and HMS 
Ocean's presence in the area had been planned ``months ago,'' the spokesman 
added. The Yugoslav presidential election timetable was set several months 
ago. 

On Friday NATO Secretary General Lord George Robertson told Milosevic not to 
rig the elections and said NATO's troops in the Balkans were on alert. 

Robertson said NATO peacekeeping troops in neighbouring Kosovo, whose 
interests the Western powers defended with air strikes on Yugoslavia last 
year, and in Bosnia were on alert. 

NATO forces in the Balkans have been reinforced and U.S. Marines will hold 
previously scheduled joint exercises with Croatian forces on Monday, but the 
United States has said no ``special'' military activity is going on. 

Romanian troops are currently participating in exercises with NATO forces. 


#6.
Britain's Cook Welcomes High Yugo Election Turnout

LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook said he was 
pleased at the high turnout in Yugoslavia's presidential and parliamentary 
elections on Sunday and warned President Slobodan Milosevic not to cheat when 
counting the votes. 

``I am pleased at the high turnout in the elections in Yugoslavia today. This 
shows that the people of Serbia have seized the opportunity to vote for their 
democratic rights despite repeated systematic attempts by Milosevic to bully 
and intimidate them,'' Cook said. 

``Milosevic must allow the votes to be counted honestly. He lost the campaign 
and the argument -- he must not cheat again and award himself the result,'' 
Cook added in a statement. 

Opposition estimates put the turnout in Serbia at 75 percent. Government 
officials in Montenegro, where the pro-Western government called for a 
boycott of the polls, put the turnout there at 23.77 percent. 


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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 21:21:17 EDT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Chronology of Milosevic Rule in Yugoslavia
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Chronology of Milosevic Rule in Yugoslavia

LONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) -  Opponents and supporters of President Slobodan 
Milosevic both claimed victory after Sunday's crucial elections, but European 
political leaders made clear on Monday they believed the Yugoslav strongman 
had lost. 

Here is a chronology of events in troubled Yugoslavia since Milosevic became 
Serbian party leader in 1986. 

1986: 

May 15 - Milosevic becomes Serbian regional Communist Party President. 

1987: 

Apr 24 - First major Serb protest in Kosovo over alleged persecution by 
majority Albanians. Milosevic's star rises in Serbia as he defends protesters 
from being beaten by predominantly ethnic Albanian Kosovo police. 

Oct - Milosevic purges Serbian Communist Party and media. 

1988: 

Jan - Milosevic's wing in Serbian party ousts Serbian state President Ivan 
Stambolic. 

1989: 

June 28 - Milosevic addresses a million Serbs at Kosovo Polje on 600th 
anniversary of defeat of mediaeval Serb kingdom by Turks, foreshadows 
Yugoslavia's violent disintegration. 

Nov - Milosevic elected president of Serbia. 

1990: 

Dec 9 - Milosevic, defying anti-communist trend in Yugoslavia, re-elected 
Serbian president. 

1991: 

June 25 - Croatia and Slovenia proclaim independence. 

June - Yugoslav tanks try but fail to crush Slovenian independence. Fighting 
begins in Croatia between Croats and ethnic Serbs. 

Dec 16 - EU agrees to recognise any Yugoslav republic that meets conditions 
on human rights, democracy and ethnic minorities. 

Dec 19 - Rebel Serbs declare independence in Krajina region which makes up 
almost a third of Croatia. 

Dec - In Bosnia-Herzegovina, the most ethnically mixed Yugoslav republic, 
Serb minority holds unofficial referendum opposing separation from 
Yugoslavia. Local Serb leaders proclaim new republic separate from Bosnia. 

1992: 

March 3 - Bosnia's Moslems and Croats vote for independence in referendum 
boycotted by Serbs. 

April 6 - European Union recognises Bosnia's independence; war breaks out 
between Bosnian government and local Serbs, who lay siege to capital Sarajevo.
 

May - U.N. sanctions slapped on Serbia for backing rebel Serbs in Croatia and 
Bosnia. 

1993: 

Jan - Bosnia peace efforts fail, war breaks out between Moslems and Croats, 
previously allies against Serbs. 

1995: 

Nov 21 - Following NATO air strikes against Bosnian Serbs, Milosevic joins 
presidents of Bosnia, Croatia in reaching peace agreement at U.S.-sponsored 
talks at Dayton, Ohio. 

1996: 

Nov 30 - At least 100,000 Serbian opposition supporters accusing government 
of election fraud march in Belgrade as part of a campaign to try to oust 
Milosevic, who eventually backs down by recognising opposition gains in local 
polls. 

1997: 

July 23 - Milosevic sworn in as Yugoslav president, stepping down as Serbia's 
leader after serving two terms. 

Oct 21 - Reformist Milo Djukanovic wins presidency of Montenegro, defeats 
Milosevic ally Momir Bulatovic. 

1998: 

Mar - Milosevic rejects calls for international action to end violence in 
Kosovo. Invites ethnic Albanian separatist leader Ibrahim Rugova for peace 
talks. 

Sep 24 - NATO issues ultimatum to Milosevic to stop violence in Kosovo or 
face air strikes. 

Oct 13 - Yugoslavia and U.S. Balkans envoy Richard Holbrooke outline deal to 
avert air strikes. NATO gives Milosevic four days to end offensive against 
ethnic Albanians. 

Oct 27 - Serbian security forces withdraw from Kosovo. NATO says will be no 
immediate air strikes but maintains threat of military action. 

1999: 

Mar 10 - Holbrooke fails to persuade Milosevic in eight hours of talks to 
accept Kosovo peace deal. 

Mar 18 - Kosovo Albanians sign peace deal in France but Yugoslavs boycott and 
Russia refuses to sign as witness. Peace talks break up in failure on March 
19. 

Mar 24 - NATO war planes begin air campaign against military targets 
throughout Yugoslavia. 

May 27 - U.N. war crimes tribunal confirms it has indicted Milosevic as war 
criminal. 

June 10 - Serb forces start withdrawal from Kosovo and NATO halts air war. 

2000: 

Apr 14 - At least 100,000 Serbs pack central Belgrade to hear opposition 
leaders call for early general elections. 

July 27 - Milosevic sets presidential, parliamentary and local elections for 
September 24. 

Sept 24 - Huge turnout reported across Serbia as voting carried out. 

Sept 25 - Opponents and supporters of Milosevic both claim victory but 
European political leaders make clear they believe he has lost. 



From Gazhebo at aol.com  Mon Sep 25 23:41:45 2000
From: Gazhebo at aol.com (Gazhebo at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 23:41:45 EDT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] U.S. House Earmarks Funds for Yugoslav Opposition/Milosevic Seeks Runoff After Vote
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1. U.S. House Earmarks Funds for Yugoslav Opposition
2. Milosevic Seeks Runoff After Vote


******

#1.
U.S. House Earmarks Funds for Yugoslav Opposition

By Christopher Wilson

WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - In a move meant to put more pressure on 
Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic after Western nations declared him 
beaten at the polls, the House of Representatives passed a bill on Monday 
authorising financial aid for Serbian opposition groups. 

The bill, passed by a two-thirds majority in a voice vote, authorised $500 
million to help finance democratic forces in Serbia and Montenegro, including 
$50 million to fund the activities of pro-democracy and dissident groups. 

Although the outcome of Sunday's Yugoslav elections will not be announced 
until later this week, the United States, Britain,  Germany, France and other 
members of the European Union all declared on Monday that Milosevic had lost 
to main opposition challenger Vojislav Kostunica. 

Western nations warned Milosevic that any attempt to claim victory would be 
considered fraud. 

U.S. lawmakers underscored that warning, saying Monday's bill would be used 
to keep sanctions in place and aid the opposition if the Serbian strongman 
refused to step down. 

``In short, the bill authorises the provision of democratic assistance to 
those in Serbia who are struggling for change,'' said Republican 
Representative Christopher Smith of New Jersey, one of the leading sponsors. 

The bill calls for maintaining the so-called outer wall of sanctions against 
Serbia until a process of democratic change is under way and supports 
international efforts to bring Milosevic to trial at the war crimes tribunal 
in The Hague. 

A similar measure has already been passed by unanimous consent in the U.S. 
Senate. 

FAST RESPONSE DURING TRANSITION 

``This bill allows us the flexibility to react to those (election) results. 
Assistance for transition is authorised, allowing a quick reaction to 
positive developments. Sanctions can also be eased if needed,'' Smith said on 
the House floor. 

The measure provides financial aid under the 1989 Support for East European 
Democracy Act and include $55 million to bolster political and economic 
reforms in Montenegro, which is part of rump Yugoslavia but has tried to 
distance itself from Belgrade's control. 

Congress has long blamed Milosevic for causing four civil wars in former 
Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Outrage among lawmakers grew as the Serbian leader 
repeatedly defied U.S. efforts to loosen his grip on power. 

``Today, Serbia lies in shambles, and its people face a future that promises 
nothing better. Milosevic lingers on surrounded by a web of corruption, 
mysterious murders, political manipulation and state repression,'' said 
Republican Representative Benjamin Gilman of New York, chairman of the House 
International Relations Committee. 

``This bill makes it clear that regardless of the outcome of yesterday's 
elections, our nation has not given up on ... the freedom of the nation of 
Serbia and the effort to create a real and true democracy in Serbia,'' he 
said. 


#2.
Milosevic Seeks Runoff After Vote

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC
  
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - Tens of thousands of jubilant opposition 
supporters celebrated Monday their apparent electoral victory over President 
Slobodan Milosevic, who was seeking to force a runoff despite calls to accept 
the end of his 13 years in power. 

Chanting ``Kill Yourself Slobodan and Save Serbia,'' more than 40,000 people 
jammed a downtown Belgrade square to celebrate the purported victory of the 
pro-Western opposition challenger, Vojislav Kostunica. Thousands also 
gathered in the Serbia's two other major cities of Novi Sad and Nis. 

But the lack of any official results more than 24 hours after polls closed 
Sunday raised fears that Milosevic would rig the results to force a second 
round of voting. 

The United States and more than a dozen other countries said they would not 
accept fraudulent claims of victory. The United States also pledged Monday to 
lift sanctions against Yugoslavia once Milosevic accepts defeat. 

Kostunica, a 56-year-old law professor, demanded the State Election 
Commission release official results within the next two days and warned if 
Milosevic tried to tamper with the vote, ``we will defend our victory by 
peaceful means and we will protest for as long as it takes.'' His party said 
its own unofficial count gave him around 55 percent of the vote. 

In the absence of official results, Milosevic's left-wing coalition insisted 
Monday that the president was ahead in the vote count but not far enough to 
guarantee that he would avoid a runoff with Kostunica on Oct. 8. 

At a press conference to bolster morale among the president's shocked and 
demoralized followers, Gorica Gajevic, Milosevic's party general secretary, 
said that with 37 percent of the ballots counted, Milosevic was ahead by 45 
percent to Kostunica's 40 percent. 

``This result gives us optimism that we can win in the first round,'' Gajevic 
said. 

Ljubisa Ristic, a neo-communist Milosevic ally, insisted Milosevic could 
still win. ``At this moment, the sample is too small for us to say, as we 
would like to, that our candidate won in the first round,'' he said. 

Ristic, however, admitted Milosevic's coalition suffered a sweeping defeat in 
municipal elections. The Democratic Opposition of Serbia claimed it has won 
102 seats in Belgrade's 110-seat city hall. 

Ristic predicted the left-wing parties will have a majority in the federal 
parliament. Parliament has become a relatively ineffectual legislature since 
Montenegro, the other republic that with Serbia forms Yugoslavia, has been 
boycotting federal institutions. 

An opposition leader said, however, that his group would not accept a runoff 
simply to appease Milosevic. 

``There will be no bargaining,'' Zoran Djindjic said. ``Milosevic should 
better avoid tormenting the people since he would be wiped out in the 
runoff.'' 

The Democratic Opposition of Serbia party claimed that with 65 percent of 
polling stations counted, Kostunica was leading with 55.30 percent, compared 
to Milosevic's 34.37. 

A spokesman for the coalition, Cedomir Jovanovic, said that if the State 
Election Commission remains silent about the results by Wednesday night, the 
opposition would ``proclaim official results no matter what the government 
thinks, since it is becoming clear that they are rejecting the possibility to 
accept the defeat.'' 

Opposition claims were based on reports from its poll watchers stationed 
voting stations. All political parties are allowed to have representatives 
present when votes are counted locally at the 10,000 precincts. 

Poll watchers sign an affidavit accepting the count and are free to report 
the results to their national headquarters. 

The opposition claimed its margin was so wide that Milosevic could not 
convince the public that he had won. The outcome may turn more on public 
perceptions than on whatever the election commission announces. 

``Votes can be rigged when there is a slim difference between two groups, but 
when the difference is this big there is no way anyone can falsify the 
results,'' said Vladan Batic of the opposition alliance. 

An opposition member of State Election Commission, Sinisa Nikolic, complained 
the vote count agency had not met since late Sunday and had not resumed work 
by Monday afternoon. That raised concern about manipulation. 

``We are encountering a wall of silence,'' Nikolic said. ``We are sitting 
here and asking what to do. We have no access to where computer results are 
being calculated.'' 

Throughout Europe, the reaction to a possible Milosevic defeat was almost 
euphoric. Milosevic has been blamed for fomenting instability in the Balkans 
for years, triggering wars in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. 

The European Union said any attempt by Milosevic to claim victory would be 
``fraudulent,'' and Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini warned of 
``devastating consequences'' if Milosevic tries to steal the election. 

British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook said Monday that ``all the reliable 
evidence'' shows Milosevic had lost and urged the president to step aside. 

``Be honest with your people, don't cheat them, get out of the way and let 
Serbia get out of the prison into which you have turned it,'' he told a Labor 
Party conference in London, referring to Yugoslavia's main republic. 

On Belgrade streets, the mood was jubilant, with people celebrating what they 
thought was the final end of Milosevic's neo-communist rule. Belgrade has 
long been an opposition stronghold. 

``Finally, we are free,'' university student Milica Danilovic, 22, said. ``We 
can start breathing like normal people. Smiles are back, the pressure is 
gone, we are flying!'' 


From Gazhebo at aol.com  Mon Sep 25 23:50:22 2000
From: Gazhebo at aol.com (Gazhebo at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 23:50:22 EDT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] West Bounces Milosevic Towards Poll Exit
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West Bounces Milosevic Towards Poll Exit

By Paul Taylor, Diplomatic Editor

LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Western governments declared on Monday that 
President Slobodan Milosevic had lost Yugoslavia's election and should go, in 
a concerted drive to undermine him even before disputed official results are 
announced. 

Germany and Britain both said reliable evidence pointed to a massive win in 
Sunday's poll for opposition challenger Vojislav Kostunica. Italy warned of 
``devastating consequences'' if Milosevic claimed victory and clung to power. 

The United States said it doubted Milosevic, indicted by a U.N. tribunal for 
alleged war crimes in Kosovo, could make any ``credible claim of victory'' 
because of public support for the opposition and voting irregularities. 

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder told a joint news conference with Russian 
President Vladimir Putin in Moscow: ``We agreed...that it looks as though 
Serbia and Yugoslavia have decided in favour of democratic change.'' 

But Russia, Serbia's main international ally, parted company with the West in 
saying the voting had been fair and declining to prejudge the outcome of the 
most serious electoral challenge to Milosevic's 13-year rule. 

The 15-nation European Union said in a statement: ``According to all 
available information, it is clear that any attempt by Milosevic to declare 
himself the victor would be fraudulent.'' 

British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook went a step further, declaring: ``All 
the reliable evidence we have suggests the people voted Milosevic out by a 
massive majority.'' 

German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said Kostunica appeared to have won 
outright on the first round. 

Official results are not due until Tuesday at the earliest. Partial figures 
from Belgrade's ruling parties, purporting to show Milosevic ahead, raised 
the possibility of a run-off. 

French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine sought to portray the opposition tide 
as irreversible. ``Nothing will be the same as before, something has started 
that will not stop,'' he said. 

``FAR FROM DEMOCRATIC'' 

Western governments, eager to oust Milosevic, trod a fine line between 
charging the election was shamelessly rigged and hailing an opposition 
victory against the odds. 

Diplomats said Western strategy was to pile pressure on Milosevic and create 
a climate where any official result other than a victory for Kostunica would 
be widely derided as a sham. 

The chorus of comments was also intended to give heart to Yugoslav opposition 
activists planning street protests to demand the fruits of their 
self-proclaimed victory. 

The head of the pan-European Organisation for Security and Cooperation in 
Europe (OSCE), which was barred by Belgrade from sending monitors, said all 
information pointed to a clear lead for Kostunica, backed by a coalition of 
18 opposition groups. 

``Claims of victory by pro-Milosevic forces are not credible,'' OSCE Chairman 
and Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner said in a statement. 

``These elections were far from democratic, but despite reports of widespread 
fraud and intimidation, the will of the people for change has been 
overwhelming,'' she added. 

Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini told reporters that in the light of 
results coming in from the presidential and parliamentary elections, any move 
by Milosevic to stay in power would be ``fraudulent behaviour.'' 

``If Milosevic were to claim victory...there could be devastating 
consequences,'' Dini said. 

Britain's Cook led the chorus of Western ministers pushing the Serbian 
strongman towards the door. 

``Today Milosevic is a beaten, broken-backed president,'' Cook said. ``My 
message to him today is: 'Be honest with your people. Get out of the way and 
let Serbia get out of the prison you have turned it into.''' 

Yugoslav Prime Minister Momir Bulatovic said last week that Milosevic would 
serve out his term until mid-2001, whatever the result of the election. 

RUSSIA'S SUPPORT SOUGHT 

The EU said the heavy turnout showed the people of Serbia wanted change. 

``They wanted to speak up, regardless of intimidation, manoeuvring, pressure 
and all sorts of manipulation by the Belgrade regime leading up to this 
ballot,'' said the statement drawn up after consultation among the 15 EU 
members. 

Western leaders were keen to enlist Russia's cooperation in ensuring a 
democratic transition in Belgrade. 

But Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov was quoted as saying reports from 
those international observers invited by Belgrade showed ``the polls passed 
without major violations.'' 

Moscow joined Western powers, including the United States, in calling this 
month for a democratic Yugoslavia and warning Belgrade against violence at 
home or against Montenegro, the pro-Western junior partner in the Yugoslav 
federation. 

Kostunica, seen as a moderate nationalist, predicted ``certain'' victory for 
himself and said the outcome heralded a new dawn for Serbia, internationally 
isolated over its role in the violent collapse of the old Yugoslavia in the 
1990s. 


From kbejko at hotmail.com  Tue Sep 26 13:19:23 2000
From: kbejko at hotmail.com (Kreshnik Bejko)
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 17:19:23 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Berisha/Violent incident
Message-ID: <LC6-LFD1011vdkmyCF100000371@hotmail.com>

Albanian police foil attack on ex-leader Berisha






TIRANA, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Albanian police overpowered a man who tried to 
throw a hand grenade at opposition leader and former president Sali Berisha 
at an election rally on Tuesday. The Ministry of Public Order said a man was 
seen removing the grenade from his pocket as Berisha went onto a stage to 
address a rally in the southern city of Fier. Albania holds local elections 
on Sunday, the first test for the Socialist-led coalition since a general 
election in 1997 that ousted Berisha from power and ended months of anarchy 
caused by the collapse of pyramid investment schemes. The ministry said the 
attacker was a 47-year-old local official of Berisha"s Democratic Party, but 
the party said he was an agent of the state security police. The elections 
are seen as an important test of the stability of the often turbulent Balkan 
nation. So far the campaign has been largely peaceful.



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From Gazhebo at aol.com  Tue Sep 26 21:19:28 2000
From: Gazhebo at aol.com (Gazhebo at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 21:19:28 EDT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] INTERVIEW-Ex-Yugoslav PM Asks Putin to Give Milosevic Refuge/Milosevic Loses Poll, Opposition Rejects Runoff/Russia Calls for Calm, Restraint in Yugoslavia/Brother Says Milosevic no Power-hungry Monster/Serb Opposition Seeks Street Support for Poll Win
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1. INTERVIEW-Ex-Yugoslav PM Asks Putin to Give Milosevic Refuge
2. Milosevic Loses Poll, Opposition Rejects Runoff
3. Russia Calls for Calm, Restraint in Yugoslavia
4. Brother Says Milosevic no Power-hungry Monster
5. Serb Opposition Seeks Street Support for Poll Win


******

#1.
INTERVIEW-Ex-Yugoslav PM Asks Putin to Give Milosevic Refuge

By Elaine Monaghan

WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Former Yugoslav prime minister Milan Panic 
hailed President Slobodan Milosevic's first-round poll defeat on Tuesday and 
urged Russia to give him temporary refuge to avoid bloodshed. 

Panic, a U.S.-based businessman defeated by Milosevic in 1992 in elections he 
said were rigged, told Reuters he was writing to Russian President Vladimir 
Putin to suggest he fly the Balkan strongman to Russia, his fellow Orthodox 
Slav ally. 

He said Milosevic was a ``cornered animal'' who would ``try anything'' after 
conceding defeat in Sunday's first round but calling a run-off election for 
Oct. 8. 

Western officials, like the Serbian opposition, say moderate nationalist 
Vojislav Kostunica won the first round vote outright and that Milosevic only 
received some of the 40.23 percent the Election Commission says he got by 
cheating. The commission said Kostunica received 48.22 percent of the vote. 

``The Russians can save the Serbs and Yugoslavs -- and Milosevic, for the 
time being,'' said Panic, who was made prime minister by his political enemy 
Milosevic but purged in a wave of nationalism five months later. 

``I'm going to be asking Mr. Putin very soon to send a plane and pick him 
up,'' he added in a telephone interview. 

``How about Siberia?'' one American official suggested on hearing of Panic's 
idea. 

Another said ironically that Moscow might serve as a transit stop -- en route 
to an international court in The Hague where Milosevic is wanted for trial 
for alleged war crimes. 

U.S. officials flatly denied a New York Times report in June that quoted 
unnamed U.S. and NATO officials as saying President Bill Clinton's 
administration was discussing the idea of an exit strategy for Milosevic with 
Western allies and Russia. 

But Panic said the immediate priority was to get Milosevic out of Yugoslavia 
``to avoid bloodshed'' -- either against him or because of his desire to stay 
in power to avoid extradition. 

Reflecting on a series of Balkan wars that have brought not only bombs but 
international sanctions down on Belgrade's head, Panic said, ``It's a very 
sweet moment to see him out. But it's a very bitter moment, what he has done 
to Serbia, and the people of Yugoslavia, Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo.'' 

BUSINESS INTERESTS 

Panic is chief executive of U.S. drugs firm ICN Pharmaceuticals Inc., which 
has interests in Russia, and he has met Putin in the past. 

He wants to regain control of a drug-making unit that was one of Belgrade's 
most successful companies when the government took it over in a move blasted 
by the U.S. State Department as a way of avoiding paying $175 million it owed 
ICN for medicines. 

``If Milosevic leaves today, I will return tomorrow,'' he said. 

While Panic shares the West's hatred for Milosevic's regime, he opposed its 
air campaign in Yugoslavia last year. 

The United States has always insisted that Milosevic belongs only at the U.N. 
court in The Hague for trial for alleged war crimes by his forces in Kosovo. 

There was no way of knowing for sure whether Panic's idea would be taken up 
or even considered seriously by either side. 

Milosevic's brother, Yugoslavia's ambassador in Russia, said earlier on 
Tuesday that his brother was no monster and that he would likely stay in his 
homeland no matter what. 


#2.
Milosevic Loses Poll, Opposition Rejects Runoff

By Beti Bilandzic
  
BELGRADE, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic admitted 
on Tuesday he had lost crucial elections and called a runoff vote, but the 
opposition rejected a second poll and insisted their candidate had won 
outright. 

Milosevic's admission of defeat came in a surprise announcement by the state 
Election Commission carried on the main evening television news. 

The Commission said opposition candidate Vojislav Kostunica had secured 48.22 
percent of the vote -- just short of the 50 percent that would have ensured 
him outright victory -- against Milosevic's 40.23 percent in Sunday's 
presidential poll. 

Kostunica immediately rejected participation in a runoff vote with Milosevic, 
which the state news agency Tanjug said would be held on October 8. 

``The Socialists are trying to bargain their way into a second round for 
Slobodan Milosevic. It is of course an offer that can and must be refused,'' 
Kostunica said in a written statement carried by the Beta news agency. 

He called the Commission's decision an insult to all who voted and accused 
Milosevic of trying to divide his backers. 

``Milosevic's regime is trying to buy some time and try to provoke 
disturbance among the citizens and quarrels within the democratic 
opposition,'' he said. 

RESULT SLAMMED BY SERB INDEPENDENT MONITORS 

The result, the greatest setback Milosevic has faced in 13 years of power, 
was immediately denounced by independent Serb monitors as a fabrication. 

Kostunica's backers say he won at least 54 percent of the poll. They had 
feared Milosevic would seek a runoff after realising he could not reverse the 
outcome of the first round. 

``This is pure fabrication by the Federal Electoral Commission,'' said Marko 
Blagojevic, spokesman for the independent CESID monitoring service. 

The United States said the government's failure to award victory to the 
opposition was ``highly suspect.'' 

``The failure to award a first-round victory for the opposition is highly 
suspect, given the other credible reports that came out of the polling,'' 
White House spokesman Joe Lockhart told reporters. 

Britain said it was clear Milosevic had lost and urged him to hand over power 
peacefully. 

Opposition leader Zoran Djindjic said the government-run Commission had 
stolen 400,000 votes from Kostunica and given 200,000 votes to Milosevic. 

``Tonight, we will request their voting records and compare them with ours, 
one by one if necessary,'' said Djindjic. 

CELEBRATIONS BECOME PROTEST 

Election victory rallies became protests in several Serbian towns after 
opposition supporters heard of the government move. Some 20,000 gathered in 
the towns of Novi Sad and Cacak to back Kostunica and his call for his 
triumph to be recognised. 

Support for the opposition's rejection of a second round is likely to be 
tested at a large protest rally called for the centre of Belgrade on 
Wednesday evening. 

A Western diplomat said a boycott of the second round could play into 
Milosevic's hands by allowing him to accuse the opposition of hindering the 
democratic process. 

The announcement from the Commission ended two days of speculation over how 
Milosevic would respond to growing evidence of his defeat, which appeared to 
have taken him by surprise. 

Western pressure and the size of Kostunica's triumph seems to have dissuaded 
the government from taking the drastic measures, including violence, that 
many had feared. 

Analysts said the recourse to a second round of voting was a typical 
Milosevic manoeuvre, buying time in which to try to reinforce his grip on 
power. 

``He's a master of using time,'' said one Western diplomat in the region, 
speaking before the Tuesday evening announcement. 

``It would give him at least another 10 to 12 days to figure out what to do 
and that could include all sorts of things like trying to drive wedges among 
the opposition, trying to bribe some of them off, whatever else.'' 

Milosevic may also try to provoke some crisis that would indefinitely 
postpone the second round of voting, he added. 

Pro-Western politicians in Montenegro, Serbia's small sister republic in the 
Yugoslav federation, said the runoff proposal was a trick the opposition must 
be careful to avoid. 

``The opposition would be making a huge, huge mistake by accepting,'' deputy 
Prime Minister Dragisa Burzan told Reuters. 

WESTERN PRESSURE 

Western leaders have kept up the pressure on Milosevic to concede defeat ever 
since results started to come. 

U.S. President Bill Clinton said Milosevic, indicted for war crimes by a 
United Nations tribunal, appeared to have ``lost the last vestige of 
legitimacy'' and suggested sanctions could be lifted ``if the will of the 
people is respected.'' 

France, which currently holds the rotating European Union presidency, has 
also said the opposition claim of victory opened the door to a lifting of 
sanctions. 

Britain said Milosevic should be aware of the West's military might when 
thinking of using force to stay in power. 

But diplomats were sceptical there was real support for military action 
against Milosevic if he staged a violent clampdown. In Belgrade, opposition 
figures said Cook's words could play into the hands of the government. 

During the election campaign, Milosevic branded the opposition as traitors 
and stooges of the West. 


#3.
Russia Calls for Calm, Restraint in Yugoslavia

MOSCOW, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Russia appealed on Tuesday for calm in Yugoslavia 
after Sunday's presidential vote, in which both incumbent Slobodan 
Milosevic's party and his opponents have claimed victory, and said the poll 
could be viewed as fair. 

``The first round of the presidential election has already demonstrated the 
considerable democratic potential in Yugoslav society. Now it is vital to 
preserve civil peace and stability in the country,'' the Foreign Ministry 
said in a statement. 

``It is also important that all political forces refrain from any kind of 
confrontation,'' it said. 

Gennady Seleznyov, the speaker of Russia's State Duma lower house of 
parliament, criticised Western reaction to the poll. Russia has traditionally 
had close ties to Yugoslavia and has acted as an intermediary between 
Belgrade and Western states. 

``This is the most blatant interference in the affairs of a sovereign state, 
in fact it is blackmail and a provocation -- to stir up people who took to 
Belgrade's streets today in an agitated state,'' Seleznyov, a moderate 
Communist, was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency. 

Several Western leaders have said it appears that Milosevic's main opponent, 
Vojislav Kostunica, was the winner. British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook said 
Milosevic should not forget that NATO has significant military capability 
close to Serbia. 

Official election results are to be released on Thursday. 

The Foreign Ministry statement reiterated Moscow's belief that the 
international isolation of Yugoslavia should end and sanctions be lifted 
``regardless of who becomes the legally elected president.'' 

It added that Russian election observers had played an active role, 
monitoring the voting at 150 polling stations. 

``(But) their evaluations would carry more weight if representatives of the 
European Union, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe and 
other international organisations had been allowed to monitor the election,'' 
the statement said. 

The Yugoslav opposition said that with returns available from 97.5 percent of 
polling stations, Kostunica had won 54.66 of votes and Milosevic had 35.01 
percent. 


#4.
Brother Says Milosevic no Power-hungry Monster

MOSCOW, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The brother of President Slobodan Milosevic said 
on Tuesday the Yugoslav leader was not a monster, bent on hanging on to power 
at all costs. 

Borislav Milosevic, Yugoslavia's ambassador to Russia, also said his brother 
was likely to stay in his own country whenever he retired from politics, 
despite pressure from the West. 

``The president of Yugoslavia will act according to the constitution,'' 
Borislav told Ekho Moskvy radio. ``If a situation arises...where he has to 
leave office, he will leave.'' 

``Hang on to power by any means? Why? Is he a monster? I do not see such an 
outcome,'' he added. 

The West has already said Milosevic lost Sunday's presidential election and 
has urged him not to rig the results. 

The Yugoslav election commission has yet to announce official results. Both 
Milosevic's supporters and those of opponent Vojislav Kostunica have already 
declared victory. 

Milosevic told the radio the result would be announced on Wednesday evening, 
although the Federal Election Commission had earlier said in Belgrade it 
would not come until Thursday. 

He rejected Western accusations that the authorities were planning to falsify 
the outcome and said the delay in announcing the final tally was due to a 
lack of modern computer technology. 

Milosevic said his brother was not worried about possibly having to leave 
Yugoslavia at the end of his political career and saw a cosy future for a man 
who is an indicted war criminal. 

``When he reaches his pension I think Slobodan Milosevic will stay in his own 
country, with his grandchildren, with his children. Why should he leave his 
homeland?'' 


#5.
Serb Opposition Seeks Street Support for Poll Win

By Beti Bilandzic

BELGRADE, Sept 27 (Reuters) - The Yugoslav opposition was urging people into 
the streets on Wednesday to back its claim to outright victory in elections 
and deny President Slobodan Milosevic a second round of voting, after he lost 
the first. 

The opposition party bloc insisted that their candidate Vojislav Kostunica 
had won Sunday's crucial presidential elections with at least 54 percent of 
the vote. 

It rejected an order by the state Electoral Commission for a runoff vote and 
called a rally in front of Belgrade's federal parliament on Wednesday evening 
to declare victory. 

The rally also looks likely to become a protest against the official election 
results putting Kostunica ahead of Milosevic with around 48 percent of the 
vote -- just short of the 50 percent needed for outright victory. 

However opposition leaders said they would give the Electoral Commission a 
chance to back down. 

``The rallies planned for tomorrow are going ahead and depending on the final 
ruling of the commission we will either have a celebration or a protest,'' 
said the head of the opposition Democratic Party, Zoran Djindjic. 

Milosevic's admission that he was behind Kostunica, after three days of 
silence, came in a surprise announcement on Wednesday by the Election 
Commission -- which had promised official results on Thursday -- that 
Kostunica had won 48.22 percent against Milosevic's 40.23 percent. 

DEFEAT IS BIGGEST SETBACK FOR MILOSEVIC IN 13 YEARS 

The result was the greatest setback Milosevic has absorbed in 13 years in 
power during which Yugoslavia has suffered the ravages of ethnic wars, 
political isolation and international economic and diplomatic sanctions. 

Kostunica immediately rejected participation in a runoff vote with Milosevic, 
which the state news agency Tanjug said would be held on October 8. 

``The Socialists are trying to bargain their way into a second round for 
Slobodan Milosevic. It is of course an offer that can and must be refused,'' 
Kostunica said in a written statement carried by the independent Serbian news 
agency Beta. 

He called the Commission's decision an insult to all who voted and accused 
Milosevic of trying to divide his backers. 

``Milosevic's regime is trying to buy some time and trying to provoke 
disturbance among the citizens and quarrels within the democratic 
opposition,'' he said. 

Kostunica's stance won backing from the West, which had warned Milosevic, 
indicted by the U.N. tribunal in the Hague as a suspected war criminal, not 
to try to rig the vote. 

In Washington, White House spokesman Joe Lockhart said the Belgrade 
government's failure to award victory to the opposition ``is highly suspect, 
given the other credible reports that came out of the polling.'' 

Britain said it was clear Milosevic had lost and urged him to hand over power 
peacefully. 

Even Serbia's sister republic Montenegro, which has a pro-Western leadership, 
warned that Milosevic's runoff proposal was a trick the opposition must be 
careful to avoid. 

``The opposition would be making a huge, huge mistake by accepting,'' deputy 
Prime Minister Dragisa Burzan told Reuters. 

POLL BOYCOTT COULD HELP MILOSEVIC, DIPLOMAT SAYS 

But a Western diplomat in Belgrade said a boycott of the second round could 
play into Milosevic's hands by allowing him to accuse the opposition of 
hindering the democratic process. 

Milosevic may also try to provoke some crisis that would indefinitely 
postpone the second round of voting, he added. 

Opposition celebrations turned into protests in several towns across Serbia, 
Yugoslavia's main republic, on Tuesday after the Election Commission 
published its results. 

More than 5,000 opposition supporters gathered at a central square in the 
northern city of Novi Sad, while in the central town of Cacak, some 15,000 
people attended another rally called before the electoral commission 
announcement. 

``Serbian citizens will not allow someone to erase their votes,'' the head of 
the Cacak local government, Milan Kandic, told the crowd. Protests were also 
held in other towns, such as Jagodina and Cuprija, Beta reported. 

It was the third day of rallies called to celebrate what opposition leaders 
said was a clear presidential victory for Kostunica over the embattled 
Yugoslav leader, whom they blame for widespread poverty and growing 
international ostracism. 

Amid the opposition euphoria, some analysts said it was not yet clear whether 
Kostunica could mobilise the masses to pour into the streets. 

Ljubica Markovic, editor-in-chief of Beta, said on Wednesday an opposition 
rally the previous evening had not drawn as many people as expected, 
``because it seems as if victory is not certain. There is still nothing 
really to celebrate.'' 


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>September 26, 2000
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>Dear Friend:
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>The Kasich Amendment to the military construction authorization is still 
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>I-Background:
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>Congressman John Kasich (R-OH) offered in June an amendment to the military 
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>The measure passed by a vote of 264 to 153.  A similar amendment, offered 
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>
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>
>? We should not tie our policy in the Balkans to the whether other 
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>
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>
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Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 23:53:45 EDT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Electoral Body Sets Runoff for Milosevic, Foe/ANALYSIS-Wary Kosovo Ponders Life after Milosevic/Russia: Don't Interfere in Belgrade/Ex-KLA Chief Warns Yugoslav Leaders/200,000 Milosevic Opponents Rally
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1. Electoral Body Sets Runoff for Milosevic, Foe
2. ANALYSIS-Wary Kosovo Ponders Life after Milosevic
3. Russia: Don't Interfere in Belgrade
4. Ex-KLA Chief Warns Yugoslav Leaders
5. 200,000 Milosevic Opponents Rally

******

#1.
Electoral Body Sets Runoff for Milosevic, Foe

By Fredrik Dahl

BELGRADE, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Yugoslavia's electoral body ruled on Thursday 
President Slobodan Milosevic and challenger Vojislav Kostunica must undergo a 
second round of elections on October 8 because neither won a majority in the 
first. 

The verdict by the state-dominated commission flew in the face of assertions 
by the opposition bloc that Kostunica won outright in Sunday's polls and 
raised the spectre of an explosive street confrontation with the government. 

Opposition leaders, flexing newfound muscles before around 200,000 faithful 
massed in Belgrade on Wednesday night, vowed no compromise with Milosevic 
that would see them submitting to a runoff following alleged ballot-rigging 
on Sunday. 

``This time it will not take them 88 days to accept the truth, they have less 
than 24 hours to do that,'' Kostunica said in a rousing speech to a huge 
crowd packed into a city centre square, hinting at huge popular demand for 
Milosevic to bow out. 

Kostunica was recalling a three-month campaign of nightly street protests in 
1996-97 that eventually forced Milosevic to admit defeat in municipal 
elections, whose results the government was accused of falsifying. 

Opposition leaders were so riven by feuding then that they proved unable to 
capitalise on their victory and Milosevic entrenched himself in power. 

ELECTORAL COMMISSION SAYS VOTE NOT CLEARCUT 

Contradicting what the opposition and supportive Western governments called 
overwhelming evidence of Kostunica's absolute majority, the electoral 
commission said the outcome was inconclusive and it voted 10-3 to sanction a 
second round. 

``Based on the final results from 10,673 polling sites ... presidential 
candidate Vojislav Kostunica won 2,474,392 votes, or 48.96 percent, and 
Slobodan Milosevic 1,951,761 votes, or 38.62 percent,'' the commission said 
in a statement carried by the official news agency Tanjug. 

On Tuesday, the commission had issued preliminary figures that it said showed 
Milosevic had won 2,026,478 votes, or 40.25 percent, and Kostunica 2,428,714, 
or 48.22 percent. 

Milosevic loyalists who head the commission sought to explain the difference 
on Thursday by saying the number of registered voters had been pinpointed at 
7,249,831. On Tuesday and before the vote, a figure of 7,848,818 was given. 

``Neither of the candidates won a majority of the votes ... Therefore, there 
will be a second round on Sunday, October 8,'' the commission statement said. 

An opposition member of the commission said the runoff was mandated after 
permanent, Milosevic-aligned members of the body insisted on an immediate 
vote to certify results suddenly presented by the body's president. 

OPPOSITION SAYS UNABLE TO CHECK RESULTS 

``He (was) ... holding in his hand an unsigned piece of paper saying the 
figures had been provided by the Yugoslav Statistics Office,'' Sinisa Nikolic 
of the Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS) told Reuters. 

``We were not allowed to inspect the election material.'' 

Asked about the commission's decision, Zoran Djindjic, one of the DOS leaders 
and manager of Kostunica's election campaign, said Milosevic could no longer 
treat his people like fools. 

``This is not the same Serbia as it was 10 years ago, the Serbia that he 
Milosevic could ... play with like a retarded child with a toy,'' Djindjic 
told Reuters. 

``With this act he (Milosevic) is not only risking his presidential post but 
much more,'' he said, without elaborating. 

At Wednesday's rally, Kostunica did not say what the opposition would do to 
support its claim, based on figures from activists at polling stations around 
the country, that he garnered over 50 percent of the vote on Sunday. 

Armed with these figures, he reiterated that he would boycott any runoff 
against Milosevic. 

The opposition believes calling a second round is simply a manoeuvre that 
Milosevic will exploit to stay in office. 

``We will do everything in our power, but without violence as they do, so 
that the truth surfaces,'' said Kostunica. 

PRECARIOUS SITUATION FOR OPPOSITION 

But analysts say the opposition has a risky road before it. 

They say the bigger, more sustained and strident demonstrations get, the 
greater the chance of violence between opposition supporters and Milosevic's 
dreaded security forces. 

The Serbian leader might then accuse his foes of trying to overthrow him by 
fomenting anarchy with Western help and then cancel any voting, salvaging his 
grip on rule, some say. 

Late on Wednesday Yugoslav Foreign Minister Zivadin Jovanovic accused Western 
powers of using foreign and Yugoslav media and huge amounts of money to 
destabilise the country and put pressure on the government. 

``We are talking primarily about media and political pressure, as well as 
pressure through big money,'' Jovanovic told Serbian state television. 

Wednesday's popular outpouring in Belgrade was the biggest show of defiance 
against Milosevic, whose 13-year tenure has seen the country laid low by 
ethnic wars, economic meltdown and international isolation. 

Rallies were held elsewhere. Some 50,000 opposition backers demonstrated in th
e northwestern Serbian city of Novi Sad. 

``We are fighting for democracy, democracy is based on truth, not on lies. 
The truth is that we won these elections and they lost,'' Kostunica said, as 
people sang ``Slobodan, Slobodan, save Serbia and kill yourself!.'' 

Security forces kept a low profile and Wednesday's Belgrade rally was 
peaceful, despite warnings of provocation and tension over a last-minute 
police order to move the venue from a much larger space in front of the 
Yugoslav parliament. 

In Washington President Bill Clinton accused Milosevic of trying to steal the 
election from the opposition and said the United States would support the 
people of Serbia. 

But the sobering message from NATO Secretary-General George Robertson was: 
``The next chapter in the democratisation of Yugoslavia is in the hands of 
the people of Yugoslavia themselves.'' 


#2.
ANALYSIS-Wary Kosovo Ponders Life after Milosevic

By Douglas Hamilton
  
PRISTINA, Yugoslavia, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Kosovo Albanians on Wednesday began 
coming to grips with the prospect of change in Serbia -- by no means an 
obvious cause for celebration here. 

Grasping a subject dismissed as irrelevant, even injurious, to Kosovo's will 
to independence, political analysts reluctantly started pondering life after 
Slobodan Milosevic. 

Yugoslavia's veteran president officially lost to his rival Vojislav 
Kostunica in the first round of Sunday's presidential election. Milosevic 
wants a runoff contest, but Kostunica refuses, saying he has already won an 
absolute majority. 

Kosovo Albanians needed no encouragement from their leaders to ignore the 
Yugoslav election. They shunned it as a purely Serbian affair that made no 
difference to their lives or future, since they vow never to be part of 
Yugoslavia again. 

Western sponsors of self-government in Kosovo, most of them NATO allies whose 
bombing compelled Milosevic to withdraw his forces from Kosovo last year, view
 that stance as short-sighted, selfish, suspicious and naive, and hope it 
will change. 

``They have to be mature and think of the stability of the region. It's wrong 
to think their neighbour's problems are somehow a good thing for Kosovo,'' a 
European Union analyst said. 

LOSING THE PERFECT FOIL 

But foreign powers in the ethnically-divided Balkans have a long way to go to 
convince people whose wounds are still fresh that the Serbian leopard can 
change his spots. Many think the West is the one that is naive. 

As Serbs awaited the next act in their tense political drama, Kosovo 
Albanians broached the subject warily and in typical Balkans fashion, zeroing 
in on the alleged background of the man on whom the international community 
focuses its hopes. 

Some warned that victory for Kostunica would rob Kosovo of its perfect foil 
in Milosevic, a murderous neighbour who no people could reasonably be 
expected to live with. Such a victory could also siphon off millions in 
international aid from Kosovo to Serbia. 

The leading daily, Koha Ditore, echoing a charge now making the rounds, 
called Kostunica a ``man who had his picture taken with Serb paramilitaries 
in Kosovo holding a Kalashnikov, who supported (Bosnian Serb hardliner) 
Radovan Karadzic and who refuses to collaborate'' with the international war 
crimes court. 

The Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), the political offspring of the KLA 
guerrilla movement, also sounded cynical. 

``While it would be in our interest if a democratic force won there, 
Milosevic's victory would be a more favourable position, because the crimes 
he committed in Kosovo are known to the whole world,'' said PDK general 
secretary Jakup Krasniqi. 

The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), led by veteran pacifist Ibrahim 
Rugova, took a wait-and-see stance, saying a lot would depend on the stand a 
new Belgrade would take towards Kosovo's right to self-determination. But it 
too saw no evidence that Kostunica would be different from Milosevic. 

The smaller AAK coalition was one of the few on Wednesday to express views 
that will be applauded in Western capitals. 

``We will welcome the defeat of the dictatorial regime by a democratic force 
that would contribute to stability in the region...A candidate suitable for 
negotiation with the West would be good also for the people of Kosovo and for 
the others in the region,'' said Bujar Dugolli of the AAK. 

VOICES OF PRAGMATISM 

Much of what the party leaders say is tainted by campaigning for municipal 
elections on October 28, Kosovo's first test in democracy since the United 
Nations established a protectorate in the former Serbian province in June 
1999. 

Westerners who told Kosovars to take Kostunica's stump speeches with a pinch 
of salt argued that it would be impossible for him to get elected in Serbia 
on a pro-Kosovo independence plank. Similarly, it will be very hard to draw 
votes here on any platform favouring rapid reconciliation with Belgrade. 

But pragmatic voices are making themselves heard. 

Koha Ditore publisher Veton Surroi, a respected independent voice of Kosovo, 
recalled satirical suggestions that Milosevic statues be erected in all the 
Yugoslav republics which his Serbian nationalist had propelled to 
independence. 

``With him next door two things were almost guaranteed: one, that he would 
work on destabilising operations in Kosova, second, that whatever we might 
be, we would still be cuter than Milosevic's Serbia,'' Surroi said. 

``But let's see things otherwise: why shouldn't we be happy for any possible 
change in Serbia?'' Surroi wrote. 

``Firstly, the main person responsible for 10 years' crimes in Kosova will 
step down. Second, whoever comes after should be more reasonable, and Kosova, 
looking from a perspective of future negotiations on its final status, needs 
such people for discussion.'' 

Columnist Milazim Krasniqi, of Kosova Sot newspaper, identified crucial 
changes which Kosovo should look for from a new Serbian leadership, starting 
with the removal of fascism and recognition of the rights of their 
neighbours. 

``Kostunica's possible victory is a double-edged blade: it can be favourable 
for the beginning of a process of in-depth changes in Serbia and for the 
relaxation of the region, but it can also encourage the project for the 
reintegration of Kosova in some (federal) scheme with Serbia and Montenegro. 

``Albanian policy in Kosova should work on strengthening the political, state 
and national identity of this country, towards full independence, 
internationally recognised, and not to be overtaken by 'integration projects' 
in the Balkans.'' 


#3.
Russia: Don't Interfere in Belgrade

By JIM HEINTZ
  
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia warned Wednesday against any international intervention 
in Yugoslavia, as Western leaders harshly criticized President Slobodan 
Milosevic for clinging to power after an apparent election loss. 

Many international observers say Milosevic lost outright to challenger 
Vojislav Kostunica, but Milosevic has defied calls to step down. The 
country's central elections commission says a run-off is necessary because 
Kostunica got just under 50 percent - a result being widely questioned 
abroad. 

Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov warned against other countries taking 
any action. 

Russia ``stands firmly for the peoples of Yugoslavia to have full freedom to 
express their will without internal or external pressure,'' Ivanov said. 

``It is important not to allow destabilization of the situation, which would 
play into the hands only of those powers that are not interested in 
preserving a single Yugoslavia and restoring its place in the world arena,'' 
he said. 

Western countries, however, said Milosevic had lost and should leave power. 

``It certainly appears from a distance that they had a free election and 
somebody's trying to take it away from them,'' President Clinton said 
Wednesday. ``The government's official election commission has no credibility 
whatever.'' 

Russia vehemently opposed the NATO-led bombing campaign against Yugoslavia 
last year, but has shown signs of trying to distance itself from Milosevic in 
recent months. Ivanov's use of the phrase ``express their will'' echoed 
phrases by foreign leaders who claim Milosevic is thwarting a clear 
opposition victory. 

Ivanov also urged all political forces in Yugoslavia to act ``strictly in the 
framework of legality, according to the ITAR-Tass news agency. 

German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer said Russia should use its 
traditional friendship with Serbia, which along with Montenegro makes up 
Yugoslavia, to work for a solution. 

``Milosevic has lost, the opposition has won,'' Fischer said. ``Russia plays 
a very important role here because of its traditional closeness to Serbia. We 
expect our Russian partners as well to become actively engaged here.'' 

Turkey's Defense Minister Sabhattin Cakmakoglu said Wednesday that ``NATO 
will intervene if there is a crisis'' in Yugoslavia. 

But NATO Secretary-General George Robertson said on Tuesday that there was no 
concentration of NATO troops along the border and other Western officials 
gave no hint of any possible intervention. 

Some leaders combined their criticisms with suggestions of better relations 
if Milosevic yields. 

French President Jacques Chirac said his country, which currently holds the 
chairmanship of the European Union, ``will commit to a radical change of 
attitude'' toward Yugoslavia, including pushing for lifting economic 
sanctions, if Milosevic steps down. 

The sanctions have hurt the country already weakened by war and lifting them 
could also break down Yugoslavia's isolation from the rest of Europe. Echoing 
the idea, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said, ``a democratic Yugoslavia,
 in which human rights are respected, will once again take its rightful, 
equal place in Europe.'' 

Chirac was adamant in contending that Milosevic had lost. ``The current 
manipulations being carried out to steal the victory of the Serb people are 
useless tricks. They must stop,'' he said. 

Erkki Tuomioja, the foreign minister of Finland, said he backs France's 
proposal of dropping sanctions if Milosevic steps down. ``We have previously 
felt these sanctions are not appropriate,'' said Tuomioja. 


#4.
Ex-KLA Chief Warns Yugoslav Leaders

By BRIAN MURPHY

PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (AP) - Any attempts by Yugoslav leaders to return police 
or military units to Kosovo would ``bring another war'' that could trap 
NATO-led forces in the middle, the former Kosovo Liberation Army political 
chief warned Wednesday. 

The increasingly sharp comments by Hashim Thaci are part of efforts to tap 
into pro-independence sentiments and memories of the KLA's struggle against 
Serb forces before Oct. 28 municipal elections. Thaci's Democratic Party of 
Kosovo is particularly critical of the more moderate positions of ethnic 
Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova. 

Thaci made it clear there would be no compromise on permitting Yugoslav 
security forces back in Kosovo. Such a move has been suggested by opposition 
leader Vojislav Kostunica in the campaign to unseat Yugoslav President 
Slobodan Milosevic. 

``If they attempt to bring back the Serb army and police to Kosovo ... that 
would re-ignite the conflict in Kosovo and bring another war,'' he said in an 
interview with The Associated Press. 

Such a showdown would place NATO-led peacekeepers in the very difficult 
position of tolerating their former Serb foes - the Serbs could only come 
back if allowed to do so by Kosovo's U.N. administrators - while trying to 
quell the KLA rebels they had supported. 

The United Nations mandate to run Kosovo allows for a limited force of 
Yugoslav troops and police to return and assist peacekeepers in guarding 
borders, churches and historical monuments. 

Meanwhile, Kosovo has its own political tensions - violence linked to next 
month's municipal elections has escalated, including arson attacks on 
political offices. 

Several thousand Rugova supporters flocked to Pristina's sports stadium 
Wednesday to hear him speak in his first pre-election rally since the 
campaigning period began two weeks ago. 

His Democratic League of Kosovo party, or LDK, ``stands strongly behind the 
realization of the independence of Kosovo,'' Rugova told a wildly cheering 
crowd. Teenagers hung out of car windows with horns blaring, waving black and 
red Albanian flags racing along the main roads of Pristina. 

Kosovo is still officially part of Yugoslavia, although it is run by the 
United Nations and NATO-led peacekeepers. Yugoslav forces pulled out of the 
province last year. 


#5.
200,000 Milosevic Opponents Rally

By JOVANA GEC
  
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - More than 200,000 joyful opponents of Slobodan 
Milosevic swarmed the capital's downtown district Wednesday, supporting an 
opposition claim of an electoral triumph over the Yugoslav president. 

Hours later, government early Thursday released final official figures 
showing that the opposition failed to win enough votes for first round 
victory in last weekend's election, prompting the opposition to threaten to 
increase the pressure against the president. 

The biggest demonstration ever against Milosevic completely blocked 
Belgrade's main streets around Republic Square. Much of the downtown area 
teemed with people waving flags and chanting: ``He's finished.'' 

Throughout Serbia, the main Yugoslav republic, thousands streamed into city 
streets, celebrating what they say was the opposition's stunning triumph in 
Sunday's presidential and parliamentary elections. 

The final voting figures from Sunday's balloting showed that opposition 
leader Vojislav Kostunica finished first with 46.4 percent of the 5.5 million 
votes to Milosevic's 38.6 percent, thereby forcing an Oct. 8 runoff. 

The opposition as well as President Clinton and other Western leaders had 
earlier rejected a runoff, saying Kostunica had won more than the required 50 
percent of votes cast to win outright. 

The announcement, distributed by the state news agency Tanjug, said Kostunica 
had fallen short of the required majority. The opposition, using figures from 
its poll watchers, claimed Kostunica won 52.5 percent to Milosevic's 32 
percent - enough for a first-round victory in the five-candidate field. 

Prior to the government announcement, Kostunica told the crowd there will be 
no runoff. 

``If we bargained with them, then we would recognize the lie instead of the 
truth,'' Kostunica said. ``If we bargain, we would recognize that the will of 
one man, Slobodan Milosevic, was stronger than the will of the entire 
nation.'' 

There was quick protest from the opposition to the final voting figures with 
campaign manager Zoran Djindjic saying protests would go beyond daily 
marches, which in the past have failed to remove the Milosevic government. 

``We will call for a total blockade of the system and institutions,'' 
Djindjic told Index radio early Thursday without elaboration. 

And opposition member of the electoral commission, Sinisa Nikolic, said the 
head of the body simply presented delegates with figures late Wednesday 
without allowing them to inspect the returns. 

In New York on Wednesday, former Prime Minister Milan Panic urged Russia, 
Yugoslavia's traditional ally, to offer Milosevic exile in order to spare the 
country from civil war. 

``Otherwise, conflict is almost inevitable,'' said Panic, who was defeated by 
Milosevic for the Serbian presidency in December 1992. 

To avoid conflict, Panic suggested Russian President Vladimir Putin send a 
plane to Belgrade ``to take Milosevic and his clique out.'' 

During Wednesday's protest, demonstrators threw firecrackers and flares, and 
waved thousands of banners reading ``He's done with,'' referring to 
Milosevic's apparent stunning defeat in the presidential election. 

In the center of the square, a note displayed on a digital clock read 
``Slobo, where is your courage now?'' 

``Milosevic is a strongman left without his strength,'' said Kostunica, 
calling on the police and the army ``not to defend Milosevic's family, but 
the people.'' 

The huge crowd also marched past the Federal Parliament building, booing and 
jeering at state electoral officials meeting inside. The state election 
commission is to issue final, official results Thursday evening. 

Such a large opposition turnout - despite fears of clashes with police - 
indicates Milosevic's attempt to intimidate his opponents may fail. 

The victorious atmosphere in Belgrade also suggested the pro-democracy Serbs 
no longer fear Milosevic's autocratic government, sensing he may not be able 
to hold on much longer. 

Western leaders backed the opposition's claim of victory. In Washington, 
Clinton dismissed the runoff, saying, ``it certainly appears from a distance 
that they had a free election, and somebody's trying to take it away from 
them.'' 

``The government's official election commission has no credibility 
whatever,'' Clinton said. 

Russia, however, warned Western countries not to interfere in Yugoslavia. 
Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said Moscow ``stands firmly for the peoples of 
Yugoslavia to have full freedom to express their will without internal or 
external pressure'' and urged other countries ``not to allow destabilization 
of the situation.'' 

Meanwhile, Richard Holbrooke, the American ambassador to the United Nations, 
said his country will move to lift sanctions against Yugoslavia and restore 
its rights as a U.N. member state once the democratically elected challenger 
to Milosevic is installed in office. 

``If the winds of change blow true, a government in Belgrade committed to 
respecting the will of its people will take its rightful place in the 
international community,'' Holbrooke told the Security Council Wednesday in 
New York. 

Shortly before the Belgrade rally, Yugoslavia's foreign minister tried to 
discourage protests, appearing on state television and alleging other nations 
were meddling in Yugoslav affairs. 

Zivadin Jovanovic said pressure was being applied through foreign media and 
independent news organizations at home, which he said were trying to present 
a distorted picture of the country in service of Western enemies. 

Unmoved, the protesters shook baby rattles to show Milosevic's regime was 
broken and couldn't be fixed - playing on a Serbian expression ``broken like 
a baby's rattle'' to describe something that's beyond repair. 

``I can feel a lot of happiness in the air,'' psychologist Zarko Trebjesanin 
said of the mood in Belgrade. ``The genie of freedom and democracy has 
escaped from the bottle and it's impossible to push it back in.'' 

Opposition leaders, trying not to do anything that might give Milosevic a 
reason to crack down, did not contest a police order to move the rally from 
the initial venue - a platform in front of Yugoslavia's federal assembly - 
after authorities said it would disturb work of the state election 
commission. 


From juniku at hotmail.com  Thu Sep 28 02:05:01 2000
From: juniku at hotmail.com (Uk Lushi)
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 06:05:01 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Film on War Crimes in Kosova
Message-ID: <F1046HixqDCZx4FR0rm00005488@hotmail.com>



>From: Iliriana Mushkolaj <iliriana at usa.net>
>Reply-To: prishtina-e at alb-net.com
>To: prishtina-l at alb-net.com, prishtina-e at alb-net.com
>Subject: [Prishtina-E] Film on War Crimes in Kosova
>Date: 27 Sep 00 20:26:35 EDT
>
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>Kosovo: UN Investigation of War Crimes
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>FILM
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>Friday 9/29, 6:00PM, FREE
>
>American University
>Weschler Theater
>Mary Graydon Building, Third Floor
>4400 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
>Washington D.C.
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>Co-sponsored by AU's School of Communication
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>Kosova: From the Darkest Spring - Testimony of War Crimes
>
>When NATO troops advanced over the border to Kosva in the summer of 1999, 
>it
>became possible to investigate war crimes commited during campaign of 
>ethnic
>cleansing by Serbian authorities. Accompanying forensic pathologists from
>Kosova's Commission for the Missing, Maira Warsinski, a Norwegian 
>filmmaker,
>filmed their work identifying victims and developing evidence for war 
>crimes
>trials. She documented people telling their stories of persecution and
>massacre, and how they saw family members taken away. Many are still 
>searching
>for loved ones. Others are helping the pathologists with corpse
>identification. The film documents three months of the UN's investigation 
>in a
>searing account of what happened in Kosova from March to July 1999.
>
>Warsinski's first documentary, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (1998), detailing the
>destruction of Srebrenica through interviews with survivors, was shown at 
>the
>Human Rights Watch Film Festival in 1999. Warsinski will be present to 
>discuss
>her new Kosova film and place it in context at the screening.
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From kbejko at hotmail.com  Thu Sep 28 09:41:57 2000
From: kbejko at hotmail.com (Kreshnik Bejko)
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 13:41:57 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Zgjedhjet lokale/emigrantet
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Zgjedhjet lokale n? Shqip?ri dhe emigrant?t n? Greqi

Nga Gazmend Kapllani

ATHIN?, Greqi - Me sa duket "kontributi n? zgjedhje" i emigrant?ve shqiptar? 
n? Greqi p?r zgjedhjet lokale n? Shqip?ri nuk do t? ket? r?nd?si, ndryshe 
nga zgjedhjet e m?parshme n? t? cilat pjes?marrja e tyre ishte e dukshme.

Sidoqoft?, edhe protagonist?t e zgjedhjeve, vet? politikan?t, nuk duket se 
jan? t? shqet?suar shum? p?rsa i p?rket votave t? emigrant?ve. Shum? 
emigrant? shqiptar? duke p?rfituar nga dokumentet e tyre dhe nga pak dit? 
pushime, kryesisht n? gusht, erdh?n n? Shqip?ri k?t? vit, duke shkaktuar 
k?shtu nj? v?rshim t? v?rtet? t? numrit t? autobus?ve t? linj?s 
Athin?-Tiran?-Athin?. Por tani, n? prag t? zgjedhjeve, nuk duket se ?sht? 
shtuar l?vizja, gj? q? do t? tregonte nj? far? interesi nga ana e 
emigrant?ve shqiptar? p?r t? marr? pjes? n? zgjedhjet e 1 tetorit.

Arsyet duket se jan? t? shumta dhe t? ndryshme. Arsyeja kryesore mund t? 
jet? se k?to jan? zgjedhje lokale, jo parlamentare, ndaj jo dhe aq t? 
r?nd?sishme.

Nga ana tjet?r, edhe pse shum? emigrant? kan? dokumente t? ligjshme, ka 
shum? t? tjer? q? jan? ilegal? (m? se nj? e treta e shqiptar?ve n? Greqi) 
dhe asgj? nuk do t'i shtynte t? nd?rmerrnin p?rsip?r nj? aventur? t? till?. 
Ata e din? se kufiri ?sht? b?r? pothuajse i pakaluesh?m dhe se ?mimi i 
kalimit t? kufirit me viz? ka arritur shifra astronomike. Por edhe ata q? 
jan? t? pajisur me dokumente t? rregullta nuk d?shirojn? t? nd?rmarrin nj? 
udh?tim t? till? p?r shkak t? kostos s? udh?timit.

P?rve? k?saj, revoltat e vitit 1997, ngjarja m? trondit?se n? historin? e 
shtetit shqiptar, duket se ka ndikuar n? m?nyr?n se si emigrant?t e shohin 
t? tashmen dhe t? ardhmen e tyre. Dritani ?sht? 35 vje?, me diplom? n? 
filologji. N? Greqi punon lulishtar. Edhe pse Dritani ka kart? jeshile, e 
shoqja, e cila nuk mundi t? siguroj? dokumentet e nevojshme p?r sigurimet 
shoq?rore, ?sht? e regjistruar si nj? pjes?tare e familjes e mbrojtur n? 
kart?n e tij jeshile. Megjithat?, tani edhe pse ajo ka gjetur pun? dhe 
paguan sigurime, nuk mund t? punoj? pasi nuk e lejon ligji. Si pasoj?, ajo 
?sht? e detyruar t? mbetet e papun? p?rkoh?sisht dhe e regjistruar n? kart?n 
jeshile t? burrit t? saj! "Pse duhet t? shkoj t? votoj? Deri n? vitin 1997, 
kisha nj? far? shprese p?r t'u kthyer n? Shqip?ri...Pas revoltave, shpresat 
u shuan...Ndoshta duhet t? p?rgatitem shpirt?risht se nuk do t? kthehem m? 
n? Shqip?ri...Por edhe n? Greqi nuk jam absolutisht e sigurt se do t? mund 
t? q?ndroj gjat? viteve t? ardhshme..."

G?zimi ka t? nj?jtin mendim me Dritanin. "Politikan?t m? b?n? t? emigroj n? 
vitin 1997...Prandaj, a duhet t? shkoj e t? votoj tani?, pyet ai n? m?nyr? 
retorike.

Edhe pse Mimoza, pun?tore q? punon n?p?r sht?pi, ka q?ndruar si emigrante 
ilegale tre vjet, nuk do t? shkonte t? votonte edhe sikur t? kishte 
dokumente t? rregullta. "A kan? zgjidhur ndonj? problem t? emigrant?ve gjat? 
gjith? k?tyre viteve? Sigurisht q? jo...Kushdo q? t? vij? n? pushtet do t? 
vjedh?, nd?rsa emigrant?t duhet t? mb?shteten vet?m n? forcat e veta, 
krejt?sisht t? harruar dhe t? pambrojtur...Nj? vul? e thjesht? n? dokumente 
?sht? gjith?ka q? k?rkonte motra ime n? Ambasad?n Shqiptare, dhe e detyruan 
t? paguaj? 15 mij? dhrahmi. 15 mij? dhrahmi p?r nj? vul?...nga nj? emigrant 
q? e fiton me gjak ?do dhrahmi!".

Toli ka probleme t? tjera. Ai nuk ka kryer sh?rbimin ushtarak dhe ka frik? 
se do t? ket? prbleme n? Shqip?ri. Shoku i tij, Alban, thot? se nuk do q? t? 
p?rzihet me policin? greke n? kufi, pasi shum? her? gjejn? lloj-lloj 
justifikimesh p?r t? t? kthyer.

Violeta ?sht? 43 vje?; ajo ?sht? e pajisur me dokumente t? rregullta dhe 
punon si pastruese. "Un? dhe burri im humb?m n? firmat piramidale gjith?ka 
q? kishim kursyer gjat? gjasht? viteve q? kemi punuar si emigrant? ilegal?. 
5 milion? dhrahmi gjithsej". Kur e pyeta n?se do t? shkoj? t? votoj?, ajo 
qesh me ironi. "Nj? person na tha se do t? na b?nte t? pasur dhe t? lumtur 
dhe ne u treguam naiv? dhe votuam p?r t?...Dhe e pam? se ?far? na 
ndodhi...Nj? tjet?r na tha se do t? na i kthente parat?...Ne votuam p?r 
t?...Nuk pam? asnj? qindark?. Kjo ?sht? e mjaftueshme".

Nj? faktor tjet?r shum? i r?nd?sish?m q? ua zbeh kurajon ?sht? frika se mund 
t? shp?rthejn? p?rs?ri revolta para ose pas zgjedhjeve. Kjo frik? vjen nga 
situata e tensionuar q? ekziston aktualisht.

Agroni nuk e ka k?t? frik?. Ai thot? se do t? shkoj? t? votoj?, sepse 
d?shiron nj? t? ardhme m? t? mir? p?r vendin e tij. Megjithat?, n? fund m? 
tregon se i ati ?sht? an?tar i nj? partie dhe se "lidhjet e familjes s? tij 
jan? shum? t? ngushta me k?t? parti".

Sidoqoft?, shumica e atyre q? kemi pyetur, edhe pse nuk kan? parap?lqime t? 
m?dha politike, shpresojn? q? Berisha t? humb? zgjedhjet. S? pari, sepse ata 
e konsiderojn? p?rgjegj?s p?r "zhdukjen" e parave p?rmes firmave piramidale. 
S? dyti, sepse ai do t? krijoj? probleme n? marr?dh?niet shqiptaro-greke, 
dhe p?r pasoj? "operacionet e kthimit" t? emigrant?ve (si? ka ndodhur n? t? 
kaluar?n) do t? b?hen edhe m? diskriminuese dhe t? shumta. (AIM)

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From ipilika at hotmail.com  Thu Sep 28 11:37:47 2000
From: ipilika at hotmail.com (Iris Pilika)
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 15:37:47 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] A Reign of Terror
Message-ID: <F263cVXqxsD1Ty9CMdZ00005f05@hotmail.com>

A Reign of Terror
Part One of TIME's report on a U.S. Army investigation into abuse of 
civilians in Kosovo
By MARK THOMPSON Washington

Even before the U.S. Army released its report into the abuse of civilians by 
GIs in Kosovo, the word was out: A tiny knot of American soldiers had 
harassed and assaulted Kosovar civilians because the troops had prepared for 
war and had not be inadequately schooled in peace-keeping. "As a result, the 
[U.S. troops] experienced difficulties tempering their combat mentality for 
adapting and transitioning to the Kosovo [mission]," Col. John Morgan III 
concluded in a report. "In [this] environment, the unit's overly aggressive 
tendencies were manifested in practices such as the unit slogan, 'Shoot 'em 
in the face,' and their standard operating procedure of pointing the M-4 
carbine weapon system with the attached maglight in the face of local 
nationals in order to illuminate their faces."

The investigation was ordered by Gen. Eric Shinseki, the Army chief of 
staff, after Staff Sgt. Frank Ronghi was charged with raping and murdering a 
Kosovar Albanian girl in January. True, the guilty were only a dozen or so 
members of the storied 82nd Airborne Division, but the blame seeps far 
higher up the chain of command. Their woes began shortly after the 3rd 
Battalion of the 504th Parachute Regiment arrived in the Balkans last 
September. Once deployed to the town of Vitina, the soldiers morphed, 
figuratively if not literally, into cops, in theory poised delicately 
between the minority Serb population and Kosovar Albanians eager for revenge 
against the horrors wrought upon the Albanians by Serbian forces. The report 
concluded that top U.S. officers in the town favored Serbs, who accounted 
for about a third of the populace, over Albanians, who made up the rest.

The Army began to learn of the rot in the unit at ID TK Merita Shahibu's 
funeral. "If they can beat us," senior officers were told about the 3/504th, 
"they can also kill us." Nearly all the trouble occurred in Ronghi's unit. 
During one demonstration in January, the soldiers "verbally antagonized" the 
people they were charged with protecting. "Get the f--- out of here!" some 
of the GIs yelled at the Albanian Kosovars. "Shut the f--- up!" In many 
cases, those being sworn at didn't understand English, the report said.

"What the f--- are you doing?" a GI bellowed at an Albanian man who had 
slipped into him on an icy Vitina street. The soldier then "head-butted" the 
man with his Kevlar helmet, bloodying his nose, before Ronghi walloped him 
"with great force" in the head, leaving him dazed. The man was later 
discovered to be deaf-mute. In another case, a U.S. soldier used his machine 
gun to pin a man against a wall who seemed unwilling to answer questions; he 
was later found to be deaf.

"Many soldiers let the perceived power go to their heads, and that power was 
abused," one unidentified soldier told investigators. "It was routine for 
soldiers to use unnecessary and unprovoked physical force with the people of 
Vitina. Soldiers would spit on locals, push them on the streets, poke the 
women with sticks, and generally act like barbarians." One day when Vitina's 
streets were crowded with shoppers, a group of four soldiers, including 
Ronghi, "assaulted several females when they touched [their] hair, grabbed 
their buttocks and their body parts and spoke to them in a seductive manner. 
One soldier later confided that he groped the women "just to get a cheap 
thrill."

A civilian translator said he watched the soldiers stop women between the 
age of 15 and 25 on the sidewalks, and then hand-cuff their "husbands or 
fathers, boyfriends or brothers" who came to the women's aid. Then they 
would slap the cuffed men and punch them in their groins. "Some of the men 
were flexi-cuffed [plastic handcuffs] while they were being hit multiple 
times by various members of the squad, and they were not able to fight back 
or defend themselves," the interpreter said. "They would also grab people 
who were watching what was going on, handcuff them, and hit them also."

"The 3/504 was very heavy-handed with the people in Vitina," said an 
unidentified lieutenant colonel who witnessed the unit in action. "I tend to 
think that human dignity and respect are values, and not just rules of 
engagement," he said. "We, as Americans, have an innate feeling for what is 
right and wrong."

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From ipilika at hotmail.com  Thu Sep 28 11:38:37 2000
From: ipilika at hotmail.com (Iris Pilika)
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 15:38:37 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Actions Louder Than Words
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TIME EUROPE
Saturday, September 23, 2000

Actions Louder Than Words
The conclusion of TIME's report on a U.S. Army investigation into abuse of 
civilians in Kosovo
By MARK THOMPSON Washington

The U.S. Army was not pleased by the actions and abuse chronicled in the 
Morgan report. "The incidents detailed in this report of investigation are 
not in keeping with the Army's core values and should never have occurred," 
the Army said in a statement accompanying the report. "Even though this 
behavior appears to have been limited to a small number of soldiers, Army 
leaders at all levels must remain vigilant to ensure this behavior or the 
conditions that might foster this type of behavior do not reoccur."

This is not to suggest peacekeeping ? where a mistake can kill ? is easy. 
But the Army designed its rules of engagement to ensure civilian casualties 
are kept to a minimum. Soldiers are instructed to call back to headquarters 
and ask permission to "go red" ? prepare to fire their weapons ? unless 
their lives are in imminent danger. NATO rules also required each to carry a 
blue pocket card detailing how civilians are to be treated. "Use the minimum 
force necessary to accomplish your mission," it began. "Treat everyone, 
including civilians and detained hostile forces/belligerents, humanely." 
Locals had been told never to approach soldiers with their hands hidden. 
Invariably, not everyone gets the message. One soldier threw a man to the 
ground, handcuffed him and had him taken away to jail. "I later found out," 
the unidentified private said ruefully, "that the man was asking me for a 
lighter."

The report criticized the battalion commander, Lt. Col. Michael Ellerbe, for 
ignoring claims that his men were mistreating the civilians they were 
supposed to be protecting. "Unit members violated the limits and terms of 
their military assignments by intimidating, interrogating, abusing and 
beating Albanians and by traveling outside of their physically assigned 
sector to conduct some of these activities," the report said. "The facts 
reveal several incidents of soldier misconduct towards females, including 
inappropriate touching, grabbing of breasts and buttocks and the perception 
of Kosovar females of improper searches conducted by soldiers." Ellerbe 
didn't see it that way. "My goal was to eliminate the [para-military Kosovar 
Albanians] and to maintain a safe and secure environment, which is what my 
unit was attempting to do," he told investigators.

But they crossed the line. U.S. troops took an Albanian man suspected of 
wrongdoing to a field outside of town, where they measured his height. The 
GIs "proceeded to dig a grave in front of the Albanian," and then declared 
"that if he did not tell him what he wanted to know that they were going to 
shoot him, and bury him, and that no one would ever know," an unidentified 
soldier said.

Many of the confessions transcribed in the report have a 
"suddenly-I-realized-I-was-wrong" tone. But sometimes, actions speak louder 
than words. In some cases, the U.S. troops ? contrary to their 
chocolate-tossing image ? were little more than the infamous "Blue Meanies" 
that terrorized Pepperland in the Beatles' Yellow Submarine movie. Soldiers 
would knock down the carefully-constructed stacks of cigarette packs that 
vendors had built.

Platoon leader 1st Lt. John S. Serafini had this thing about snowballs, 
common in the Balkans in the winter. "If he saw anyone with snowballs, he 
would take them from them and step on the snowballs," said an unidentified 
civilian interpreter. "He said he did this because he hated snowballs."

Army officials insist that its brutish soldiers in Kosovo were only a tiny 
slice of its 5,500-strong force there. They express concern that the dirty 
deeds perpetrated by a dozen thugs could overshadow the good work done by 
thousands of their compatriots.



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Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 11:40:58 EDT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Green Card Lottery
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From i_spaho at hotmail.com  Thu Sep 28 13:04:19 2000
From: i_spaho at hotmail.com (irma spaho)
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 17:04:19 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Joke of the Day
Message-ID: <F3022AhGwEUJlWZO8x9000067a1@hotmail.com>


Computer Acronyms

PCMCIA - People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms

BASIC - Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control

ISDN - It Still Does Nothing
APPLE - Arrogance Produces Profit-Losing Entity

WWW - World Wide Wait

SCSI - System Can't See It

DOS - Defunct Operating System

IBM - I Blame Microsoft

DEC - Do Expect Cuts

CD-ROM - Consumer Device, Rendered Obsolete in Months

OS/2 - Obsolete Soon, Too

MACINTOSH - Most Applications Crash; If Not, The Operating
System Hangs

PENTIUM - Produces Erroneous Numbers Thru Incorrect
Understanding of Mathematics

COBOL - Completely Obsolete Business Oriented Language

AMIGA - A Merely Insignificant Game Addiction

LISP - Lots of Infuriating & Silly Parentheses

MIPS - Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed

WINDOWS - Will Install Needless Data On Whole System

  GIRO - Garbage In Rubbish Out

MICROSOFT - Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software Only Fools
Teenagers

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From i_spaho at hotmail.com  Thu Sep 28 13:54:37 2000
From: i_spaho at hotmail.com (irma spaho)
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 17:54:37 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Need Help!!!
Message-ID: <F121CCEAsGLYFFc5tF100002268@hotmail.com>

Tung te gjitheve!

Dje me kontaktoi nje vajze 18 vjecare nga Korca qe nuk e njoh, por do doja 
ta ndihmoja si shqiptare, dhe e vetme qe eshte ne nje vend te huaj. Sapo ka 
ardhur si studente ne Salt Lake City per te studiuar Psikologji ne 
Westminster College, por ata te shkolles i kane ofruar vetem $4000.00 nga 
$18.000 qe eshte tuition dhe nuk eshte ne gjendje as te paguaje qirane e 
muajit tjeter. Me fjale te tjera ka mbetur ne rruge te madhe, dhe familja 
ime pranoi ta strehoje ne St. Louis derisa te gjeje nje mundesi financimi 
per semestrin tjeter. Do t'ju isha teper mirenjohese nese do me ndihmonit me 
informacion per ndonje kolegj te lire ne zonen e Bostonit ose ne qytetet 
perreth, qe te beje transferimin nga Salt Lake City ketu.

Faleminderit per konsiderimin dhe kohen.

Irma
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From mqoshja at statestreet.com  Thu Sep 28 15:15:08 2000
From: mqoshja at statestreet.com (mqoshja at statestreet.com)
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 15:15:08 -0400
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] RE: Need Help!!!
Message-ID: <OFF542478C.2B5E6B17-ON85256968.006A027F@ssb.com>

Irma me sa di une U-MASS dhe Bunker Hill Comunity College mund te kene
programe te lira. Thuaji te kotrolloje webb site per te dyja.
Monika

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             PDhima at eYak.com; letakoci at yahoo.com; alb-club at alb-net.com;
             kulufi at hotmail.com; fatosxh at bu.edu; suela79 at hotmail.com;
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   Subject:  Need Help!!!

   Tung te gjitheve!

   Dje me kontaktoi nje vajze 18 vjecare nga Korca qe nuk e njoh, por do
   doja
   ta ndihmoja si shqiptare, dhe e vetme qe eshte ne nje vend te huaj. Sapo
   ka
   ardhur si studente ne Salt Lake City per te studiuar Psikologji ne
   Westminster College, por ata te shkolles i kane ofruar vetem $4000.00
   nga
   $18.000 qe eshte tuition dhe nuk eshte ne gjendje as te paguaje qirane e
   muajit tjeter. Me fjale te tjera ka mbetur ne rruge te madhe, dhe
   familja
   ime pranoi ta strehoje ne St. Louis derisa te gjeje nje mundesi
   financimi
   per semestrin tjeter. Do t'ju isha teper mirenjohese nese do me
   ndihmonit me
   informacion per ndonje kolegj te lire ne zonen e Bostonit ose ne qytetet
   perreth, qe te beje transferimin nga Salt Lake City ketu.

   Faleminderit per konsiderimin dhe kohen.

   Irma
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From i_spaho at hotmail.com  Thu Sep 28 16:24:51 2000
From: i_spaho at hotmail.com (irma spaho)
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 20:24:51 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] O Tempora O  Mores
Message-ID: <F10FVWS8Y4NMuQppMBn00007f23@hotmail.com>


TIRANA (Reuters) - An Albanian campaigning for a post as mayor has promised
to reward voters with by opening brothels if they back him, a newspaper
reported Thursday.

Koha Jone said Niko Veizi, Socialist Party candidate in the southern city of
Vlore, announced on television he would permit brothels to open for the 
first
time in some 60 years if he won the mayoral election on October 1.

It was unclear how Veizi intended to keep his electoral promise as
prostitution is illegal in the former hardline communist Balkan nation.


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From kosova1 at hotmail.com  Thu Sep 28 13:50:54 2000
From: kosova1 at hotmail.com (Engjëll Koliqi)
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 13:50:54 CEST
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] {QIKSH =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=AB?=ALBEUROPA=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=BB?=} SKANDAL DIPLOMATIK NE NEW YORK: Ambasadori Agim Nesho ndihmon ambasadorin Jugosl
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SKANDAL DIPLOMATIK NE NEW YORK:
Ambasadori Agim Nesho ndihmon ambasadorin Jugosllav te gjeje nje lokal per 
veprimtarite  e tij te ndaluara diplomatike.

                   Nga  BEQIR SINA

NEW YORK: N?? SHBA ka nisur pro??esi p??r t?? p??rjashtuar "Republik??n 
Federale Jugosllave " nga Kombet e Bashkuara. Deri tani Uashingtoni ka 
marr?? mb??shtetjen e disa v??ndeve, si t?? Kroacis??, Sllovenis??, Bosnj??s 
dhe Maqedonis??, Republik??s ??eke, Hungaris??, Bullgaris?? dhe Austris?? 
nderkohe qe edhe Rumania duket se do te beje te njejten gje.
  N?? listen e vendeve qe inicione kete duhet te jen edhe vendet Ballkanike. 
Por sic dihet, tradicionalisht, Greqia eshte mike e Jugosllavise dhe nuk i 
bashkengjitet nj einisiative te tille. Ne balle te perpjekjve per ta ndaluar 
kete aksion gjenden vende si Rusia, Kina, Kuba, Korea e Verut, India, Libia, 
e Iraku. Kjo betej?? e re kund??r Beogradit, udh??hiqet prej ambasadorit 
amerikan n?? OKB, diplomati tanim?? i njohur prej t?? gjith??ve Hollbruk i 
cili   para dy muajsh inicoi vot??n n?? K??shillin e Sigurimit dhe nxori nga 
salla ambasadorin  e Millosheviqit, Vladislav Jovanovi??. ShBA,  me an?? t?? 
Ambasadorit Hollbruk kan?? deklaruar se Jugosllavia perfaqesohet nga nj?? 
regjim i cili nuk ??sht?? i njohur nga Kombet e Bashkuara, Flamuri 
jugosllav, flamuri i Titos, sipas Hollbruk e ka v??ndin n?? muze dhe tanim?? 
nuk p??rfaq??son asgj?????
  Ne kete situate kur mikja jone  e madhe ShBA - ja ka mare kete inisiative 
e cila ndihmon strategjikisht ??eshtjen shqiptare dhe paqen ne rajon, cfare 
bejne diplomatet e Milos, Nanos e Mejdanit ne Nju Jork?

Profesioni ime eshte "Shqiptaria, Zoti Ambasador!

   Ambasadori shqiptar Agim Nesho mori persiper te ndihmoje Vladislav
Jovanoviqin, Ambasador I Jugosllavise ne Kombet e  Bashkuara per te gjetur 
nje salle per nje takim qe ai  donte te organizanite diku ne Manhattan . 
Jovanoviqi nuk la porte pa trokitur por per shkak te intervistave te pafund 
qe kishte dhene ne televizionin dhe median amerikane gjate luftes ne Kosove, 
askush nuk ia dha mundesine  qe ta  organizonte nje mbremje ne lokalin e 
tij.
   Atehere, ambasadori  nuk u dekurajua pasi shpresoj se do ti vinte ne 
ndihme miku I tij dhe kolegu Agim Nesho nga Ambasada Shqiptare ne Kombet e 
Bashkuara ne Nju Jork.

  Ambasadori Nesho, pas i la punet e shumta te asaj dite ne China Town ku ka 
bizeneset e veta, si dhe nje takim pak me te parendesishem me nje biznesmen 
grek, u nis per ne Hotelin e famshem Plaza ne rrugen 59 prane Central 
Parkut.
  Pasi u futen ne Plazen luksose ata u drejtuan tek zyra e nje shqiptari i 
cili prej shume vitesh menexhon darkat dhe mbremjet qe shume personalitete 
nga gjithe bota organizojne ne ate hotel.
  Te dy miqet ambasadore nga dy vende armike te Ballkanit,  shkuan drejt e  
ne zyren e  tij. Shqiptari pa me habi duetin shume interesant. Jovanoviqi 
eshte shume i njohur edhe per amerkanet e jo me per shqiptaro amerikanet. I 
habitur ai e pyeti ambasadorin Nesho rreth Shqiperise dhe Kosoves si per ti 
kujtuar atij se ardhja me kete person duket e cuditeshme. Por ekselences se  
tij, Nesho nuk i dilte uji ne sy per ate vizite qe cdo shqiptar do te 
habitej kur ta merrte vesh.
  Ambasadori shqiptar ia parashtroi kerkesen menexherit shqiptaro - amerikan 
te Plazes dhe i tha se do te te lutesha qe ta ndihmosh zotin ambassador me 
nje salle per nje mbremje pasi ka hasur ne veshtiresi serioze per shkak te 
konsiderates aspak te mire qe eshte krijuar per Jugosllavine keto kohet e 
fundit e sidomos gjate dhe pas luftes ne Kosove. Ju vete jeni nga Mali i Zi 
dhe besoj se ndjeni edhe si detyre ta ndihmoni.
  Shqiptari mbeti si I shokuar dhe nuk po fliste.. Heshtja zgjati gati deri 
ne bezdi. Ate e theu ambasadori Jugosllav kur e pyeti shqiptarin nga Mali i 
Zi te cilin ai vazhdonte ta quante nje qytetar te Jugosllavise: Me falni, ju 
cfare detyre beni ketu, dmth cila eshte puna qe beni?
  Pergjigja ishte e prere dhe e qarte:
Une bej punen e shqiptarit.
Ambasadori beri sikur nuk e kuptoi pergjigjen.  Me falni I tha, une nuk te 
kuptova ose nuk e mora vesh pergjigjen: Cfare pune thate se beni?
  Une bej punen e shqiptarit,  mas parit  pastaj punoj per kompanine. Ose ma 
mire te them baj ate punen e shqiptarit ketu ne Manhatan qe normalisht duhet 
ta baje ky zotnia qe eshte me ty. Po ky si duket tek asht ba shkja si ti e 
tash kto punet e shqiptarise na bien me I krye vete na shqiptaret tha 
shqiptari i Plazes dhe iu ktheu shpinen dy ambasadoreve.

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From kruja at fas.harvard.edu  Thu Sep 28 18:15:09 2000
From: kruja at fas.harvard.edu (Eriola Kruja)
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 18:15:09 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Fw: Jesus was . . . . . . . .]] (fwd)
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10009281814440.4938-100000@is03.fas.harvard.edu>

:)
e.

--------------------
three reason to believe that he was albanian
1 gjithmon ai bridhte nga nje vend ne tjetrin-emigrant pa letra
2 merrej gjithmon me hallet e te tjereve
3 u ngrit nga varri duke marre shembullin e paraardhesit te vet,Kostandinit te Dorontines
 
 THREE PROOFS THAT JESUS WAS MEXICAN
1.   His firs name was Jesus
2.   He was bilingual
3.   He was always being harassed by the authorities
 
 But then there were equally good arguments that........
 
 JESUS WAS BLACK
1.   He called everybody "brother"
2.   He liked Gospel
3.   He couldn't get a fair trial
 
 But then there were equally good arguments that....

JESUS WAS ITALIAN
1.   He talked with his hands
2.   He had wine with every meal
3.   He used olive oil
 
 But then there were equally good arguments that. . . .
 
 JESUS WAS A CALIFORNIAN
1.   He never cut his hair
2.   He walked around barefoot
3.   He started a new religion
 
 But then there were equally good arguments that.  . . .
 
 JESUS WAS IRISH
1.   He never got married
2.   He was always telling stories
3.   He loved green pastures
 
But perhaps the most compelling evidence. . . .
 
 THREE PROOFS THAT JESUS WAS A WOMAN
1.   He had to feed a crowd at a moment' s notice when there was no food
2.   He kept trying to get the message across to a bunch of men who just didn't get it!
3.   Even when He was dead, He had to get up because there was more work.





From endril at rocketmail.com  Thu Sep 28 21:49:34 2000
From: endril at rocketmail.com (Endri Leno)
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 18:49:34 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] RE: Need Help!!!
Message-ID: <20000929014934.11522.qmail@web2903.mail.yahoo.com>

Varet se c'quhet e lire.  UMass e ka vetem "tuition" $
12000, plus edhe e tjerat shkon tek 20000 kollaj fare.
Kurse BHCC e ka "tuition" rreth $ 6-7000 dhe asnjera
prej tyre nuk ka asnje lloj burse per studentet e
huaj.
me keqardhje,
endri leno

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> te dyja.
> Monika
> 
>     -----Original Message-----
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>    Cc:     edlirazeneli at yahoo.com
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> 
>    Tung te gjitheve!
> 
>    Dje me kontaktoi nje vajze 18 vjecare nga Korca
> qe nuk e njoh, por do
>    doja
>    ta ndihmoja si shqiptare, dhe e vetme qe eshte ne
> nje vend te huaj. Sapo
>    ka
>    ardhur si studente ne Salt Lake City per te
> studiuar Psikologji ne
>    Westminster College, por ata te shkolles i kane
> ofruar vetem $4000.00
>    nga
>    $18.000 qe eshte tuition dhe nuk eshte ne gjendje
> as te paguaje qirane e
>    muajit tjeter. Me fjale te tjera ka mbetur ne
> rruge te madhe, dhe
>    familja
>    ime pranoi ta strehoje ne St. Louis derisa te
> gjeje nje mundesi
>    financimi
>    per semestrin tjeter. Do t'ju isha teper
> mirenjohese nese do me
>    ndihmonit me
>    informacion per ndonje kolegj te lire ne zonen e
> Bostonit ose ne qytetet
>    perreth, qe te beje transferimin nga Salt Lake
> City ketu.
> 
>    Faleminderit per konsiderimin dhe kohen.
> 
>    Irma
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From albania at netzero.net  Thu Sep 28 18:51:48 2000
From: albania at netzero.net (Nikoll A Mirakaj)
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 18:51:48 -0400
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] {QIKSH =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=AB?=ALBEUROPA=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=BB?=} Wary Kosovo Ponders Life after Milosevic
Message-ID: <004401c0299e$b01c7340$d74cf6d1@albania>

Wary Kosovo Ponders Life after Milosevic 

PRISTINA, Sep 28, 2000 -- (Reuters) Kosovo Albanians on Wednesday began coming to grips with the prospect of change in Serbia - by no means an obvious cause for celebration here.

Grasping a subject dismissed as irrelevant, even injurious, to Kosovo's will to independence, political analysts reluctantly started pondering life after Slobodan Milosevic.

Yugoslavia's veteran president officially lost to his rival Vojislav Kostunica in the first round of Sunday's presidential election. Milosevic wants a runoff contest, but Kostunica refuses, saying he has already won an absolute majority.

Kosovo Albanians needed no encouragement from their leaders to ignore the Yugoslav election. They shunned it as a purely Serbian affair that made no difference to their lives or future, since they vow never to be part of Yugoslavia again.

Western sponsors of self-government in Kosovo, most of them NATO allies whose bombing compelled Milosevic to withdraw his forces from Kosovo last year, view that stance as short-sighted, selfish, suspicious and naive, and hope it will change.

"They have to be mature and think of the stability of the region. It's wrong to think their neighbor's problems are somehow a good thing for Kosovo," a European Union analyst said.

LOSING THE PERFECT FOIL

But foreign powers in the ethnically-divided Balkans have a long way to go to convince people whose wounds are still fresh that the Serbian leopard can change his spots. Many think the West is the one that is naive.

As Serbs awaited the next act in their tense political drama, Kosovo Albanians broached the subject warily and in typical Balkans fashion, zeroing in on the alleged background of the man on whom the international community focuses its hopes.

Some warned that victory for Kostunica would rob Kosovo of its perfect foil in Milosevic, a murderous neighbor who no people could reasonably be expected to live with. Such a victory could also siphon off millions in international aid from Kosovo to Serbia.

The leading daily, Koha Ditore, echoing a charge now making the rounds, called Kostunica a "man who had his picture taken with Serb paramilitaries in Kosovo holding a Kalashnikov, who supported (Bosnian Serb hard-liner) Radovan Karadzic and who refuses to collaborate" with the international war crimes court.

The Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), the political offspring of the KLA guerrilla movement, also sounded cynical.

"While it would be in our interest if a democratic force won there, Milosevic's victory would be a more favourable position, because the crimes he committed in Kosovo are known to the whole world," said PDK general secretary Jakup Krasniqi.

The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), led by veteran pacifist Ibrahim Rugova, took a wait-and-see stance, saying a lot would depend on the stand a new Belgrade would take towards Kosovo's right to self-determination. But it too saw no evidence that Kostunica would be different from Milosevic.

The smaller AAK coalition was one of the few on Wednesday to express views that will be applauded in Western capitals.

"We will welcome the defeat of the dictatorial regime by a democratic force that would contribute to stability in the region...A candidate suitable for negotiation with the West would be good also for the people of Kosovo and for the others in the region," said Bujar Dugolli of the AAK.

VOICES OF PRAGMATISM

Much of what the party leaders say is tainted by campaigning for municipal elections on October 28, Kosovo's first test in democracy since the United Nations established a protectorate in the former Serbian province in June 1999.

Westerners who told Kosovars to take Kostunica's stump speeches with a pinch of salt argued that it would be impossible for him to get elected in Serbia on a pro-Kosovo independence plank. Similarly, it will be very hard to draw votes here on any platform favouring rapid reconciliation with Belgrade.

But pragmatic voices are making themselves heard.

Koha Ditore publisher Veton Surroi, a respected independent voice of Kosovo, recalled satirical suggestions that Milosevic statues be erected in all the Yugoslav republics which his Serbian nationalist had propelled to independence.

"With him next door two things were almost guaranteed: one, that he would work on destabilizing operations in Kosova, second, that whatever we might be, we would still be cuter than Milosevic's Serbia," Surroi said.

"But let's see things otherwise: why shouldn't we be happy for any possible change in Serbia?" Surroi wrote.

"Firstly, the main person responsible for 10 years' crimes in Kosova will step down. Second, whoever comes after should be more reasonable, and Kosova, looking from a perspective of future negotiations on its final status, needs such people for discussion."

Columnist Milazim Krasniqi, of Kosova Sot newspaper, identified crucial changes which Kosovo should look for from a new Serbian leadership, starting with the removal of fascism and recognition of the rights of their neighbors.

"Kostunica's possible victory is a double-edged blade: it can be favorable for the beginning of a process of in-depth changes in Serbia and for the relaxation of the region, but it can also encourage the project for the reintegration of Kosova in some (federal) scheme with Serbia and Montenegro.

"Albanian policy in Kosova should work on strengthening the political, state and national identity of this country, towards full independence, internationally recognized, and not to be overtaken by 'integration projects' in the Balkans."

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Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 18:54:25 -0400
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] {QIKSH =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=AB?=ALBEUROPA=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=BB?=} Violence in Kosovo Down ahead of Local Elections
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Violence in Kosovo Down ahead of Local Elections 

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 28, 2000 -- (Reuters) Violence in Kosovo has declined substantially in the run up to municipal elections on Oct. 28, the chief UN administrator in the Yugoslav province said on Wednesday.

"The level of violence is decreasing, there is no major incident in the campaign," Bernard Kouchner, the civilian head of the UN Mission in Kosovo, known as UNMIK told reporters.

Kosovo's municipal elections, the first in more than a generation, is the first test of democracy in the province since NATO and the United Nations took over control in June last year.

Nineteen parties are fielding candidates in the elections, which are however marred by an abstention of ethnic Serbs who have not registered on electoral lists.

Kouchner said that fewer than 1,000 Serbs who had attempted to register were intimidated by fellow Serbs taking their orders from Belgrade. "It was a political mistake," he said.

Some 180,000 Serbs have fled Kosovo since June 1999 when international peacekeepers took control of the province after Yugoslav forces withdrew following NATO's 11-week bombing campaign to halt Belgrade's repression of ethnic Albanians.

About 100,000 Serbs are now left living in the province. Kouchner said that even though Serbs were boycotting the municipal poll, they were still active members of administrative structures in Kosovo.

Similarly, he reported a low turnout among Serbs for parliamentary and presidential elections in Yugoslavia last Sunday.

The election outcome, pitting President Slobodan Milosevic against opposition candidate Vojislav Kostunica, is still unclear. Yugoslavia's state-run electoral commission is scheduling a runoff round after reporting Kostunica beat Milosevic in the first round, but failed to get 50 percent.

Kostunica said he will not participate in a runoff because the opposition is confident that it clinched a majority in the poll.

Kouchner said it was too early to gauge a reaction from the Kosovo's ethnic Albanians to the election result. But he indicated they did not view Kostunica as a great improvement on Milosevic.

He cited reports in a Kosovo newspaper that Kostunica had his picture taken with Serb paramilitaries in Kosovo holding a Kalashnikov. "But certainly they want to see democracy in Serbia," Kouchner said.

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Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 18:55:41 -0400
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] {QIKSH =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=AB?=ALBEUROPA=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=BB?=} Milosevic Defeat will not Lessen Kosovo Wish for Independence
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Milosevic Defeat will not Lessen Kosovo Wish for Independence 

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 28, 2000 -- (Agence France Presse) Defeat for President Slobodan Milosevic in Yugoslavia's election will not weaken Kosovo's desire for independence, the top UN official running the province said Wednesday.

"Certainly Kosovars want democracy in Serbia, but at the same time, the majority in Kosovo want independence," Bernard Kouchner told reporters here.

Yugoslav opposition leader Vojislav Kostunica "is perceived by Kosovars as a strong nationalist," Kouchner said.

Kostunica has been officially credited with winning 48.2 percent of the vote in elections held on Sunday, to 40.2 percent for Milosevic.

On Wednesday night, tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the capital, Belgrade, to press their claim that Kostunica had won more than 50 percent of the vote, and that a second round of voting was unnecessary.

Kouchner was in New York to brief the UN Security Council on the situation in Kosovo, which holds municipal elections on October 28.

He said that if there were a second round of voting in Yugoslavia, it might add to difficulty of policing the polls in Kosovo.

But in other respects, he said, it was "very difficult" to forecast the impact of the election on Kosovo, which has been under UN administration since NATO forces drove the Yugoslav army out of the province in June 1999.

"In the depth of their hearts," he said, the ethnic Albanian majority in Kosovo might want Milosevic to hang onto power in order to keep the spirit of independence strong.

But, he said, "the difference between Kostunica and Milosevic is not so high" in the opinion of Kosovars.

He said a photograph had been published of Kostunica holding a Kalashnikov automatic assault rifle.

"I don't know if it was a fake," he said. ((c) 2000 Agence France Presse) 

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From: ipilika at hotmail.com (Iris Pilika)
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 13:31:40 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Vojislav Kostunica: A Modest Giant-Killer
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Vojislav Kostunica: A Modest Giant-Killer
September 29, 2000
Web posted at: 1036 GMT


(TIME.com) -- Vojislav Kostunica is a humble, scholarly man, almost entirely 
lacking in the charisma and bombast of other Serbian opposition leaders.

But that seems to have been just fine with Yugoslav voters last Sunday, who 
appear to have given the 56-year-old former law professor a stunning 
first-round victory over Slobodan Milosevic (even if Milosevic remains in 
denial).

He may be less charismatic than his rival oppositionists, but unlike them 
Kostunica has never had any dealings with Milosevic's government or with the 
Western countries widely disdained, if not despised, in Serbia since last 
year's NATO bombing campaign.

He's a straight arrow with simple tastes -- he drives a battered old Yugo -- 
untainted by ties with the mafias that have prospered in the Milosevic era.

His campaign traded, more than anything else, on his honesty. "Who can look 
you straight in the eye? Kostunica," says one of his key campaign slogans. 
But given that much of the West's battle with Slobodan Milosevic over the 
past decade has been over Serbia's violent relations with its neighbours in 
the former Yugoslavia, some of Kostunica's honesty may not be entirely 
comforting to NATO leaders.

There's no doubting his credentials as a democrat -- during his academic 
career he once translated "The Federalist Papers," and was one of the 
earliest public advocates of multiparty democracy in communist Yugoslavia -- 
or his firm commitment to liberal economics.

Moreover, he's firmly committed to integrating a post-Milosevic Serbia into 
the European Union.

But Kostunica has always been a staunch Serb nationalist and has 
consistently criticised Yugoslavian leaders for compromising the rights of 
the Serb minorities in the neighbouring republics.

Kostunica was fired from his teaching job at the University of Belgrade in 
1974 after publicly criticising Tito's decision to give greater 
constitutional autonomy to Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia and Kosovo on the 
grounds that this undermined the position of the Serb minorities in those 
territories.

Ironically, that was the same issue on which Milosevic himself rode to 
power, revoking Kosovo's autonomy in 1989 and fomenting rebellion by 
nationalist Serbs in Croatia and Bosnia.

But Milosevic also ushered in multiparty politics, and Kostunica helped 
found the Democratic party, from which he broke in 1992 because it was 
insufficiently nationalist.

He created the Democratic Party of Serbia, which, after a brief alliance 
with the conservative Serbian Renewal Movement of the mercurial Vuk 
Draskovic, found itself playing a marginal role in Serbia's parliament until 
1997.

He was most noted in this era for denouncing Milosevic's acceptance of the 
U.S.-brokered Dayton peace accords, but mostly stayed out of the 1996-97 
showdown on the streets between Milosevic and an opposition alliance headed 
by Draskovic.

But the fractious personality squabbles that looked set to hobble the 
opposition when Milosevic declared a surprise election in the summer gave 
Kostunica an opportunity.

With many of its better-known leaders compromised by their conspicuous 
personality clashes or ties with either the regime or the West, the 
opposition alliance -- an ideological patchwork whose components range from 
monarchists to monetarists -- settled on Kostunica as the man most likely to 
beat Milosevic, particularly after the latter's defeat in Kosovo, a defeat 
with which Kostunica has berated Milosevic throughout the campaign.

While he's been signaling his intention to take a democratic Serbia into 
Europe, Kostunica has been harshly critical of NATO (which includes the bulk 
of EU members).

He slammed Washington's decision earlier this year to establish an office in 
Hungary to assist the opposition as interference in Serbia's affairs, and 
has no plans to extradite Milosevic for trial in the Hague.

But if Kostunica isn't exactly NATO's dream candidate, his commitment to 
democracy and to a European Serbia give the Western alliance plenty of 
grounds for confidence that it could find political solutions to any 
disagreements with the chosen leader of the Serbs.

That's if Milosevic allows him into power.

Copyright ? 2000 Time Inc.


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From eriola at hotmail.com  Fri Sep 29 12:29:39 2000
From: eriola at hotmail.com (eriola kruja)
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 16:29:39 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Fwd: [bota letrare] Jena burra, por te liq
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I don't know why but I liked this poem, so I am forwarding it to the list.

BTW, there are some people in this list of Albanian descent who do not read 
and write albanian, so as a courtesy to them please try to make your 
messages bi-lingual (alb/english) if possible... especially if you seek help 
of some sort in the US.

----
nuk e di pse por poezia e meposhtme me pelqeu kshuqe po ja percjell listes.

disa anetare te listes tone nuk mund te lexojne dhe te shkruajne shqip, dhe 
si shenje kortezie per ta ju lutem perpiquni ti dergoni mesazhet ne te dy 
gjuhet (shqip/anglisht) nq. eshte e mundur... vecanerisht nq. po kerkoni 
ndihme nga persona ne kete liste. Kjo kerkese vjen si pasoje e disa 
komenteve qe mora disa dite me pare.

eriola.

>
>Jena burra por t? liq
>
>N? k?t vend po rriten f'?mia
>si n'vend ton? q? jan? rrit? bag?tia,
>Selam kujt nuk din? me'j dhan?,
>s'kan respekt p?r bab? e nan?.
>
>P?r miq e shok? nuk kan? respekt,
>ve? me dal? prej shpij?s' vet.
>Tue nga mbas epshit si bag?tia,
>dy-tri dit? nuk vijn? te shpija.
>
>Fajet f?mija nuk i kan?,
>jan? jetim pa bab? e nan?,
>Mbas dollarit tue nga,
>s`dijn? familjen ku e ka.
>
>F?mia kan? nis? me gabue,
>se s'ka kush me'i  edukue,
>prind?t e  shkret? mas pasunis?,
>ja kan vu zjarrin sht?pis?.
>
>Dalim n'rrug? ku nuk ka diell,
>ngrisim zanin deri n'qiell,
>N'?ifteli vrasim e presim,
>"P?r Atdhe t? gjith do't vdesim".
>
>Do t? vdesim edhe n'mesnat?,
>ne past ba Zoti "murad?",
>Jena burra por t? liq,
>ngrisim zanin n?r armiq.
>
>Hajrudin Muja

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From kbejko at hotmail.com  Fri Sep 29 15:46:12 2000
From: kbejko at hotmail.com (Kreshnik Bejko)
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 19:46:12 GMT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Intl Crisis Grp on Albania's election
Message-ID: <LC4-LFD29rSQ8lCwFUJ0000011a@hotmail.com>

Here's some light w.end reading for singles:) This document presents some 
interesting opinions of
our Western friends on politics and politicians in Albania.

INTL CRISIS GROUP

Albania's Local Elections: A Test of Stability and Democracy

Tirana/Brussels

Introduction
Local elections in Albania on 1 October 2000 will mark the first test of 
popular support for the ruling Socialist-led coalition since it came to 
power following the violent uprising in 1997.1 The Organisation for Security 
and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), whose Office of Democratic Institutions 
and Human Rights (ODIHR) will be leading the monitoring effort, deems these 
elections to be of critical importance. Albania's electoral process has 
traditionally been bedevilled by the same handicaps encountered in most 
other institutional areas: namely, inadequate legislation, capacity 
deficiencies, politicisation of the process, and lack of all round political 
support. It is vitally important for Albania's democracy and international 
reputation that this year's elections do not repeat the mistakes of the 
recent past.2
There is, however, growing concern about political tension in the run-up to 
the elections, due to increasing political polarisation and the threat of 
non-participation by the main opposition party. Despite calls from 
international organisations to avoid extreme confrontation, the country's 
two main parties - the governing Socialist Party (SP) chaired by former 
premier, Fatos Nano, and the main opposition Democratic Party (DP) led by 
former president, Sali Berisha - have opened the debate with 
characteristically bitter polemics. Three years after he was forced from 
power in July 1997 in an armed rebellion in which more than 2,000 people 
were killed, Berisha, now 53, is back on the electoral campaign trail. Since 
losing power, he has waged a relentless campaign against his Socialist 
opponents, whom he accuses of rampant corruption, and has repeatedly called 
for early parliamentary elections.3 The last local elections were in October 
1996 and resulted in a sweeping victory for Berisha's Democratic Party. As a 
result, the DP dominates local government with 80 per cent control over city 
and district councils and therefore has the most to lose in the polls. In a 
remark that reveals the importance of the elections for the DP, Berisha 
claims the poll will be "the most contested elections in the history of 
Albania because the government has demonstrated that it drew up the law to 
manipulate them."4

A Council of Europe (CoE) resolution at the end of June declared that "the 
holding of elections in conformity with the new electoral law, in order for 
them to be fair and for their outcome to be acceptable to all the political 
parties, is a condition that Albania must meet, given all the promises made 
before it was accepted into the CoE in July 1995." This is as much a 
reference to Berisha as it is to the current government since it was under 
Berisha's administration that Albania joined the CoE. The persistence of 
polarisation and confrontation in Albanian political life is manifested by 
deep divisions within both major parties. The Socialists are divided between 
supporters of SP chairman Fatos Nano, and the younger element centred around 
Premier Ilir Meta and former premier Pandeli Majko. Whilst the Socialists 
are trying to paper over the cracks in order to present a united front to 
the electorate, the Democrat leadership has basically ignored its breakaway 
reformist faction, the Democratic Reform Movement (DPRM), now generally 
referred to as the "Young Reformers." Both main parties also have problems 
with their coalition partners. The outcome of the elections is likely to be 
very close between the two major parties and the results are almost certain 
to be contested.

Despite persistent threats to boycott the entire procedure, the Democrats 
will most probably take part in the elections but continue to boycott the 
Central Election Committee (CEC) and not recognise the results announced by 
the CEC because they believe it is biased in favour of the Socialists. The 
conduct of the elections and the willingness of the main parties to abide by 
their outcome will be seen as a measure of the level of political maturity 
Albania has reached and a valuable indicator that the country is progressing 
in the right direction. A successful electoral process would enhance 
regional stability and advance Albania's candidacy for increased integration 
into European structures. A serious monitoring effort by NGOs and OSCE 
governments would raise the prospects for a democratic outcome.




Background to the Electoral Preparations
So far, the whole electoral process has been very problematic. The OSCE has 
endeavoured to accommodate criticisms of the electoral code through a 
working group - chaired by Ambassador Geert Ahrens, Head of the OSCE 
Presence in Albania, or his Legal Counsellor - and open to all parties to 
deal with technical and legislative issues of voter registration and the 
enactment of the electoral code. Since the beginning of March 2000, the 
working group has met on an almost daily basis, discussing issues of a legal 
or technical nature raised by participants. As a result, by mid-April, an 
amended draft code had been prepared incorporating the changes agreed to by 
the parties, together with the proposals of international experts. In the 
view of the OSCE and the international experts on the working group, this 
text should provide Albania with an internationally acceptable legal basis 
for the holding of free and fair elections. The Albanian constitution 
provides for an independent, non-political Central Electoral Commission 
(CEC), excluding the nomination or participation of members on a party 
political basis. The constitution also entitles President Rexhep Meidani to 
appoint two CEC members, while the High Council of Justice, chaired by the 
president, can elect three commission members. The other two are elected by 
parliament.
Opposition Arguments against the Electoral Procedures

Towards the end of last year it became apparent that the opposition planned 
to attack the proposed arrangements for holding the elections - complaining 
that they had been inadequately involved in the preparatory process and 
strongly criticising the constitution of the CEC.5 Complicating the picture 
was the legacy of the OSCE's criticism of the conduct of the 1996 general 
election, which had incited Berisha's anger and led him to accuse the 
organisation of a leftist bias and of being under the control of communists.

As in 1996, dissent revolves around the composition of the electoral 
commission. Opposition parties accuse President Meidani of turning the CEC 
into a politically partisan body in order to assist the Socialist Party in 
rigging the elections. The DP would prefer the CEC to be reconfigured, with 
one representative from each of the seven parties who won the most votes in 
the 1997 general election. Of the seven parties, three might be considered 
right wing and four left wing. By permitting a representative of each to 
serve on the CEC, the DP argues, there would be a fairer balance between 
left and right. However, the composition of the CEC is not within the scope 
of the technical and legal tasks of the OSCE's working group.

Njazi Kosovrasti, head of the DP's Local Government Department, explained 
his party's opposition to the CEC: "[President] Meidani appointed two 
independents, cronies of his, and three others were appointed by the High 
Council of Justice, which is also headed by Meidani. Another was appointed 
by parliament. These six were appointed prior to the electoral code being 
passed by parliament on 12 May 2000. Two appointees resigned so there 
remained three empty places. Both parties' experts signed the electoral code 
agreeing that five out of seven [members] should agree to any appointment in 
order that it be legal. Parliament, however, refused to agree. The only 
possible reason, therefore, is to rig the votes."6

According to a DP memorandum, the electoral code was approved "only by the 
vote of the leftist forces, without taking into consideration some 
amendments that aimed at respecting the previous political agreements 
presented by other deputies." In the view of the opposition, the basis of 
the local electoral law should be that which stood at the time of the 1996 
local elections, which produced a landslide victory for the DP. The present 
code, the DP argues, creates a legal foundation for manipulating the 
elections and the CEC is invalid since five CEC members were nominated in a 
one-sided manner, before the code had been even approved and with disregard 
for the criteria laid down in the code, resulting in a commission that does 
not enjoy the trust of other political forces participating in the 
elections.7

An example of the difficulty of ensuring the neutrality of representation 
between the ruling coalition and the opposition occurred in mid-June 2000, 
when Fotaq Nano was appointed chairman of the Central Electoral Commission. 
The appointment outraged DP supporters, who claimed that not only is Fotaq 
Nano a relative of Socialist Party leader Fatos Nano and a close friend of 
President Rexhep Meidani, he is also a former Socialist member of previous 
central electoral commissions. "So much for impartiality," was the 
resounding response to news of the appointment from DP activists.8 Njazi 
Kosovrasti argued that by appointing a relative of Nano, the Socialists had 
been arrogantly provocative.9

Fotaq Nano had been elected by five fellow members to chair the commission. 
This left parliament to elect the seventh member, which the Socialist 
parliamentary majority agreed should be proposed by the DP. The DP, however, 
refused to participate in the process. Instead, they called for a new 
electoral code, which would give both the Socialist and Democratic parties, 
as the country's two major parties, equal rights to elect CEC members. In 
what the Socialists deemed as a compromise, it was agreed to appoint a 
seventh member of the CEC from the right-wing grouping. Not recognising the 
electoral code or the composition of the CEC, the DP refused to propose any 
candidates. The impasse ended with the election of Gjergj Koka as the 
seventh member of the CEC. Koka was proposed by Nexhat Kalaj, a lawyer and 
representative of the United Right of Shkoder, who expressed in his proposal 
a strong desire to break the deadlock and open the way to fair elections. 
Kalaj made it clear that this was a personal undertaking, free from 
engagement to any party or political grouping.10 This development is an 
indication of the growing impatience from both the left and the right at the 
DP's wavering stance regarding the elections. The leader of the Christian 
Democrats, Zef Bushati, advised the party to either accept the electoral 
code and the CEC and participate in the local elections, or boycott them 
entirely.11

The Municipal Division of Tirana

In August, Parliament swiftly approved a law that proposes to divide Tirana 
into eleven municipalities. This controversial plan has been opposed by the 
Council of Europe, which argues that there is not enough time to implement 
the changes before the October elections. The opposition accuses the 
Socialists of attempting to gerrymander districts to increase their party's 
prospects in the local elections and insist that, under Albania's 
constitution, a local referendum is needed for such changes. Although 
similar administrative changes have been proposed for the entire country, 
the main controversy centres on the changes envisaged for the capital, which 
has been a bastion of the DP since the end of the one-party state in 1991. 
Tirana's vast sprawling suburbs are home to recent arrivals from the north, 
who are traditionally DP supporters likely to re-elect a DP mayor.12 The 
Democrats argue that the changes are designed to minimise the risk of heavy 
Socialist losses in Tirana.

However, Minister of Local Government Bashkim Fino, who proposed the reforms 
in the first place, claims they are intended to improve overall management 
of the city, whose population has risen sharply from 290,000 in 1990 to an 
estimated 700,000 by 1999. Fino said Tirana's division from a centralised 
city hall into eleven municipalities would give more autonomy to local 
government. He added that the move was in line with the charter on local 
autonomy from the CoE that Albania had signed.13




The Socialist Party
The Socialist Party, aiming to win control of at least half of local 
councils, have adopted the campaign slogans, "Tomorrow Will Be Better," and 
"Vote for Your Freedom, Future and Property." Given the dire social 
conditions that a substantial proportion of the population living outside 
the capital endure, these slogans will not be easy to market. The Socialists 
will seek to take political credit for achievements since the present 
government came to power in 1997. According to one prominent Socialist, law 
and order has been restored throughout much of the country, and the state is 
now functioning in places where there was no state control whatsoever during 
the past few years.14 In mid-July, an IMF team announced that Albania was on 
track to achieve 7 per cent economic growth this year and had made 
significant progress in structural reforms. The country recorded two strong 
growth rates over the past two years signalling a swift recovery from the 
total economic collapse following the crisis of 1997. The economy is 
forecast to grow at around 5 per cent annually over the next two years. 15
Nevertheless, ordinary people may only be partially aware of such social and 
economic achievements. What they notice, and what concerns them most is the 
lack of jobs, low paid salaries and pensions, inadequate water and 
electricity supplies, unmaintained roads and sporadic refuse collection. 
During their three years of government, the Socialists have failed to ensure 
adequate and reliable supplies of daily essentials. In their defence, the 
Socialists argue that since most local government, including Tirana city 
hall, is in the hands of the DP, civic duties remain largely unfulfilled 
with the explicit political aim of undermining the national government's 
achievements. A leading SP figure, Dritero Agoli, recently lashed out at 
local government officials, most of whom are DP members, for their failure 
to use the funds given by the central government and, according to him, for 
creating the impression that the Socialists were not working efficiently nor 
keeping their election promises.16

Although the Socialists currently control more than two thirds of 
parliament, within the ruling party there is a good deal of infighting. 
Socialist Party Chairman Fatos Nano is under threat from increasing rank and 
file support for Premier Ilir Meta, and to a lesser degree former premier 
Pandeli Majko.17 Throughout the country in June, a series of conferences saw 
pro-Meta candidates elected as leaders of local SP branches at the expense 
of pro-Nano candidates. In the capital, anti-Nano Socialist leader Musa 
Ulgini was elected chairman of the SP branch. In discussions, Socialist 
supporters argue that Meta is widely regarded as a competent head of 
government and that Nano's position is weakening.18 Some members within the 
Socialist Party's district branches are also displeased with the behaviour 
of Socialist Party chairman Nano, and other prominent SP leaders, for not 
respecting grass roots Socialists' votes and opinions.

In many respects it can be argued that aside from his personal conflicts 
within the SP, Nano is being held hostage by the continuing presence of 
Berisha. Along with the DP leader, Nano is associated in people's 
consciousness with the fear and uncertainties of the past few years. 
Nevertheless, in the short term the strongest card of the SP remains the 
Berisha one. The Socialists are without doubt benefiting from the divisions 
within the DP, and from Berisha's growing international isolation. The last 
electoral victory of the Socialists in 1997 was based largely on wide scale 
public dissatisfaction with Berisha. However, in the run up to the elections 
there has been a strong call for a reunification within the party, which 
must be jointly spearheaded by Nano, Meta and Majko. The SP congress held at 
the end of June 2000 was an attempt to make the SP more democratic and 
European-oriented, which many rank-and-file members see as the best possible 
way to defeat the Democrats. The Socialists are concentrating much of their 
effort in rural areas where Berisha has also been campaigning recently, and 
where they received most of their support in the 1991 and 1992 elections.

Chairman of the SP elections committee Kastriot Islami has recently 
inveighed against complacency within the Party, reminding party members that 
if the SP and the government do not step up their work, the DP would 
continue to hold on to local power. He warned of a moral crisis, an absence 
of principles and the creation of clans on the basis of interests of various 
kinds. Indeed within both the major parties clans have emerged whose 
members' primary aim is furthering their own personal and family interests. 
In what could be termed a wake-up call, Islami argued that since coming to 
power the SP has lost its leading qualities at all levels, and its 
government is composed mostly of mediocre officials. He also noted that as 
preparations got underway for the forthcoming local elections, "many of its 
leaders are euphoric, which is baseless. There is a desire to win but there 
is also a gap between the wish and the systematic work required to make this 
wish a reality."19

The recent hasty political manoeuvring and policy decisions, however, 
suggest a lack of confidence rather than complacency. On 5 July 2000, 
Premier Meta announced a government reshuffle - replacing three ministers in 
a bid to give, in the words of a government spokesman, "a new impulse to the 
government's work." The changes were carried out in such haste that neither 
the presidency nor the Socialists' coalition partners were invited to 
discuss them. In an attempt to keep the Democratic Alliance Party (PAD) in 
the governing coalition, the party was given the portfolio of justice 
minister instead of the less important ministry of public works. However, 
this was not enough to placate the coalition. The SP has been increasingly 
accused of patronising its junior coalition partners.20 On 26 July the 
Socialists began the first round of negotiations on power sharing with their 
junior partners. In round-up meetings with the Social Democrats (PSD) and 
the Greek minority Union for Human Rights (PBDNJ), chairman Fatos Nano and 
his election staff discussed strongholds for their party allies. Social 
Democratic Party (PSD) leader Skender Gjinushi told reporters that he 
expected to join forces with the Socialists in October's elections "for a 
united front of centre-left forces."21 Only days later, however, he 
announced that his party's pre-election coalition with the Socialists was 
dead.22 This followed the Socialist Party's publication of a list of its own 
candidates for all municipalities and communes. The PSD will, therefore, 
have to field its own candidates rather than negotiate a joint list with the 
SP as planned earlier. The Socialists justified their decision that the 
coalition parties present their candidates separately as a test of the 
electoral support that each party has amongst the electorate.

The Democratic Alliance (PAD), which is at odds with the Socialists after 
the sacking of two of its ministers, said it would participate separately in 
the local elections. In an interview with the daily Shekulli, the PAD's 
Secretary General, Ridvan Peshkepia said the proposals made by the SP not to 
leave any free electoral zones to its allies but to present joint candidates 
are outside its concerns. Peshkepia criticised the Socialists for wasting 
time making such statements because his party does not view the SP as its 
master. For Peshkepia, some of his party's candidates are skilled enough to 
win the elections and compete effectively with the Democratic Party and the 
Socialist candidates.23 Meanwhile, the leader of the PBDNJ, Vasil Melo, said 
he expected a trade off with the Socialists in municipalities where each 
would run uncontested. The PBDNJ is ready to make deals with the SP but is 
against joint candidates, said Melo, who thought the Socialists had become 
more self-confident than they were in the elections of 1997. Melo did not 
exclude abandoning all co-operation with the SP if the Socialists refused to 
compromise with its partners in the Alliance for the State, pointing out 
that the present situation is vastly different from that of 1997 when the 
country was in complete turmoil. 24




The Democratic Party
The Democratic Party's campaign is very much centred around its leader Sali 
Berisha, who has been holding rallies throughout the country announcing that 
he is back on the political scene. Berisha, however, has a serious image 
problem. His name is synonymous not only with the dark years of 1997 and 
1998, but also with what many Albanians feel is the root cause of the 
paralysis in Albanian politics - the "communist mentality" that prevails 
amongst the country's political leadership. Obviously, this also applies to 
those older members of the Socialist Party, the successor to the communist 
Party of Labour. But many top DP officials, including Berisha, have tried 
unsuccessfully to disguise their own communist past. In reality, the whole 
evolution of the Democratic Party has been closely linked to that political 
tradition. The DP leader is still considered by many as an authoritarian, 
provocative and inflammatory politician, who survives only through the 
conflicts he provokes.

Just as the people's support for the Socialists in 1997 was, to a large 
extent, a vote against the authoritarianism of Berisha rather than for any 
specific policies the Socialists had to offer, Berisha's campaign is an 
appeal to protest against the current government rather than for an attempt 
to mobilise support for any specific DP policies. Berisha's intolerant and 
dismissive attitude towards the reformist wing of his own party is 
indicative of his style of leadership. In an interview with the daily Gazeta 
Shqiptare, Deputy Minister of Local Government Blendi Klosi claimed that 
many local officials - who were often moderate DP members - were ready to 
co-operate with Socialist-run central institutions, but were afraid of 
Berisha's reaction. 25 The position of the moderates within the DP thus 
remains difficult, having been completely excluded from the offices they 
previously held within the DP.

A recent European Democratic Union fact-finding mission to Albania concluded 
that Berisha had failed to establish himself as an opposition leader ready 
to work through the framework of legal and parliamentary institutions. He 
has continued to favour boycotts of parliament, confrontational rhetoric, 
and demonstrations on the streets. Part of the "Young Reformers" platform is 
the demand that the DP should adopt a more "constitutional" approach to 
politics. 26 Mainstream Democrats have persistently snubbed efforts of 
cooperation made by the reformists led by Gence Pollo. On 1 August 2000, 
Pollo told the independent daily Shekulli that the reformers would submit a 
list of candidates for mayors in some municipalities "in the hope of 
securing a significant victory for the Democrats and the entire opposition." 
27 It is unlikely, however, that the DP leadership will even acknowledge the 
list. The reformists have not ruled out putting forward independent 
candidates after their proposals for names of potential candidates were 
rejected out of hand by DP headquarters. The political allies of the DP in 
the Union for Democracy Alliance tend to have an extreme and 
"conspiratorial" understanding of the political situation in Albania. For 
them, the clash between Berisha and the reformers results from infiltration 
of the DP by the communist secret police. Whatever influence these parties 
have on the DP will tend to reinforce Berisha's hard-line stance. 28

The DP daily, Rilindja Demokratike, asserts that the DP was excluded from 
the June 1997 general elections because it was being attacked by criminal 
gangs in two thirds of the country, and was excluded again in the November 
1998 constitutional referendum. 29 In 1997, there were 35 districts that 
could not be contested by the DP because they had no representation and 
could not canvas in the south. 30 In interviews, the majority of DP 
activists express confidence that the situation has changed and they are 
headed to electoral victory. DP Head of Public Relations Gherji Thanasi 
believes that, "If they [the Socialists] win the local elections there will 
be hell here. I am totally convinced that the DP will win the elections." 31 
Chairman of the DP parliamentary group Jemin Gjana told reporters that, "I 
have the strong conviction that the DP and the entire right-wing forces will 
win the local elections because the experience of the period 1992-1996, when 
the DP was in power is testimony to the fact that it is a political force 
which has governed much better than the present [Socialist] government."32 
On 21 July 2000, at a meeting with deputy chairmen from local DP branches, 
Berisha warned that he could come to power in three hours if he wanted, but 
his party would, nevertheless, abide by the principle of the free ballot. 
Such statements, coming less than two years after the abortive coup d'etat 
in September 1998, cause concern amongst the Albanian public, and may well 
promote a Socialist victory.

Berisha, however, can no longer rely upon the support of large swathes of 
the north. His support nowadays is far more localised in central lowland 
districts such as Tirana, Durres, Kavaje and Mamurras, together with the 
little maverick village of Lazarat in the deep south. What Berisha does have 
is a hard core of very determined supporters, many of whom genuinely believe 
that the international community, most notably the OSCE, is actively working 
to ensure a Socialist victory. When asked what would happen if the 
Socialists won the local elections, a spokesman in a group of DP supporters 
in Durres said, "If they steal these elections from us, God save Albania."33 
It must be hoped that this is just empty rhetoric. If it is not, and serious 
problems do occur, they are likely to be centred in Tirana or Durres. It now 
appears that, with the exception of the Christian Democratic Party (CDP), 
the DP, unlike the Socialists, has managed to maintain their coalition 
partnerships and will participate in the local elections alongside its 
allies the Union for Democracy (UfD).

On the international front, playing the national card, Berisha has recently 
promised to take a tougher stance over the property claims of Muslim 
Albanians, or Chams, who were deported from Greece after the First and 
Second World Wars.34 During a recent ceremony which renamed a street in 
Tirana Chameria after the Thesprotia region of northern Greece (Chameria in 
Albanian) from where the Chams were expelled, Berisha told the crowd of 
Chams, "I pledge that I will be tough on Greece on this stance when I get 
back in power. I will do the utmost to make Greece recognise the property 
and resettlement rights for those deported." While this might help Berisha 
to burnish his nationalist credentials, it has to be asked whether the 
powerful Albanian Diaspora may in fact be more effective at assisting the 
Chams.

Berisha is still smarting from the humiliating rebuff he received from 
Kosovo's UN administrator, Bernard Kouchner, who in mid-June prevented 
Berisha from visiting Kosovo, citing the tense security situation as the 
cause. The actual reason, though, for barring Berisha was the plausible 
concern that he might aggravate the already tense pre-election atmosphere in 
Kosovo by calling for independence and siding openly with specific Kosovar 
political factions. Berisha was advised to reschedule his visit when the 
situation had calmed.35 Aware that a number of other prominent Albanians, 
including President Meidani and former premier Pandeli Majko, have visited 
Kosovo - albeit in a private rather than political capacity - an infuriated 
Berisha told a press conference that the refusal to allow him to enter 
Kosovo resulted from "mean arbitrariness and plots by the Tirana authorities 
and certain sectors of UNMIK."36

Berisha's supporters remain angry over Kouchner's decision, citing it as 
proof that the international community still wishes to keep Albanians 
divided. They argue the move has enhanced Berisha's prestige by proving how 
important a figure the international community believes Berisha is, 
otherwise he would have been allowed in. "They [UNMIK and the OSCE] are 
afraid of the power of Berisha and the support he has in Kosovo," said a 
number of DP supporters in Albania.37 The DP leader is arguably more popular 
in Kosovo - where in several southern Kosovo towns, crowds had gathered to 
await his arrival - than in Albania, having urged the Kosovars not to sign 
the Rambouillet agreement and given his full support for Kosovo's 
independence. Kosovars are, on the whole, unaware of Berisha's political 
legacy or the causes and consequences of the 1997 rebellion.

The event has fuelled growing dissatisfaction, evident across the right-wing 
spectrum in both Kosovo and Albania, at the meddling of the international 
community in the affairs of Albanians. The visit cancellation provoked a 
hostile media campaign in Kosovo, questioning international administration's 
right to restrict an Albanian's freedom of movement. Back in Tirana, Berisha 
said he would visit Kosovo when it has its own president and prime minister 
- a clear indication that he thinks it time for Kouchner and his fellow 
international officials to leave.38 Many Albanians believe that it is time 
for the international community to leave Kosovo. The DP press employs the 
word "temporary" whenever referring to the international authorities in 
Kosovo. 39

Nevertheless, contrary to what his supporters believe, the annulment of the 
visit was a severe blow to the political image of the DP leader and has 
without doubt affected his standing as a politician. The Socialists saw the 
episode as yet a further example of Berisha's growing isolation both 
externally and internally. Although Berisha appears to have maintained a 
strong hold over the party machinery, there is little evidence that he has 
managed to maintain a following amongst the broader Albanian population.




Conclusion
Nine years after the introduction of multiparty politics in Albania, the 
country still lacks a credible third force as a means for voters to register 
dissatisfaction with the two main parties. It would be a great step forward 
if the smaller political parties would put forward more initiatives, and 
accept greater responsibilities, in order to weaken the dominance of both 
the SP and the DP. Until this happens, an unhealthy climate of increasing 
apathy towards the whole democratic process will prevail. Albanians seem 
disgusted with politics, weary of the continuously tense political situation 
in the country stemming from the bitter disputes and infighting between the 
Socialists and Democrats. Albanians are exhausted by the mediocrity of their 
politicians, most of whom received their political education during the most 
intellectually arid period of Albanian communism.

As a result, many Albanians simply do not know who to support. Having tested 
all the current politicians and found them severely wanting, the electors 
are being asked yet again to choose between Nano and Berisha - the very same 
leaders whom they associate with the traumatic upheavals of 1997 and 1998. 
There is, therefore, a strong possibility of large-scale abstention, with an 
estimated 50 per cent of electors perhaps intending to boycott the poll. On 
a less than optimistic note, the daily Shekulli concluded that only a 
handful of militants and activists from the various political parties would 
actually participate in the elections.40 The Socialists and their allies are 
hoping that Berisha's reputation as an irresponsible, unpredictable 
troublemaker will ensure their victory. Indeed, without Berisha at the helm 
of the DP, the Socialists would have very little chance of securing a 
victory against the strong right-wing opposition. They would also find it 
hard to attract wavering voters.

Within the DP itself, the "Young Reformers" can afford to bide their time, 
comfortable in the knowledge that, although Berisha might command the 
support of his hard-core party followers, in the country as a whole DP 
supporters are showing increasing support for the more moderate, 
reform-minded, younger DP elements. The reformists see themselves as the DPs 
leadership-in-waiting, hoping that Berisha will burn himself out during this 
campaign, thus clearing the path to eject him from the leadership of the 
party in time to prepare for next year's general election.

However, even though the DP will almost certainly not win the 80 per cent of 
local offices it holds at present, it will likely still win a sizable 
proportion. It must be hoped that newly elected DP mayors will use the funds 
allocated to their districts by the central government in a responsible 
manner. It is encouraging to see that relations between the ruling parties 
and the opposition, although savage in Tirana, are more civil in the 
provinces, where there is a certain degree of co-operation between them.

Regrettably, the politics of power and personalities, rather than of 
policies, still mark the political scene in Albania. There may be more than 
a grain of truth in the recent statement by the pro-DP daily Albania when it 
claimed that, "this autumn's elections will be won by whichever political 
grouping has the strongest gang."41 Until the political classes accept the 
conventions of normal, inter-party behaviour found in other Western-style 
democracies, there is a danger that the effectiveness of international 
legislative and institution building assistance will again be wasted. 
Stability in Albania is important to the success of international community 
efforts in Kosovo and in the rest of the Stability Pact zone. The lesson of 
the last three years is that democracy in Albania is still a fragile and 
developing commodity, and the need for international attention and support 
is undiminished.42 After talking to ordinary Albanians across the political 
spectrum, a visitor is left with the impression that the campaign slogan 
most would like to see representing both the Socialist and Democratic 
parties is - "Time for a Change."




Appendix
Political Coalitions

Some of the smaller parties appear to be wary of aligning themselves with 
any of the coalition groupings. Others have been advised to present their 
own candidates to the electorate. Although by mid-August it is still not 
clear which parties will run independently or within a coalition, below the 
main political parties are listed according to their post-1997 coalition 
alliances. Altogether 34 parties, including at the last minute the DP, have 
registered to participate in the local elections.
Alliance for the State
Socialist Party
Social Democratic Party
Democratic Alliance Party
Union for Human Rights
Agrarian Party
National Unity Party
Conservative Party



Union for Democracy
Democratic Party
Christian Democratic Party
Liberal Union Party
Albanian Democratic Union Party
National Front Party
Legality Movement Party 2



United Right
Republican Party
Democratic National Front
Legality Movement Party 1
Movement for Democracy.



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Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 09:36:00 EDT
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The following article was published at Johnson's Russia List.



Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 
From: "Dmitri Glinski Vassiliev" <dmitri_glinski at mtu-net.ru> 
Subject: Yugoslav Crisis

Dear David:

It appears that enough time has passed to draw some conclusions on the 
Russian government response to the latest Yugoslav crisis. Russia may be the 
only external force which has had the credentials required to help Yugoslavia 
avoid its descent into another civil war. Russia was given this opportunity 
by being one of the few governments whose observers were allowed in the 
Yugoslav elections. With this, Russia could have seized the long-delayed 
chance to change the tragic history of that country for the better with 
impeccably legitimate means. Russian observers should have provided their 
evidence on the election results (together with other observers), and if it 
showed the first-round victory for Dr. Vojislav Kostunica (as I think it 
would), Russia should have extended him immediate recognition as the new 
Yugoslav President.

The absence of a clear Russian position, or at least some clear enunciation 
of the criteria which would guide the Kremlin's position in this crisis is as 
deplorable as it is a fairly predictable foreign policy extension of our 
domestic developments. Insofar as our government has any sustained foreign 
policy beyond its relations with the G-7 and the IMF, in Yugoslavia they have 
been clinging to the last nomenklatura regime of Eastern Europe, in the 
ugliest stage of its decay. Both Western expansionists and their strategic 
partners in Moscow badly needed this little monster in the middle of Europe - 
the former to justify their interventionism, the latter for the sake of their 
politically and financially lucrative position as occasional mediators. 
Meanwhile, the Yugoslavs withstood two mutually reinforcing agitprop machines 
- the one of their own government and another one operated by those in the 
West for whom another foreign civil war could be a vehicle to advance their 
own agendas. In these impossible circumstances, the Yugoslavs gave only 5% to 
their local brand of Zhirinovsky. These results attest to the endurance of 
the nation's common sense and rationality in spite of all the destruction and 
brainwashing, and this alone would be enough to make Yugoslavia, if military 
confrontation is avoided, the moral superpower of Europe.

Although many things are uncertain at this moment, it seems that Kostunica 
represents the current of democratic nationalism in the traditional, 
developmental sense of this word. This rising trend has substantial support 
in many countries, where there is growing discontent both with local 
nomenklaturas that have privatized the public sphere and with intrusive 
globalism of the end-of-history enthusiasts. It is too early to judge his 
specific policies, but if he succeeds to avoid a violent confrontation with 
Milosevic (which he clearly cannot win), he will have far-reaching 
opportunities for influence well beyond the borders of his country.

Dmitri Glinski Vassiliev
IMEMO RAS


From Gazhebo at aol.com  Sat Sep 30 09:39:25 2000
From: Gazhebo at aol.com (Gazhebo at aol.com)
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 09:39:25 EDT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] U.S. Urges Calm as Albania Holds Local Elections
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U.S. Urges Calm as Albania Holds Local Elections

By Linda Spahia

TIRANA, Sept 29 (Reuters) - The United States urged Albanians on Friday to 
ensure local elections on Sunday -- the first political test since the 
country plunged into anarchy in 1997 -- were free, fair and peaceful. 

``These elections offer an important opportunity for Albania to advance its 
democratic development and establish public confidence in its political 
process,'' the State Department said in a statement distributed in Tirana. 

``Successful local elections will set the stage for national elections next 
year and accelerate the process of Albania's integration with Europe and the 
trans-Atlantic community.'' 

Albanian Prime Minister Ilir Meta pledged that the elections for 65 mayors 
and 309 commune chairmen would be free and fair. 

``I guarantee you this on behalf of the government and in the name of the law 
and the constitution,'' Meta told the final pre-election rally of his ruling 
Socialist party in Tirana. 

The U.S. and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), 
a 54-nation security and human rights body, are closely monitoring the 
election in which 2.8 million people are entitled to vote. 

The opposition Democrats of former President Sali Berisha have accused the 
government of widespread irregularities in drawing up electoral registers, 
but the OSCE indicated it was broadly satisfied with arrangements. 

In a statement on Friday, the OSCE welcomed the procedure for having voters 
identify themselves at polling stations. 

``This is commended as being in line with prescribed international standards 
for elections,'' it said. 

The OSCE also welcomed the fact that the Socialists had rescheduled their 
final rally to ensure that it did not clash with one by the Democrats. 

Security has been visibly tightened in Tirana, with masked police officers 
checking cars on the main road into the capital from the airport. 

Campaigning has been largely peaceful and has been dominated by national 
rather than local issues, with all major parties treating the vote as a dry 
run for next year's general election. 

A critical issue for the international observers is whether the losers accept 
defeat. Berisha never accepted defeat in the 1997 general election and his 
Democrats have boycotted parliament for much of the three years since then. 

``We appeal to all political parties and all candidates to accept the results 
of the elections, which are the decision of the voters,'' the OSCE said. 


From Gazhebo at aol.com  Sat Sep 30 09:50:58 2000
From: Gazhebo at aol.com (Gazhebo at aol.com)
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 09:50:58 EDT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Russia Offers Yugoslavia Mediation/Russia Ready to Send Foreign Minister to Belgrade/Albright Welcomes Russian Offer to Go to Belgrade/Serb Opposition Leader Says Arbitration Needed/Russia Says Hasn't Seen Yugoslav Vote Count Yet
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1. Russia Offers Yugoslavia Mediation
2. Russia Ready to Send Foreign Minister to Belgrade
3. Albright Welcomes Russian Offer to Go to Belgrade
4. Serb Opposition Leader Says Arbitration Needed
5. Russia Says Hasn't Seen Yugoslav Vote Count Yet

******

#1.
Russia Offers Yugoslavia Mediation

By MISHA SAVIC
 
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - With the opposition threatening to paralyze 
Yugoslavia unless Slobodan Milosevic steps aside, Russia's president offered 
Saturday to send his foreign minister to mediate the crisis. 

The offer came as Milosevic, seeking to shore up his support among the armed 
forces, addressed graduation exercises Saturday at the Yugoslav military 
academy and congratulated the newly commissioned officers for serving ``at a 
time of great temptation for our people and state.'' 

He reminded them of the military's duty to defend ``our freedom and the 
independence of our country,'' which the government claims is at risk because 
of alleged Western interference in the Yugoslav election. 

Tensions have been rising here since the opposition claimed its candidate 
Vojislav Kostunica won last Sunday's election with 51.34 percent to 36.22 
percent for Milosevic, the incumbent president. The Federal Electoral 
Commission says Kostunica fell short of the majority needed to avoid a runoff 
Oct. 8. 

Opposition leaders threaten to launch a nationwide general strike Monday 
unless Milosevic accepts defeat. 

In Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered Saturday to send Foreign 
Minister Igor Ivanov to Belgrade to meet with both sides. Russia is among 
Belgrade's strongest allies and has warned the West to avoid meddling in the 
election here. 

``If Belgrade finds it possible, Russia would be prepared to play a higher 
profile in the process of settlement and coordination of positions,'' Putin 
said, according to the Kremlin press service. 

There was no immediate reaction from the government, but opposition leaders 
welcomed the offer. 

``Mr. Ivanov is most welcome if he is going to help establish the true 
situation with the election results, to help compare the lists and counts 
that we have with those announced by the Federal Election Commission,'' said 
Goran Svilanovic, a leader of the 18-party opposition alliance. 

On Friday, students, shopkeepers, television workers and actors rallied 
across Yugoslavia, while several roads were blocked in the north and south of 
the country and more than 7,000 coal miners stopped work in Kolubara, 25 
miles south of Belgrade, to protest the government's alleged falsifying of 
the results. 

Opposition speakers urged their followers to join a nationwide civil 
disobedience campaign throughout Yugoslavia's main republic, Serbia, to drive 
Milosevic from power. 

``To purge the rats from their holes, we need to stop everything in Serbia,'' 
opposition campaign manager Zoran Djindjic, told the crowd Friday. ``On 
Monday, everything must halt to force Slobodan Milosevic from the place that 
no longer belongs to him.'' 

It was uncertain whether the opposition would succeed. News of opposition 
activity travels with difficulty - mostly by word of mouth - since the lone 
independent radio station was off the air in central Belgrade, where most of 
the capital's residents live, and the cellular phone network was jammed 
during the protests. 

Two protests in Belgrade's main Republic Square drew more than 50,000 people. 
Although the crowd was a fraction of the 200,000 who turned out Wednesday 
night, opposition leaders took heart in the fact that protests were spreading 
nationwide. 

About 20,000 people gathered in Kragujevac and 10,000 in Kraljevo in central 
Serbia. In Novi Sad, the second-largest Serbian city, six employees of the 
state television were fired for wanting to organize a strike. 

Similar walkouts - joined by shopkeepers and company employees - were staged 
in a dozen other cities and towns across Serbia, including the opposition 
strongholds of Cacak and Sabac. 

In Montenegro, the other republic in the Yugoslav federation, a leading 
Milosevic ally called for the electoral body to double-check its results, a 
move indicating cracks in the pro-Milosevic camp there. 

``In the current circumstances, the results released by the Federal Election 
Commission should not be accepted as final,'' Zoran Zizic told the newspaper 
Vijesti. ``There are no reasons not to compare the Commission's results with t
he results given by (opposition) participants in the elections.'' 

On Friday, Serbia's opposition lodged an official complaint with the Federal 
Election Commission. 

If the commission fails to respond to their complaint, the opposition will 
press the case to the country's constitutional court. Opposition leaders have 
said Greece and Norway are ready to send observers to arbitrate the election 
dispute. 


#2.
Russia Ready to Send Foreign Minister to Belgrade

By Peter Graff

MOSCOW, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday 
Moscow was ready to take a more active role in resolving the political 
standoff in Yugoslavia and offered to send his foreign minister to Belgrade. 

But Putin sounded a cautious note, saying any Russian action would come only 
with Belgrade's agreement, and only Yugoslavia's election commission or a 
court could declare the election process over. 

``I would be prepared to send Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov to Yugoslavia, 
right now, for consultations with all participants in the political process 
in the country,'' Putin said in brief televised excerpts of comments to 
Russian journalists. 

``But this decision of course must be agreed be with Belgrade. If Belgrade 
agrees, we are prepared for even more active participation in the process of 
resolution and the process of agreeing positions,'' he said. 

The Yugoslav opposition has already called on friendly nations, particularly 
Greece, to persuade President Slobodan Milosevic to agree to an impartial 
recount of last Sunday's presidential poll. 

A Greek Foreign Ministry official said on Saturday Athens was willing to help 
broker a solution and would send observers to recount votes from the election 
if asked. 

Yugoslavia's opposition has also been courting Moscow's backing for its 
claims that its candidate, Vojislav Kostunica, won the election. 

``It is obvious that we have reached a situation in which some sort of 
arbitration, in the sense of expertise, is needed,'' head of the opposition 
Democratic Party, Zoran Djindjic, told Reuters by telephone in Belgrade. 

``As far as the Democratic Opposition of Serbia is concerned we accept that 
initiative, the initiative to have arbitration at expert level.'' 

Interfax news agency also quoted Putin as saying: ``The Yugoslav people must 
determine its fate itself and without any interference. Otherwise the 
legitimacy of the next president could be questioned.'' 

``Only the central elections commission or a court can declare the election 
process complete,'' Interfax quoted him as saying. The Kremlin confirmed the 
remarks. 

The Yugoslav election commission has said Kostunica fell just short of a 50 
percent majority, and ordered a second round run-off. Kostunica's supporters 
and Western governments say the official results include bogus votes for 
Milosevic. 

Moscow supported Serbia in confrontations with the West over Kosovo last 
year, and Milosevic would suffer a major blow if the Kremlin were to withdraw 
its support. 

Publicly, Russia has so far declined to take sides in the dispute and has 
criticised the West for doing so. 

But Western officials who met Putin this week, including German Chancellor 
Gerhard Schroeder and French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine, suggested the 
Kremlin's unstated position may be closer to the West's than its public 
statements would indicate. 

Interfax quoted Foreign Ministry sources as saying Russia had received 11 
pages of complaints prepared by Yugoslavia's opposition challenging the 
official results in the election. The Foreign Ministry declined to comment. 


#3.
Albright Welcomes Russian Offer to Go to Belgrade

REYKJAVIK, Sept 30 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on 
Saturday welcomed Russia's offer to send its foreign minister to Belgrade to 
help resolve the political standoff in Yugoslavia. 

In comments made during her visit to Iceland, Albright said that Moscow 
should show that it recognised that the Yugoslav opposition had won last 
week's election. 

The opposition say they won the election outright and are rejecting a ruling 
by the Yugoslav electoral commission for a run-off between President Slobodan 
Milosevic and his challenger Vojislav Kostunica. 

Albright noted that she was not certain that the Russian Foreign Minister 
Igor Ivanov was going to Belgrade, but that she would be speaking to him 
shortly. 

``I am not sure that Foreign Minister Ivanov is going,'' she said, when asked 
her interpretation of President Vladimir Putin's remarks earlier on Saturday 
to Russian media that he may send Ivanov to Belgrade. 

``I'm about to speak to Foreign Minister Ivanov,'' Albright told a news confer
ence. 

She went on: ``I think that it's a good idea. I think that the Russians need 
to make clear also that they understand that this has been a procedure in 
which the opposition has won.'' 

Albright said she had earlier told the Russian foreign minister that if 
Moscow had doubts about the Yugoslav opposition's claims to outright victory 
in last Sunday's election, that they should check the evidence for 
themselves. 

She did not rule out another meeting of the six-nation Contact Group, set up 
to coordinate Balkans policy. 

The Contact Group, comprising Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and the 
United States, last met this month, for the first time since NATO's war over 
the Serbian province of Kosovo. 

``We certainly are all in contact with each other but whether as a Contact 
Group we will meet or not, I'm not sure it's possible,'' she said. 


#4.
Serb Opposition Leader Says Arbitration Needed

BELGRADE, Sept 30 (Reuters) - A Serb opposition leader said on Saturday that 
arbitration at expert level was needed over the disputed outcome of last 
weekend's presidential election, which the opposition says its candidate won 
outright. 

Democratic Party head Zoran Djindjic was asked to comment on news from Moscow 
that Russian President Vladimir Putin was prepared to send Foreign Minister 
Igor Ivanov to Belgrade to meet with ``participants in Yugoslavia's political 
process.'' 

``It is obvious that we have reached a situation in which some sort of 
arbitration, in the sense of expertise, is needed,'' Djindjic told Reuters. 

``As far as the Democratic Opposition of Serbia is concerned we accept that 
initiative, the initiative to have arbitration at expert level,'' he said by 
telephone. 

Putin was quoted as saying that the visit would first have to be agreed with 
Belgrade. 

Russia has so far declined to join the West in pressing Yugoslav President 
Slobodan Milosevic to step down after losing the September 24 poll, but the 
Yugoslav opposition has been actively courting Moscow's support. 

Opposition candidate Vojislav Kostunica's supporters, as well as most Western 
governments, say Kostunica won an outright majority in the vote and Milosevic 
must step down. 

But the Yugoslav election commission has said Kostunica fell just short of 50 
percent. The commission has ordered a second round of the poll on October 8, 
which the opposition says it will boycott. 

Russia's Interfax news agency quoted Foreign Ministry sources as saying 
Russia had received 11 pages of complaints prepared by Yugoslavia's 
opposition challenging the official results in the election. 

Djindjic said the opposition had nothing to fear from arbitration. ``We are 
not scared of that because we have evidence showing that we are right.'' 

``The Federal Electoral Commission is scared of such an initiative because 
they can not even show to us their evidence showing that the results they 
have presented are correct,'' Djindjic said. 

Russia has so far said it does not want to interfere in the election outcome. 
Moscow supported Serbia in confrontations with the West over Kosovo last 
year, and Milosevic would suffer a major blow if the Kremlin were to withdraw 
support. 


#5.
Russia Says Hasn't Seen Yugoslav Vote Count Yet

By Oleg Shchedrov

MOSCOW, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Russia, which has said it will not interfere in 
Yugoslavia's presidential election outcome, said on Friday it had yet to 
receive promised documents from opposition leaders which they say prove their 
candidate won. 

French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine dismissed as a ``speculative 
hypothesis'' any notion that Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic might seek 
refuge in Russia and said the issue had not been raised in his two days of 
Kremlin talks. 

Vedrine said the Russians felt the West overestimated any influence Moscow 
might have on events in Yugoslavia. 

In Belgrade, opposition leaders said on Thursday they had sent proof by 
diplomatic mail that Vojislav Kostunica had defeated Milosevic outright and 
that a decision to call a run-off vote was illegal. 

The Democratic Opposition of Serbia said it wanted Russia to compare 
conflicting returns and made clear they wanted President Vladimir Putin to 
take its side and urge Milosevic to go. 

``So far we have not received any such information from Belgrade and so we 
have no comment,'' a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said by telephone. 
The presidential administration, parliament and government had no comment. 

Western leaders who have discussed the Yugoslav crisis with Putin this week 
appear to have formed the view that the Kremlin has shifted away from 
Milosevic. But they say public gestures from Moscow are unlikely at this 
point. 

Last year, Russia froze relations with NATO after the alliance launched a 
military operation against Serbia forcing it to end ethnic cleansing in the 
rebel region of Kosovo. 

Russia later played a key role in brokering a deal between Milosevic and NATO 
and it takes part in the alliance's peacekeeping operation in Kosovo. That 
crisis damaged Moscow's ties with the West without giving it any political 
benefits at home or abroad. 

Putin, who is busy establishing new relations with the West after he himself 
was elected in March, has appeared reluctant to allow Milosevic to upset his 
plans this time. 

The new Russian leader, whose foreign policy is often described by domestic 
political analysts as pragmatic, kept silent as Western leaders congratulated 
Kostunica with victory. 

His foreign minister, Igor Ivanov, who had resorted to strong anti-Western 
rhetoric in the previous crisis, said on Thursday that Russia would not put 
pressure on either side. 

VEDRINE SAYS NO DISCUSSION OF ASYLUM FOR MILOSEVIC 

Vedrine told a news conference he wanted no involvement in any speculation 
about Milosevic seeking refuge in Moscow. 

``We didn't discuss this. This is a purely speculative hypothesis. The 
Russian authorities told me that nothing of the sort is being prepared,'' he 
said. 

``Since it has become necessary to talk regularly about problems dealing with 
Yugoslavia, the Russians keep telling me that we in the West are exaggerating 
considerably their influence over what happens in that country.'' 

The main issue was to ``encourage this extremely brave democratic movement 
which has been speaking out since Sunday.'' 

A Foreign Ministry spokesman rejected as ``rumours'' media reports that 
Milosevic or his family might already be in Russia. 

On Thursday, Vedrine said he had noted no support in Russia for Milosevic, 
but said there were limits for Putin as Russia is ry largely sympathetic to 
the Serbs and suspicious of the West. 

Vedrine said he favoured arranging a public comparison of Yugoslav election 
figures, but did not specify whether he discussed the issue with Putin. 

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder told reporters in Moscow this week that 
he and Putin had agreed that the Yugoslav people had ``decided in favour 
democratic change,'' but gave no details. 

Putin simply said he concurred with Schroeder. 

Some Russian political analysts said Moscow could find it awkward to offer 
shelter to another political pariah wanted for crimes against humanity after 
it had to extradite former East German leader Erich Honecker to Germany in 
1993. 

``Russia should try and mediate between Milosevic and the opposition to help 
create conditions for comparing the results of the first round,'' Sevodnya 
daily quoted parliament member and former ambassador to Washington Vladimir 
Lukin as saying. 


From Gazhebo at aol.com  Sat Sep 30 09:55:38 2000
From: Gazhebo at aol.com (Gazhebo at aol.com)
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 09:55:38 EDT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Greece Says Willing to Mediate in Yugoslavia/Russia, Greece Offer to Mediate in Yugoslavia
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1. Greece Says Willing to Mediate in Yugoslavia

ATHENS, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Greece said on Saturday it was willing to help 
broker a solution to the political crisis in Yugoslavia and would send 
observers to recount votes from last week's election if asked. 

``We are ready to take any necessary initiative in close cooperation with all 
parties concerned in Yugoslavia and also with our (European Union) 
partners,'' said Greek foreign ministry spokesman Panos Beglitis. 

The Yugoslav opposition has already called on friendly nations, particularly 
Greece, to persuade President Slobodan Milosevic to agree to an impartial 
recount of Sunday's presidential poll. 

Opposition leader Vojislav Kostunica won last week but official tallies gave 
him less than the 50 percent needed for an outright victory. Kostunica says 
the count was a fraud and has refused to take part in a second round of 
voting on October 8. 

Kostunica has already rejected a call by Greek Foreign Minister George 
Papandreou to consider taking part in the second round, which the opposition 
says would legitimise first round frauds and allow Milosevic the chance to 
steal victory. 

Papandreou returned from Sydney on Saturday morning and was due to call 
Hubert Vedrine, foreign minister of France, which currently holds the 
rotating presidency of the EU. 

However, Beglitis said Greece had not yet formally responded to the call from 
Kostunica to dispatch vote counters, a move that Milosevic appears unlikely 
to agree to. 

Greece has long had close ties to fellow Orthodox Serbs, but in recent years 
has distanced itself from Milosevic's government and has sought to promote 
democracy in the Balkans. 

Kostunica has also called on Russia to pressure Milosevic to go, dropping the 
neutral stance it has adopted since the vote. Western countries have backed 
the opposition's version of events and have called on Milosevic to give up 
power. 

On Saturday Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was prepared to dispatch 
Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov to Belgrade to meet ``participants in 
Yugoslavia's political process.'' 

Milosevic would suffer a major blow if the Kremlin were to withdraw its 
support. 

******

2. Russia, Greece Offer to Mediate in Yugoslavia

By Fredrik Dahl

BELGRADE, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Russia and Greece, traditional allies of the 
Serbs, offered on Saturday to help resolve the political standoff between the 
Yugoslav opposition and President Slobodan Milosevic. 

But it was not clear how foreign mediation would break the impasse over the 
results of last week's presidential election, which the opposition says are 
fraudulent and should be recounted under international supervision. 

Weekend rallies are planned as the opposition continues to try to force 
Milosevic to recognise that its leader, Vojislav Kostunica, secured outright 
victory last Sunday. 

Official results said Kostunica won, but with less than the 50 percent needed 
for an immediate triumph, forcing a runoff vote on October 8 that the 
opposition has pledged to boycott. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was ready to send Foreign Minister 
Igor Ivanov to Belgrade for consultations with both sides, but only if the 
Milosevic government accepts. 

``If Belgrade agrees, we are prepared for even more active participation in 
the process of resolution and the process of agreeing positions,'' Putin said 
in brief televised excerpts of comments to Russian journalists. 

Greece made a similar offer of mediation and said it was willing to send 
observers to monitor a new vote count, a prospect Milosevic is unlikely to 
agree to. 

``We are ready to take any necessary initiative in close cooperation with all 
parties concerned in Yugoslavia and also with our (European Union) 
partners,'' said Greek foreign ministry spokesman Panos Beglitis. 

In Belgrade Milosevic started his second round election campaign, appearing 
at a Yugoslav army ceremony in Belgrade to praise the military for resisting 
NATO ``aggression'' during last year's bombing campaign to force Serb troops 
out of Kosovo. 

A ROLE FOR MOSCOW 

The Yugoslav opposition has been actively courting Moscow, which so far has 
taken a neutral stance towards the election, unlike the West, which backs 
Kostunica's claim to outright victory and has urged Milosevic to quit power. 

Opposition leaders have sent their version of the vote count to Moscow to try 
to convince the Kremlin to condemn Milosevic, a move that would inflict 
serious damage on his authority. They have also reached out to Greece for 
help. 

``It is obvious that we have reached a situation in which some sort of 
arbitration, in the sense of expertise, is needed,'' the head of the 
opposition Democratic Party, Zoran Djindjic, told Reuters by telephone in 
Belgrade. 

U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright welcomed Russia's offer and said 
she would soon speak to Ivanov. 

``I think that the Russians need to make clear also that they understand that 
this has been a procedure in which the opposition has won,'' she said during 
a visit to Iceland. 

But Russia still appeared reluctant to take sides in the dispute, with Putin 
saying the Yugoslav people should determine their fate without interference. 

Western diplomats said the Russian move had been expected. 

``They have indicated that they were going to take an initiative, to play a 
role,'' the envoy said. A solution that allows Milosevic to give up the 
Presidency but take some other role was being considered, he said. 

``It is a risky political game for the Russians,'' he added, ``but if anyone 
is to succeed, it is them.'' 

The diplomat said Kostunica had spoken to Ivanov on Friday, and Kostunica was 
in favour of a Russian role. ``I don't think they are on anybody's side,'' he 
added. 

Fellow Orthodox Greece has distanced itself from Milosevic in recent years, 
opening lines of communication to the opposition and campaigning for 
democracy in the Balkans. 

Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou telephoned Kostunica this week to 
advise him to consider taking part in the second round, a call that was 
rejected. 

He was later due to consult Hubert Vedrine, foreign minister of France, 
current holder of the rotating presidency of the EU. 

BELGRADE RALLY 

A large rally is planned for Belgrade on Saturday evening, as the opposition 
tries to gather momentum behind its call for a widespread campaign of 
boycotts, strikes and protests. 

Around 20,000 people gathered in the capital on Friday afternoon, well down 
on the 100,000 one opposition leader had said were needed to properly kick 
off the campaign, and on the 200,000 who rallied in Belgrade on Wednesday 
evening. 

Milosevic's tight grip on the media, particularly in the capital, was slowing 
the opposition's message, with most Serbs relying on word of mouth to spread 
news of the campaign. 

But in a relatively strong start to the non-violent campaign, students walked 
out of schools in a string of towns run by the opposition, taxi drivers 
blocked traffic, workers at several companies went on strike and cinemas and 
theatres closed in the capital Belgrade and elsewhere. 

The opposition has called an initial five days of protests, but more could 
follow as Milosevic and his backers have made it clear they will defy 
pressure to cede power after 13 turbulent years marked by wars, isolation and 
economic decay. 

Most attention is focused on Monday, when the opposition will try to bring 
Serbia to a standstill at the start of the working week. 


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From: Gazhebo at aol.com (Gazhebo at aol.com)
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 15:04:27 EDT
Subject: [ALBSA-Info] Serb Opposition Calls for Blockade from Monday/Milosevic Rejects Russian Mediation Offer-source/Milosevic Defiant as Russia, Greece Offer Mediation/Albright: Milosevic Is Finished
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1. Serb Opposition Calls for Blockade from Monday
2. Milosevic Rejects Russian Mediation Offer-source
3. Milosevic Defiant as Russia, Greece Offer Mediation
4. Milosevic Tries To Cling to Power
5. Albright: Milosevic Is Finished


******

#1.
Serb Opposition Calls for Blockade from Monday

BELGRADE, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Opponents of Yugoslav President Slobodan 
Milosevic on Saturday called for a blockade of all institutions from early 
Monday morning as part of their attempt to force him to admit election 
defeat. 

Opposition leader Vuk Obradovic made the call at a rally in central Belgrade, 
referring to opposition candidate Vojislav Kostunica, who the opposition 
believes won last Sunday's poll outright, as the Yugoslav president. 

``The Democratic Opposition of Serbia has taken the decision, supported by 
Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica, that on Monday at 0500 (0300 GMT) a 
total blockade of all institutions of the system and general civil 
disobedience will begin,'' he said. 

Obradovic, a former general in the Yugoslav army, told people they should 
invent their own methods of civil disobedience, but urged them to stick to 
peaceful means. 

``On Monday every one of us must face the question of what I personally can 
do,'' he said. 


#2.
Milosevic Rejects Russian Mediation Offer-source

BELGRADE, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has 
rejected a Russian offer to mediate in Yugoslavia's political crisis, a Serb 
opposition source told Reuters on Saturday. 

``Milosevic has rejected (Russian Foreign Minister Igor) Ivanov's visit,'' 
the source said. Russian officials in Moscow were not immediately available 
for comment. 

The source said the opposition was now trying to arrange a meeting in Moscow 
on Sunday between its presidential candidate Vojislav Kostunica and Russian 
President Vladimir Putin, who had offered to send his foreign minister to 
Belgrade. 

Earlier, the independent Beta news agency quoted the U.N. human rights 
investigator for former Yugoslavia as saying Milosevic had rejected the 
offer. 

``Jiri Dienstbier said this afternoon Slobodan Milosevic had refused the 
mediation of Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov,'' the agency said. 

Clarifying his remarks, a U.N. official with Dienstbier said he had based his 
comments -- made at a news conference in the Montenegrin capital Podgorica -- 
on a news report. 

Putin said earlier in Moscow he was ready to send Ivanov to Belgrade for 
consultations with both sides, but only if the Milosevic government accepted 
the offer. 


#3.
Milosevic Defiant as Russia, Greece Offer Mediation

By Gordana Kukic

BELGRADE, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Russia and Greece offered on Saturday to help 
resolve the bitter political standoff between the Serbian opposition and 
Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, who showed no sign of stepping down. 

The embattled Balkan leader, defying calls at home and abroad to accept 
defeat in Sunday's elections, used a speech at a Yugoslav army ceremony to 
make clear he would not bow to outside pressure. 

Milosevic, blamed by the West for the violent breakup of old socialist 
Yugoslavia in the 1990s, said the country would resist pressure just as it 
resisted NATO's bombing campaign last year. 

``We will counter pressures and threats with the truth, unity, knowledge, 
work and creativity just as we did successfully during the (NATO) aggression 
and in the subsequent reconstruction of our country,'' Milosevic said. 

As he spoke, sporadic protests against him broke out in some parts of Serbia, 
including several thousand people blocking a road from the southern town of 
Pirot to the city of Nis, according to Beta news agency. 

Workers at Serbia's biggest coal mine, Kolubara, were on strike for a second 
day, an engineer at the plant said. 

The Serbian opposition has vowed to bring Serbia to a standstill on Monday 
and protest rallies were planned for Saturday evening in Belgrade and other 
towns. 

FOREIGN MEDIATION MAY NOT BE EFFECTIVE 

On the diplomatic front, it was unclear how foreign mediation could break the 
impasse over the presidential election result. The opposition says vote 
counting was fraudulent and should be carried out again under international 
supervision. 

Official results said opposition candidate Vojislav Kostunica won, but with 
less than the 50 percent needed for an immediate triumph, forcing a runoff 
vote on October 8. The opposition says Kostunica won outright and has pledged 
to boycott the second round. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was ready to send Foreign Minister 
Igor Ivanov to Belgrade for consultations with both sides, but only if the 
Milosevic government accepts. 

``If Belgrade agrees, we are prepared for even more active participation in 
the process of resolution and the process of agreeing positions,'' Putin said 
in brief televised excerpts of comments to Russian journalists. 

Greece, also a traditional Serb ally, made a similar offer of mediation and 
said it was ready to send observers to monitor a new vote count, a prospect 
Milosevic is unlikely to agree to. 

The Yugoslav opposition has been actively courting Moscow, which so far has 
taken a neutral stance towards the election, unlike the West, which backs 
Kostunica's claim to outright victory and has urged Milosevic to quit power. 

OPPOSITION SEEKS HELP 

Opposition leaders have sent their version of the vote count to Moscow to try 
to persuade the Kremlin to condemn Milosevic, a move that would inflict 
serious damage on his authority. They have also reached out to Greece for 
help. 

U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright welcomed Russia's offer and said 
she would soon speak to Ivanov. 

``I think that the Russians need to make clear also that they understand that 
this has been a procedure in which the opposition has won,'' she said during 
a visit to Iceland. 

But Russia remained reluctant to take sides in the dispute, Putin saying the 
Yugoslav people should determine their fate without interference. 

Western diplomats said the Russian move had been expected. 

``They have indicated that they were going to take an initiative, to play a 
role,'' one envoy said. ``It is a risky political game for the Russians,'' he 
added, ``but if anyone is to succeed, it is them.'' 

Greece, which shares its Orthodox Christian faith with Serbia, has distanced 
itself from Milosevic in recent years, opening lines of communication to the 
opposition and campaigning for democracy in the Balkans. 

Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou telephoned Kostunica this week to 
advise him to consider taking part in the second round, a call that was 
rejected. 

He was later due to consult Hubert Vedrine, foreign minister of France, 
current holder of the rotating EU presidency. 

A large rally is planned for Belgrade on Saturday evening, as the opposition 
tries to gather momentum for a widespread campaign of boycotts, strikes and 
protests. 

Around 20,000 people gathered in the capital on Friday afternoon, well down 
on the 100,000 one opposition leader had said were needed to kick off the 
campaign properly, and on the 200,000 who rallied in Belgrade on Wednesday 
evening. 

Milosevic's tight grip on the media, especially in the capital, was slowing 
the spread of the opposition's message, and most Serbs were relying on word 
of mouth for news of the campaign. 

But in a relatively strong start to the non-violent campaign, students walked 
out of schools in a string of towns run by the opposition, taxi drivers 
blocked traffic, workers at several companies went on strike and cinemas and 
theatres closed in the capital Belgrade and elsewhere. 

The opposition has called an initial five days of protests, but more could 
follow as Milosevic and his backers have made it clear they will defy 
pressure to cede power after 13 turbulent years marked by wars, isolation and 
economic decay. 

Most attention is focused on Monday, when the opposition will try to bring 
Serbia to a standstill at the start of the working week. 


#4.
Milosevic Tries To Cling to Power

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia (AP) - Battling demands he step down, Slobodan Milosevic 
still has cards in his deck: He insists he'll go through with a runoff 
election next weekend - even if he runs alone - and many fear the Yugoslav 
leader will use force against his opponents. 

And the jury is still out whether the opposition will succeed quickly next 
week in paralyzing the country to force Milosevic to accept what it says was 
his defeat by challenger Vojislav Kostunica in the Sept. 24 election. 

Nevertheless, there is a growing sense in Belgrade that Milosevic's 13-year 
reign is coming to an end because the overwhelming majority of people - tired 
of wars and economic misery - have turned their backs on him. 

After years of sly political maneuvering, rigging elections and even 
triggering wars to stay in power - and futile Western and domestic opposition 
attempts to unseat him - Milosevic has walked into his own trap. 

By calling early elections, the incumbent Yugoslav president miscalculated. 
He gambled that he alone could tap the public hostility to the West after 
last year's NATO bombing. He based his campaign on blasting the opposition as 
``NATO lackeys and stooges.'' 

The election, however, showed that anti-Western, nationalist themes alone are 
not enough. They no longer carry the resonance they once did among the 
majority of Yugoslavs, who live on the brink of poverty caused by 
international isolation, economic mismanagement and corruption. 

And Kostunica, a NATO critic with ``nationalistic'' credentials, could not be 
easily pictured as a stooge of the Western alliance. 

Still, Milosevic's announcement that he will stand in a runoff next weekend 
shows that there probably will be no quick, early exit for a leader who has 
wielded power here for 13 years. 

``Milosevic will run in the second round like nothing has happened, and 
consider any attempts of street protest against his decision an 
unconstitutional act that gives him right to use force,'' said Misha Glenny, 
a Balkan expert and British author of books on the region. 

This opens the door for a major crisis, including the possibility of a public 
uprising, which would likely bring Milosevic's trademark forceful response. 

Milosevic, who was reportedly furious over election results, has several 
options. 

None, however, guarantees success. 

He could use police or the military against opposition demonstrators and 
their leaders and proclaim a state of emergency claiming they are American 
agents who want to take power by force. 

But despite public support from top army commanders, the rank and file are 
said to be highly dissatisfied with Milosevic. 

``I don't think he can use force any more,'' said opposition leader Goran 
Svilanovic. ``He can provoke incidents, but not massive violence. Even if 
Milosevic tries to order police or military action, he cannot finalize such 
orders any more.'' 

He also cannot get what he wants from the elections - a stamp of legitimacy 
at home and abroad. 

The government has released its figures showing Kostunica finishing first a
mong the five candidates in Sunday's ballot but short of the absolute 
majority required to avoid a runoff. The opposition and Western governments 
claim Kostunica won outright. 

Still, the fact that Milosevic admitted trailing Kostunica shattered the aura 
of power which the Yugoslav leader has used to maintain his grip on this 
country, where intimidation, control of smuggling rackets and brute force 
traditionally count for more than constitutional forms. 

As the master of divide-and-conquer tactics, Milosevic may try to drive a 
rift in the 18-party opposition coalition that supports Kostunica by bribing 
or intimidating its leaders. 

But ``this time he can't do it as we are united against him,'' another 
opposition official, Zarko Korac, said. ``He's simply buying time as he's in 
panic.'' 

The influential independent newspaper Danas said in a commentary that ``the 
regime is again apparently ready to play the cards of fear and civil war to 
postpone its agony.'' 

``Serbs have again found themselves in a horror film in which the main 
negative character dies 10 times, but doesn't really pass away until The End 
appears on the screen,'' Danas said. 

EDITOR'S NOTE: Dusan Stojanovic is the AP's chief correspondent in Yugoslavia 
and has covered Balkan affairs for the Associated Press since 1984. 


#5.
Albright: Milosevic Is Finished

By RICHARD MIDDLETON

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) - Secretary of State Madeleine Albright urged Russia 
on Saturday to accept that Slobodan Milosevic was ``finished'' as president 
of Yugoslavia. 

Albright was reacting to news that Russian President Vladimir Putin had 
offered to send Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov to Belgrade to talk to both 
sides in Yugoslavia's election standoff. 

So far, Russia hasn't taken sides in the dispute over who won Yugoslavia's 
presidential vote on Sunday. Opposition candidate Vojislav Kostunica says he 
beat President Slobodan Milosevic outright, while Milosevic says a runoff is 
necessary to determine the winner because Kostunica got less than 50 percent 
of the vote. 

Albright said she planned to speak to Ivanov later in the day, and would 
stress that Kostunica had won the election. 

``I think the Russians need to make clear that they understand that this has 
been a procedure where the opposition has won,'' Albright said at a news 
conference in Reykjavik. 

``The Russians need to understand that Milosevic lost in this round. He is 
finished. It is time for him to go.'' 

Albright also said she had spoken to leading parties in the Middle East peace 
process in an effort to ease tensions which erupted in violence in Jerusalem. 

She said that she had telephoned both Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader, 
and Israel's prime minister Ehud Barak in a bid to keep the peace process on 
course. 

``We are very concerned about the violence. It is clearly counterproductive 
in the peace process,'' Albright said. ``There is danger of a cycle of 
violence developing. The talks are at a very delicate stage and it is 
important that the violence stops.'' 

Albright stopped briefly in Iceland, a NATO ally, on her way to France and 
Germany, and met with Foreign Minister Halldor Asgrimsson and Prime Minister 
David Oddsson. 

An agreement between the two countries for the U.S. use of the military base 
at Keflavik in southwest Iceland is due for renewal in April. Iceland relies 
on NATO and the U.S. forces for its defense. 

Albright said any changes in U.S. commitments to Iceland were unlikely. 


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Subject: [ALBSA-Info] {QIKSH =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=AB?=ALBEUROPA=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=BB?=} Fw: PRESS: Yugoslavia vote clouds prospect of free Kosovo (Boston Globe,  9/29/2000)
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>
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/273/nation/Yugoslavia_vote_clouds_prospect
_of_free_Kosovo+.shtml
>
> Yugoslavia vote clouds prospect of free Kosovo
>
> By Kevin Cullen, Globe Staff, 9/29/2000
>
> PRISTINA, Yugoslavia - As the Western allies, led by the United States,
> support the stirrings of democracy in Yugoslavia, ethnic Albanians here
> are worried that the West's enthusiastic embrace of any successor to
> Slobodan Milosevic will kill their dream of an independent Kosovo.
>      With Kosovo's first postwar elections looming next month, there is
> increasing pressure on Kosovo's feuding politicians to behave more like
> democrats, and for ordinary citizens to turn their backs on the
> racketeers who control an overnight market economy that has turned much
> of the province into a gold-rush town.
>      Ten years ago, Koha Ditore, the newspaper read by most ethnic
> Albanians in Kosovo, ran a satirical piece suggesting that a statue of
> Milosevic be put up in the center of Pristina because his repression had
> done so much to spawn a separatist movement here.
>      But the opposite may be true: If Milosevic goes, the raison d'etre
> of Kosovo independence could go with him.
>      It was the desire of many ethnic Albanians to break free from
> Yugoslavia that indirectly led to the war in Kosovo. After a decade of
> repression at the hands of Milosevic, who summarily stripped Kosovo of
> its autonomy in 1989, the Kosovo Liberation Army separatist group sprang
> from the ethnic Albanian community that makes up 90 percent of Kosovo's
> population of 2 million. The separatists took potshots at Serbian police
> in what observers saw as a calculated attempt to provoke Belgrade.
>      Milosevic's crackdown against the KLA, especially the
> indiscriminate killing of civilians and the hundreds of thousands of
> refugees who fled the Serbian scorched-earth policy, led to NATO's
> 78-day war against Yugoslavia.
>      While Serbia suffered under Western sanctions for a decade -
> punishment for Milosevic's serial warmongering in the Balkans - Kosovo,
> since the end of the war in June 1999, has enjoyed the advantages of
> being a United Nations protectorate, and the $300 million a year spent
> by the UN to prop it up.
>      Now, however, with Serbian challenger Vojislav Kostunica appearing
> to have a chance to oust Milosevic, and with the United States and the
> European Union promising to ease sanctions and help Yugoslavia if
> Milosevic goes, ethnic Albanians fear their struggle will be quickly
> forgotten.
>      Veton Surroi, the publisher of Koha Ditore, is among those who are
> wary of Kostunica and of the West's enthusiasm for him.
>      Noting that Kostunica has echoed Milosevic's rhetoric that Kosovo
> must always remain part of Serbia, Surroi describes the possible change
> of power in Belgrade as the replacement of ''a nationalist of
> opportunism ... by a nationalist of conviction.''
>      But others suggest Kostunica's nationalist rhetoric during the
> campaign was calculated so that Milosevic was not able to portray him as
> being soft on Kosovo and, by extension, afraid to stand up to NATO.
>      Louis D. Sell, a former US diplomat in the Balkans, said that in
> private discussions, Kostunica reveals himself to be more open to the
> idea of restoring Kosovo's autonomy. While Milosevic responded to the
> demand for a return to automony with brutal, murderous repression, Sell
> says, Kostunica displays a more pragmatic streak.
>      ''I think Kostunica would consider autonomy for Kosovo. Milosevic
> wouldn't even discuss it,'' said Sell, who is now the Kosovo director
> for the International Crisis Group.
>      Kosovo is home to the battlefields where the Serb nation was
> formed, and to Orthodox shrines that many Serbs hold dear. Sell suggests
> that Kostunica knows that the best way to keep Kosovo part of Serbia is
> to allow ethnic Albanians to run the province where they make up an
> overwhelming majority, thereby removing any need, aside from sheer
> nationalism, to establish an independent Kosovo. Milosevic's response,
> to throw Albanians out of government jobs and close their schools, only
> bred resentment and support for independence, he said.
>      Sell believes ethnic Albanians here ''have not realized what the
> Kostunica phenomenon means to them,'' and have been caught unprepared by
> the depth of the popular opposition to Milosevic.
>      He said the dream for independence, which never enjoyed much
> sympathy in the international community, would have even less if
> Kostunica takes power and steers Yugoslavia back into dialogue and trade
> with a world that, aside from a handful of Serb sympathizers, regarded
> Serbia under Milosevic as a rogue nation.
>      Sell said Kostunica's reasonable approach toward autonomy would
> also push back the demands for independence coming from Montenegro, the
> republic that with Serbia forms Yugoslavia.
>      Ilir Gashi, a 23-year-old housing contractor who describes himself
> as a veteran of the Kosovo Liberation Army, like nearly every young man
> here, said he does not trust Kostunica and does not think the Western
> allies should either.
>      ''He is a Serb, and you saw what the Serbs did to us,'' said Gashi.
> ''America should not be fooled by Kostunica. He would have done the same
> as Milosevic.''
>      In fact, Kostunica was a withering critic of NATO's bombing of
> Serbia and defended the government's crackdown on Albanian separatists.
> But Kostunica's defenders say he is also someone who would not have sent
> death squads to massacre civilians in Kosovo, as Milosevic did,
> according to his indictment for war crimes by the international tribunal
> at The Hague.
>      Privately, United Nations officials say they hope the march toward
> democracy in Serbia will serve as a wakeup call to ethnic Albanians here
> who have shown ambivalence, at best, toward the UN's call for them to
> unconditionally support democracy.
>      Here in Pristina, where an anything-goes atmosphere out of the Wild
> West prevails, racketeers control many of the businesses, legitimate and
> otherwise, that have sprung up since the end of the war. UN police,
> preoccupied with preventing the revenge killings of the 100,000 or so
> Serbs left in Kosovo, look on helplessly as former KLA members shake
> down restaurant and cafe owners.
>      Opinion polls suggest that the most popular politician in Kosovo is
> Ibrahim Rugova, a pacifist whose party has been derided and physically
> attacked by the political wing of the KLA.
>      UN officials and Western diplomats have made no secret of their
> wish to see Rugova's party prevail in next month's local elections,
> which will mark the first legitimate test of political opinion here.
> Western diplomats remain skeptical of the commitment shown to democracy
> by the former rebels and their political leader, Hashim Thaci.
>      The KLA's reputation was not enhanced this week when some of its
> supporters threw eggs at candidates from Rugova's party at a rally in
> Lipjan.
>      As one UN official put it yesterday, speaking on condition of
> anonymity, some ethnic Albanians have got to start acting ''more like
> Kostunica's supporters and less like Milosevic's.''
>
> This story ran on page A01 of the Boston Globe on 9/29/2000.
> ? Copyright 2000 Globe Newspaper Company.
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