From XHUNGA at unhcr.ch Thu Feb 1 12:42:03 2001 From: XHUNGA at unhcr.ch (Mariola Xhunga) Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 18:42:03 +0100 Subject: [NYC-L] NYC-L digest, Vol 1 #80 - 2 msgs -Reply Message-ID: An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: not available Url: http://www.alb-net.com/pipermail/nyc-l/attachments/20010201/961c7f10/attachment.pl From besnik at alb-net.com Sat Feb 3 06:50:07 2001 From: besnik at alb-net.com (Besnik Pula) Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 13:50:07 +0200 Subject: [NYC-L] "Albanian extremists" In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Some people were saying that why should we bother protesting against Vlade Divac's three-finger salute when we have more important things to do. Well, my friends, if we had a way of protesting against Divac, we would have also had a way of protesting against things like this. Read the news below. We are now seen as culprits and troublemakers, while the new "democrats" in Belgrade, who give promotions to war criminals, are now seen as NATO's friends against "Albanian extremists". The game has changed my friends, and we are losing. -Besnik NATO acts on Albanian extremists French peacekeepers in action in the flashpoint town of Mitrovica February 1, 2001 Web posted at: 1453 GMT BRUSSELS, Belgium (Reuters) -- NATO has announced it is to take action to prevent any attempted link-up of extremist groups seeking a Greater Albania. It said it plans to decrease the size of the buffer zone on the border between Kosovo and Serbia that is being used as a safe haven by ethnic Albanian paramilitaries. The move is an effort to curb renewed violence in Kosovo, Serbia and Macedonia, a NATO official said. NATO commanders are negotiating with Yugoslavia on possible changes to the buffer zone, he added. ANALYSIS Mitrovica: 'Kosovo in microcosm' The Yugoslav government, on good terms with NATO allies after the fall of Slobodan Milosevic, says security in Serbia's Presevo Valley is hampered by the five-kilometre (three-mile) strip along the border of Kosovo where its forces may not go. The NATO announcement came as French peacekeepers clashed with stone-throwing Kosovo-Albanian protesters in a fresh bout of violence in the flashpoint town of Mitrovica. It was the fourth day of violence in the ethnically divided town in which at least 20 soldiers have been wounded -- one critically -- and dozens of civilians have been hurt. The French troops fired percussion grenades to try to disperse the crowd of about 300 mainly young protesters in Mitrovica where trouble has flared repeatedly since Kosovo came under international control in June 1999. The protesters had gathered at the southern end of the main bridge over the Ibar River, which divides Mitrovica into Albanian and Serb-dominated sections. They were told to leave by Italian peacekeepers. They then marched to another bridge and threw some rocks at a checkpoint of French soldiers from the NATO-led KFOR multi-national peacekeeping force. The soldiers responded by firing percussion grenades, also known as stun grenades, which make a booming sound intended to scatter crowds in panic. There is also the self-proclaimed but unconfirmed emergence of a "Liberation Army of the Albanians" in Macedonia. Police in ethnically-mixed Macedonia this week arrested four Albanians for a January 22 grenade attack in which a Macedonian policeman was killed. A Macedonian spokesman said these "extreme radical individuals are not part of an organised terrorist group, but we have unconfirmed information that they are former KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army) fighters." The past week has also seen a sharp flare-up of violence in the Presevo Valley buffer zone. The buffer zone was imposed on Belgrade in an agreement at the end of NATO's 78-day bombing campaign in 1999, both to separate Serb troops from incoming NATO peacekeepers and to reassure Kosovo Albanians returning to their villages. Ethnic Albanian protestors clash with KFOR troops Reformist Serbian leaders want NATO to agree to eradicate or radically narrow the strip to one or two km (a mile or less), to permit Serbian security forces to deal with the paramilitary threat, since "we are no longer enemies." "They are making proposals, and they do want changes, and we'll talk about it," the NATO official said. Many of the communities in the Presevo Valley have overwhelmingly ethnic Albanian populations whose numbers, NATO says, ought to be better reflected in local administration, police and key institutions. The paramilitaries of the Presevo "liberation army," also thought to be mainly former KLA fighters numbering up to 700, say the 70,000 Albanians need their armed protection. The NATO official said intensification of KFOR's border security in the past two months had made it "much harder for the extremists to operate with impunity." Last Friday, about 300 of the Presevo fighters paraded before around 1,000 spectators on the outskirts of Dobrosin, a village they control which is practically within hailing distance of a major U.S. Army checkpoint. Serbian authorities this week reported that the paramilitaries were fortifying their positions, particularly in the village of Veliki Trnovac, which they also control. From eb246 at columbia.edu Mon Feb 5 17:28:46 2001 From: eb246 at columbia.edu (Erkanda Bujari) Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 17:28:46 -0500 (EST) Subject: [NYC-L] FW: 2 jobs: Kosovo, Albania (Education/Community development Message-ID: From: Sarah Margon > Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 9:40 AM > To: #HELP WANTED > Subject: FW: 2 jobs: Kosovo, Albania (Education/Community development) > > > > > > > >#1 > > > > > >Project Manager/Parent School Partnership > > > >Job Category: Project management > >Type: Full time > >Salary: To be determined > > > >Description: Overview: Since its return to Kosovo in Fall 1999 CRS > >has employed the Parent School Partnership (PSP) methodology with parent > >and youth councils across communities in the Prizren and Prishtina areas > >of responsibility. The program has endeavored to establish viable, > >democratic, and effective local councils that, with the help of CRS > >resources and guidance, prioritize and carry out projects to benefit > >children, schools, education, and the community as a whole. This program > >stems from CRS's larger education strategy in Kosovo, which is based on > >recognition of the need for more people (i.e. parents, teachers, > >administrators, businessmen, community leaders) to become involved in the > >education of their children. CRS hopes to develop the skills of individuals > >and community associations to work together under their own leadership now > >and in the future. > > > >Primary Responsibilities: The Education Director oversees all > >operations related to the implementation of the PSP program in Prizren and > >Prishtina. She/He assists and is a resource to a team of up to 20 > >nationals and three international coordinators, and reports directly to the > >Zonal Director. This includes advising on program direction; meeting > >regularly with program coordinators and, as needed, with program staff; > >maintaining communication with both Prizren and Prishtina offices; ensuring > >program compliance with the Kosovo Education Strategy and other broader > >initiatives; and strategic planning for the further development of > >education programming in Kosovo. > > > >Education: Master (MA, MSW, etc.) > >Languages: English > >Additional Qualifications: > >1. Mature individual with 3-5 years experience in education or development > >programming and project management. > >2. Master's Degree in Education or International Relations > >3. Experience with community councils and/or PTA systems a plus > >4. At lease one-year overseas work/living experience; knowledge of the > >Balkans preferred with sensitivity to political and cultural issues. > >5. Flexible, motivated, innovative, team player > >6. Willingness to live and work in a post-conflict environment where > >conditions are occasionally harsh and/or volatile. > >7. Excellent English language skills. Knowledge of Albanian or Slavic > >languages a plus. Proficiency in French, Spanish or Portuguese > >required. > > > > > >How to Apply: For consideration send resume with salary requirements > >by Email: CRS at rpc.webhire.com, please reference source code IDEALIST in > >the Subject Line of the email, or Fax toll free: 800.383.0969 please > >reference Source Code IDEALIST on first page. > > > >Last day to apply: March 1, 2001 > > > >Area of Focus: Children and Youth, Education > >Organization: Catholic Relief Services > >URL: http://www.catholicrelief.org > >Phone: 410-625-2220, ext. 3005 > >Location: Prishtina, Kosovo, > >Job posted on: January 30, 2001 > >-------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >#2 > > > >Project Manager/Education > > > >Job Category: Project management > >Type: Full time > >Salary: To be determined > > > >Description: > >1. Responsible for the overall strategic planning, oversight and management > >of current and future quality education program investments > >in Albania; > >2. Coordinate the community involvement, institution-building, public > >awareness, and reconstruction components within the education program, > >ensuring that they operate in an integrated way to achieve the overall > >objectives of CRS Albania's Five Year Education Strategy; > >3. Responsible for financial management of the overall education > >program, ensuring that all budgets are appropriately monitored and that > >program expenses are allowable and appropriate according to donor > >requirements and program strategy documents; > >4. Mentor and build capacity within the education department team such > >that Education Department management can be nationalized within one-two > >years; > >5. Maintain positive working relationships with government > >institutions, other international and national non-governmental > >organizations as well as donor and multi-lateral bodies investing in the > >education sector in Albania; > >6. Together with the Deputy Director for Programming, represent and > >maintain positive relationships between CRS and relevant government > >institutions, non-government bodies, and donor organizations on issues > >related to the education sector in Albania; > >7. Contribute actively to the CRS Albania management team, in > >particular efforts to seek innovative program integration opportunities and > >to apply just workplace principles throughout the organization. > > > >Education: Master (MA, MSW, etc.) > >Languages: English > >Additional Qualifications: > > > >1. Masters degree in Education, Education Policy, International Relations, > >or related field > >2. 3-5 years experience in management and staff mentoring/supervision, > >in the field of education programming preferred > >3. Experience with community councils and/or PTA systems a plus > >4. Experience with project/budget development and management > >5. Strong English language written and verbal communication skills > >6. Flexible, motivated, innovative, a team player > >7. Knowledge of Albanian language preferred > >8. Ability to travel 20% of the time > >9. Proficiency in French, Spanish or Portuguese required > > > > > >How to Apply: For consideration send resume with salary requirements > >by Email: CRS at rpc.webhire.com, please reference source code IDEALIST in > >the Subject Line of the email, or Fax toll free: 800.383.0969 please > >reference Source Code IDEALIST on first page. > > > >Last day to apply: March 1, 2001 > > > >Area of Focus: Education > >Organization: Catholic Relief Services > >URL: http://www.catholicrelief.org > >Phone: 410-625-2220, ext. 3005 > >Location: Tirana, Albania > >Job posted on: January 30, 2001 > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > From XHUNGA at unhcr.ch Tue Feb 6 06:56:55 2001 From: XHUNGA at unhcr.ch (Mariola Xhunga) Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 12:56:55 +0100 Subject: [NYC-L] Religion in Kosova Message-ID: An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... 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From: Wolfgang Plarre Subject: translation [Fwd: This is a letter written by one ...] Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 23:27:03 +0100 Size: 7725 Url: http://www.alb-net.com/pipermail/nyc-l/attachments/20010207/bca35869/attachment.mht From ha.isai at juno.com Mon Feb 12 13:40:41 2001 From: ha.isai at juno.com (h isai) Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 13:40:41 -0500 (EST) Subject: [NYC-L] (no subject) Message-ID: <379268580.982003294998.JavaMail.root@web425-wra> Visar, What I sense out of your letter is that your anger is coming from not liking the fact that Isa is pro-muslim. I didn't watch the game so I didn't see the players lifting their fingers, but if I had I would have been offended enough for that matter to preoccuppy my mind for a good amount of time. What Isa brings to our attention is not illogical. What's illogical is that a person of your acedemic status bring about such complex problems that an average person can never solve. We leave these problems for someone of your intelligence to handle. What Isa is doing is bringing us commoners together and asking us in unison to address a problem that affects all of us and that can simply be solved. Isa is obviously a Muslim and so are the majority of Albanians. I am Albanian by blood, by language, by history and by culture but, I am Muslim by choice. All of my ethical and moral decisions are made through my religion. I would fight for my religion just as much as I would fight for my nationality and sometimes my religion comes first. ------Original Message------ From: "Visar Belegu" To: NYC-L at alb-net.com Sent: January 24, 2001 2:01:04 AM GMT Subject: [NYC-L] (no subject) Hi everyone I must say I am enjoying the little debate that you all have going! I saw the Kings game last Saturday on NBC when they beat the Blazers, and quite frankly I was upset that Portland lost but I also noticed one of the Kings players raise the infamous three fingers after he made a three point shot at the latter part of the fourth quarter. Some of you may not know this but recently Alan Iverson, of the Philadelphia 76ers for the people that do not follow the NBA, released a rap album in which he had to rewrite some of the songs because the lyrics where offensive toward homosexual people as well as women; this goes to show the type of control the NBA commisiner, David Stern, has on the out-of-court behavior of the NBA players. Toward this Snopp Doggy Dogg and Master P, rappers and entreupeneurs, said that Iverson changed his lyrics because he is a ball player first, and a rapper second. Therefore, there is no doubt that if the commissioner became aware of the fact that the three fingers are a symbol of a regime that promotes hate crimes, and violence toward any ethnicity or religion he would "convince" any and all players not to use that gesture in public, at least not during the time they are associated with a broadcast that is NBA and basketball related. This gesture, the three fingers raised during an NBA game however offensive we might find it, is the least of our problems. Perhaps we are losing Kosova as Mr. Blumi says however it is not because we cannot get Divac and Peja to stop raisng three fingers during a basketball game. Mr. Blumi I believe is a PhD candidate in a political science related field of study, and as an educated Albanian he should know that any comment that he makes in which he expresses concern about how the Muslim Albanians are being offended and so on is offensive to all Albanians. If he is not aware of this then I would refer him to the poem of Vaso Pasha which I believe is titled "Shqiperi e mjera Shqiperi." I do not what to prolong a pointless argument here but I just want to reiterate the mindless divisions that we are introducing amongst our selves at a time when UNITY should be goal of all Albanians. In front of me I have a magazine from Prishtina titeled Kosovarja, and in the fourth page a 17 year old girl writes "I have never been so lucky to fall in love with a boy of my class instead I have always gotten in relationships with boys of lower classes such as peasents (fshatare), junkies, and members of catholic faith etc;" on the same page there are letters from five other readers that praise this magazine from its "great" articles. Personally, I was not aware that in the population of Kosova we had different social classes, and I am certain that we cannot afford to invent them. In conclussion of this thought, since our goal is the same - independence, and subsequent prosperity for Kosova as well as Albania,- and since Kosovars - muslims as well as catholics, peasents as well as city dwellers - have equally suffered, when we complain about anything that is detramental to our cause we should be more inclusive. With all this said it is even more sad to say that this is not our biggest problem. So what is our biggest problem? Today, the citizens of Kosova are reluctant to pay taxes because they see how waistful the UN administration is with their tax money; Our future presidential candidates are, the most promominent at least, two men, one of which blatently disregards the law, is involved in racketeering, stealing of public property, and who knows what else, while the second one has shown that he has more regard for his own life than any of his constituents and has never made an attempt to apologize for his courdly behaviour. Our economy. . . well it is is shoumbless, and no one is making an effort to come up with a scheme to recover it; and why should we try to do that when we can just wait for the UN to do it for us!? Our legal system is the same miserable situtation, and minimal efforts are being taken to repair it. Perhaps most importantly our education system is in the worst position with high school graduates being more interested in becoming Miss this and that or working for 1000 DM/month versus continuing their education; welcome to Kosova the land of bluming iliteracy. Not to mention the fact that corruption has creept into every aspect of life, all the way up to university professors. See, now I am angry. All you people, myself included, can come up with reasons to complain, something to bitch about. However, I would advise you to be cations about expressing your concerns, and if you must express them in a public forum make sure your suggesting a solution, at least a half logical one, otherwise your wasting our time. You can understand the latter from reading this letter. Visar Belegu PhD Candidate University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Department of Free Radical Biology and Aging
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From intiyac2 at yahoo.de Mon Feb 12 15:52:27 2001 From: intiyac2 at yahoo.de (=?iso-8859-1?q?hussein=20king?=) Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 21:52:27 +0100 (CET) Subject: [NYC-L] searching for a chamerian community (on-line) Message-ID: <20010212205227.63037.qmail@web10303.mail.yahoo.com> greetings, we are two researchers from berlin interested in the chamerian community. we are especially interested in knowing if such a community has an on-line existence, although we would be happy to know if a community exists at all and how we could get in touch with them. one of us comes from a social scientist background specifically interested in historical or collective memory, and the other one comes from an interdisciplinary computing background, interested in the uses of new media in immigrant communities. thank you in advance for your cooperation. seda and george __________________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - http://mail.yahoo.de From mentor at alb-net.com Wed Feb 14 08:36:20 2001 From: mentor at alb-net.com (Mentor Cana) Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 08:36:20 -0500 (EST) Subject: [NYC-L] Serbs offer civil rights in peace plan Message-ID: How ironical is this: "Serbs offer civil rights in a peace plan"? First you start oppressing a group of people (Albanians in this case) by removing their God given right to live freely. Then, when they show open dissatisfaction with the oppression (what's new here?!) you tell them you will give them back the very thing you were not supposed to have taken from them?! Ok, we understand Serbs doing this. But, how come Western Diplomats also see this as a 'good' thing? As e legitimate way besides force? It is really surprising, sadly, to see the West act with such acceptance of Kostunica's moves just because he was elected 'democratically'. When it comes to Kosova and Albanians (especially in Southern Serbia) he is no different than Milosevic. later, Mentor ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 21:33:17 +0100 From: Wolfgang Plarre To: ALBANEWS at LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU Subject: [ALBANEWS] NEWS: Serbs offer civil rights in peace plan (New York Times, 13 February 2001) http://www.smh.com.au/news/0102/13/world/world8.html Serbs offer civil rights in peace plan Hoping to end an ethnic Albanian insurgency that is gaining momentum along the border with Kosovo, Serbia's new government has put together a peace plan. It rules out annexation or autonomy, but proposes to demilitarise the area and grant Albanians civil rights stripped away under Slobodan Milosevic. The plan has already received support from Western diplomats who know that the alternative is allowing the Serbs to use force. "We have to give it a shot," said one Western diplomat, "but I don't know if it will really work. In the end, there is going to have to be some use of force on the Serbian side." .... [full article at: http://www.smh.com.au/news/0102/13/world/world8.html ] From vatra_federation at hotmail.com Fri Feb 16 20:31:49 2001 From: vatra_federation at hotmail.com (Vatra Federation) Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 01:31:49 -0000 Subject: [NYC-L] Protest Rally Against Yannoulatos Receiving Human Rights Award Message-ID: VATRA, the Pan-Albanian Federation of America and the Albanian-American community will hold a protest rally against the usurpation by Yannoulatos of the seat of the Archbishop of the Albanian Orthodox Church and against his activities in Albania. The rally will be held on Saturday, February 17, 2001 in front of the New York Hilton, at 6:00 p.m. VATRA invites all concerned Albanian-Americans regardless of their religious and political affiliations to take part in this protest. On this occasion, Yannoulatos will be receiving the Athenagoras Human Rights Award for his activities in Albania. For more information, call VATRA at (516) 354-6598. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com From p9 at mail.com Sun Feb 18 08:20:48 2001 From: p9 at mail.com (Edmond Pruthi) Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 08:20:48 -0500 (EST) Subject: [NYC-L] Albanian American Civic League Message-ID: <380418709.982502448351.JavaMail.root@web394-mc> http://www.aacl.com --- Visit this website with webcast of mister Joseph DioGuardi... Make a link of this website on your webpages please. Welcome to the web site of the Albanian American Civic League. The Civic was founded by former Congressman Joseph DioGuardi and a board of Albanian Americans in 1989 and is the the only registered lobby in Washington, DC, representing the concerns and interests of the Albanian people. The purpose of the Civic League is to further the human rights and the national cause of the divided nation of more than seven million Albanians living side by side in the Balkans in Albania, Kosova, western Macedonia, southeastern Montenegro, Presheve, Medvegje, Bujanovc (southern Serbia), and Chameria (northern Greece). By bringing the political perspectives of 400.000 Albanian Americans to the US Government, the civic League works to end the repression and oppression of Albanians living under hostile Slavic Communist regimes in the Balkans and to preserve the culture, identity and human rights of Albanians throughout the world. Help Kosova Defend Itself 300.000+ DEAD CIVILIANS. 3 MILLION+ REFUGEES. 1000+ VILLAGES AND TOWNS BURNED. RAPE CAMPS, CHEMICAL WEAPONS USE. ORGANIZED MASSACRE AND TORTURE. NATO AND EUROPE DESTAILIZED Brought to you by Slobodan Milosevic, since 1987*. *the year he rose in power by brutally stripping away the autonomous status and rights of the Albanian majority that has lived in KOSOVA for thousands of years.* NATO has finally answered the Butcher of Belgrade in the only language he knows: force. But Serbian President has intensified its capaign of mass execution and bombing of defenseless civilians so it is clearly foolish to demand that Kosovar Albanians live under the rule of this maniac. Most millitary analysts think air power alone won't stop the Serb killing machine, but America is concerned about the lives of the American soldiers. So what's the solution? Ushtrian ?lirimtare e Kosoves (KOSOVA LIBERATION ARMY) are already on the ground and respect the human rights of all, including Serbs> They're willing and able to fight for freedom and safety, but they need the tools to protect themselves and their families. As in Bosnia, Serb troops are most deadly when slaughtering unarmed civilians. As in Bosnia, Milosevic only responded to a NATO led by America. As in Bosnia, providing weapons and training to the KLA would support NATO objectives at small financial cost without putting American lives in jeopardy. We need to tell Washington that the defenders of life and liberty in KOSOVA, are the KLA, and that genocide can be stopped if NATO helps Kosova defend itself. All of this you can read on the Albanian American Civic League Website at www.aacl.com ______________________________________________ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup From vatra_federation at hotmail.com Mon Feb 19 16:25:52 2001 From: vatra_federation at hotmail.com (Vatra Federation) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 21:25:52 -0000 Subject: [NYC-L] Bishop Yannoulatos - IT'S HIGH TIME FOR YOU TO GET OUT OF ALBANIA Message-ID: V A T R A The Pan-AlbanianFederation of America 2437 SouthernBoulevard Bronx, N.Y.10458-6501 Tel. (718) 365-6930 VATRA REMINDS BISHOP ANASTASIOS YANNOULATOS THAT IT?S HIGHTIME FOR HIM TO GET OUT OF ALBANIA It has been more than ten years since Bishop Anastasios Yannoulatos usurped the Seat of the Archbishop of the Albanian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (AAOC). Although he entered Albania as a pro tempore envoy supposedly to assess the situation and the needs of AAOC, Bishop Yannoulatos managed to place himself at the Head of AAOC in a secretive manner, thus turning his temporary position into a permanent one. That action was in blatant violation of the statutes of AAOC and the canons of the Orthodox Church. The Pan-Albanian Federation VATRA repeatedly expressed its condemnation of the prolonged illegal stay of Bishop Yannoulatos in Albania, and has demanded that he get out of the country without any further delay. The AAOC statutes clearly state that its head must be an indigenous Albanian Archbishop. VATRA is also very concerned about extra-religious activities of Bishop Yannoulatos, whose ultimate goal is the hellenization of Southern Albania - the main target of Greek expansionism. We would like to remind Bishop Yannoulatos that no one can use church and religion to create a state within a state, no one can use extra-canonical activities, including economical and social projects, to influence and convert poverty-stricken people, to force them to change their names, religion and ethnicity - to convert them from Albanians to Greeks. These actions negatively affect the relations between the two neighboring nations and seriously endanger peace and stability in the entire region. Regarding Yannoulatos? humanitarian credentials, let?s not forget that, at the time of the Serb massacres in 1998-1999, he had no sympathy for the Kosova Albanians. He publicly objected to the NATO intervention. There are over 200,000 Cham refugees in Albania today. They were brutally expelled from their own homes in Chameria and their properties confiscated by the Greek government in 1944. Bishop Yannoulatos has never uttered a word regarding their plight. Bishop Anastasios Yannoulatos, it?s high time for you to get out of Albania! New York, February 17, 2001 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com From mentor at alb-net.com Mon Feb 19 17:23:29 2001 From: mentor at alb-net.com (Mentor Cana) Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 17:23:29 -0500 (EST) Subject: [NYC-L] Are we awake? Let's open our eyes before the world media starts calling us terrorists! Message-ID: Dear friends, The article below talks about the fighting in Souther Serbia. From an Albanian perspective the fight is against an oppressor (Serbia) of many decades. However, as you see in the article below the Serbs refer to Albanian freedom fighters as terrorist. The term terrorist more and more is being used by the western media (albeit in quotes). The very first use of the word "terrorism" is used by washingtonpost.com as if they agree with that - maybe they do maybe they don't. If this trend of labeling continues without protest the media will see no stop in referring to Albanians as terrorist. Hope I'm wrong in my assessment. However, given the fact that the current Serbian government is treated as democratic one by the west, what a paradox!, the west may give them the "green" light to fight the "terrorism". We need to start talking..... action is needed in educating the media about the truth... later, Mentor --- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010219/aponline024703_000.htm Yugoslavia Urges Action After Blast By Suzana Popovic Associated Press Writer Monday, Feb. 19, 2001; 2:47 a.m. EST PRISTINA, Yugoslavia -- Yugoslavia's leaders promised a crackdown on terrorism along the Kosovo border and demanded action from NATO peacekeepers following two explosions that left at least 10 Serbs dead. Serb authorities blamed ethnic Albanian militants for the mine that killed three police officers Sunday and a bus bombing within Kosovo that killed at least seven civilians Friday. The rebels denied responsibility and said one of their commanders was killed by Serb police later Sunday in Lucane, just outside a buffer zone separating Kosovo province from the rest of Serbia, the larger of the two republics that make up Yugoslavia. Top Yugoslav and Serbian leaders met late Sunday to discuss the mounting violence, and President Vojislav Kostunica's office released a statement pledging a "series of measures against terrorism" in the area. Yugoslavia also urged NATO-led peacekeepers to stop the flow of arms and guerrillas in the buffer zone, which rebels have used to stage attacks on Serbian police and Yugoslav army troops. The militants want to join the zone with Kosovo as part of a push for independence for the Serbian province, which has been run by the United Nations and NATO-led peacekeepers since June 1999, when Yugoslavia halted its crackdown on the Albanian majority after a NATO bombing campaign. Friday's bombing of a bus carrying Serbs to visit the graves of relatives in Kosovo killed at least seven people and wounded 43, the deadliest attack in the province since 13 Serb farmers were machine-gunned to death while tilling their fields in July 1999. "I think that the terrorists the other day were trying to send a message to several constituencies at once," Brig. Gen. Rob Fry, commander of the British peacekeepers, said Sunday. The three policemen died Sunday when their van was demolished by what were believed to be anti-tank mines on a road near Lucane, a southern Serbian village just outside the three-mile-wide buffer zone. The zone was created to prevent what officials feared would be clashes between Serbian forces and the NATO-led peacekeepers patrolling Kosovo under the 1999 peace deal for the province. Only lightly armed Serbian police are allowed to enter the zone, and ethnic Albanian militants have taken control of most of the strip in recent months. Yugoslav authorities say the peacekeepers have failed to fulfill a mandate to keep the ethnic Albanian militants and their weapons out of the buffer zone. Yugoslav Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic appealed Sunday to NATO Secretary-General George Robertson to ensure that the peacekeeping force immediately seal Kosovo's boundary with Serbia. The militants have attacked Serbian police inside the zone and sometimes launch attacks across the line into Serbia proper. The explosion Sunday took place about 200 yards outside the zone. Serbian police came under fire while trying to pull out the wreckage of the wrecked police vehicle, a government statement said. No one was injured, but Serbian officials reported a further exchange of gunfire between police and the rebels in the buffer zone later Sunday. A spokesman for the ethnic Albanian militants, Jonuz Musliu, said one rebel commander was killed by Serb police Sunday in Lucane and another commander and a soldier were wounded. Musliu, the political officer of the Liberation Army of Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac, denied the group was behind the policemen's deaths and condemned the bus bombing. Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Nebojsa Covic, who submitted a peace plan for the buffer zone to NATO earlier this week, said the government's patience was wearing thin. "It is not permissible that such attacks continue," Covic said. "We also demand from the international community specific decisions." Meanwhile, U.N. officials in Kosovo's capital, Pristina, said a German forensic team had begun identifying victims in the bus attack by examining bodies and body parts laid out in a large tent. There were fears that the death toll could rise. Hundreds of Serbs gathered Sunday in the Serb enclave of Gracanica, some six miles south of Pristina, to protest Friday's bombing. Tens of thousands of Serbs have fled their homes in Kosovo since the United Nations and NATO took over, fearing reprisals following former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's crackdown on the province's ethnic Albanians. ? Copyright 2001 The Associated Press From mentor at alb-net.com Tue Feb 20 13:45:22 2001 From: mentor at alb-net.com (Mentor Cana) Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 13:45:22 -0500 (EST) Subject: [NYC-L] Re: Are we awake? Let's open our eyes before the world media starts calling us terrorists! In-Reply-To: <3A92106C.6D41@mailbag.com> Message-ID: > Mentor, > You have spoken well on this matter! One thing I have noticed that has > distressed me greatly is that at least where I live, there seems to be a > complacency/lethargy in the Albanian community as regards Kosova now. > It is as if everyone assumes "oh well, after the three year waiting > period is over, *of course* the UN will allow Kosova to officially > become an independent state!" There is nothing more dangerous for the > Albanian community, it's friends, and supporters to assume. And there > is nothing more dangerous than to become complacent just because the > "clear and present danger" *seems* to have passed. We *all* must be on > our guard. This is especially true with the second anniversary of the > NATO bombings coming up. No doubt with the situation as it is in > Preshev?, there will be many members of the Serb-american community and > their supporters who will hold events, seminars, etc. designed to gain > them sympathy and make Albanians to look like "the bad guys". Just to add few things.... Shaping the public opinion is a major ongoing effort by the various Serb lobbies in the US. It is a very plausible and possible that US wants to only contain the situation in Presheva valley given the fact that the west has started friendly relationship with Serbia's "democratic government". To this extend, besides for some limited analysis by special groups and think tanks stating that independence for Kosova is the only rightful solution to stabilize the region in the long run, western governments and other world organizations (EU, UN, OSCE, etc...) keep telling us that independence for Kosova is not an option! The pro-Serb lobbyists, are using every incident by Albanians in Kosova (even those incidents that are pure criminal and have nothing to do with ethnic discrimination) to paint a black picture if Kosova is let free as independent region. Unfortunately, our Albanian leaders in Kosova seems to be helping the unfortunately situation by their inability to agree on how to govern Kosova. later, Mentor From Emine.BECA at AIG.com Tue Feb 20 04:23:36 2001 From: Emine.BECA at AIG.com (BECA, Emine) Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 04:23:36 -0500 Subject: [NYC-L] RE: [Prishtina-l] Are we awake? Let's open our eyes before the wo rld media starts calling us terrorists! Message-ID: <3B248F2618BDD311B811009027DE9069BB1805@SAILBRXEXC_01> Medias: "Le monde diplomatique" 15/02/2001: "Les S?paratistes albanais cause probable d'actions violentes en Serbie" (Albanian separatists probable origin of violent actions in Serbia). Euronews/BBC World: Always speak about Albanian Separatists. Under mentioned article was written by S Popovic with a name like that I doubt she is pro any Albanian cause. Medias do not stop at CNN or "the Washington post", we need to start educating ourselves before staring the "Jewish syndrome" everybody is against us... Regards Emine -----Original Message----- From: Mentor Cana [mailto:mentor at alb-net.com] Sent: 19 February 2001 23:23 To: alb-club at alb-net.com; Albanian Discussion List; nyc-l at alb-net.com; prishtina-e at alb-net.com; prishtina-l at alb-net.com; tetova-l at alb-net.com Subject: [Prishtina-l] Are we awake? Let's open our eyes before the world media starts calling us terrorists! Dear friends, The article below talks about the fighting in Souther Serbia. From an Albanian perspective the fight is against an oppressor (Serbia) of many decades. However, as you see in the article below the Serbs refer to Albanian freedom fighters as terrorist. The term terrorist more and more is being used by the western media (albeit in quotes). The very first use of the word "terrorism" is used by washingtonpost.com as if they agree with that - maybe they do maybe they don't. If this trend of labeling continues without protest the media will see no stop in referring to Albanians as terrorist. Hope I'm wrong in my assessment. However, given the fact that the current Serbian government is treated as democratic one by the west, what a paradox!, the west may give them the "green" light to fight the "terrorism". We need to start talking..... action is needed in educating the media about the truth... later, Mentor --- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010219/aponline024703_000.ht m Yugoslavia Urges Action After Blast By Suzana Popovic Associated Press Writer Monday, Feb. 19, 2001; 2:47 a.m. EST PRISTINA, Yugoslavia -- Yugoslavia's leaders promised a crackdown on terrorism along the Kosovo border and demanded action from NATO peacekeepers following two explosions that left at least 10 Serbs dead. Serb authorities blamed ethnic Albanian militants for the mine that killed three police officers Sunday and a bus bombing within Kosovo that killed at least seven civilians Friday. The rebels denied responsibility and said one of their commanders was killed by Serb police later Sunday in Lucane, just outside a buffer zone separating Kosovo province from the rest of Serbia, the larger of the two republics that make up Yugoslavia. Top Yugoslav and Serbian leaders met late Sunday to discuss the mounting violence, and President Vojislav Kostunica's office released a statement pledging a "series of measures against terrorism" in the area. Yugoslavia also urged NATO-led peacekeepers to stop the flow of arms and guerrillas in the buffer zone, which rebels have used to stage attacks on Serbian police and Yugoslav army troops. The militants want to join the zone with Kosovo as part of a push for independence for the Serbian province, which has been run by the United Nations and NATO-led peacekeepers since June 1999, when Yugoslavia halted its crackdown on the Albanian majority after a NATO bombing campaign. Friday's bombing of a bus carrying Serbs to visit the graves of relatives in Kosovo killed at least seven people and wounded 43, the deadliest attack in the province since 13 Serb farmers were machine-gunned to death while tilling their fields in July 1999. "I think that the terrorists the other day were trying to send a message to several constituencies at once," Brig. Gen. Rob Fry, commander of the British peacekeepers, said Sunday. The three policemen died Sunday when their van was demolished by what were believed to be anti-tank mines on a road near Lucane, a southern Serbian village just outside the three-mile-wide buffer zone. The zone was created to prevent what officials feared would be clashes between Serbian forces and the NATO-led peacekeepers patrolling Kosovo under the 1999 peace deal for the province. Only lightly armed Serbian police are allowed to enter the zone, and ethnic Albanian militants have taken control of most of the strip in recent months. Yugoslav authorities say the peacekeepers have failed to fulfill a mandate to keep the ethnic Albanian militants and their weapons out of the buffer zone. Yugoslav Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic appealed Sunday to NATO Secretary-General George Robertson to ensure that the peacekeeping force immediately seal Kosovo's boundary with Serbia. The militants have attacked Serbian police inside the zone and sometimes launch attacks across the line into Serbia proper. The explosion Sunday took place about 200 yards outside the zone. Serbian police came under fire while trying to pull out the wreckage of the wrecked police vehicle, a government statement said. No one was injured, but Serbian officials reported a further exchange of gunfire between police and the rebels in the buffer zone later Sunday. A spokesman for the ethnic Albanian militants, Jonuz Musliu, said one rebel commander was killed by Serb police Sunday in Lucane and another commander and a soldier were wounded. Musliu, the political officer of the Liberation Army of Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac, denied the group was behind the policemen's deaths and condemned the bus bombing. Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Nebojsa Covic, who submitted a peace plan for the buffer zone to NATO earlier this week, said the government's patience was wearing thin. "It is not permissible that such attacks continue," Covic said. "We also demand from the international community specific decisions." Meanwhile, U.N. officials in Kosovo's capital, Pristina, said a German forensic team had begun identifying victims in the bus attack by examining bodies and body parts laid out in a large tent. There were fears that the death toll could rise. Hundreds of Serbs gathered Sunday in the Serb enclave of Gracanica, some six miles south of Pristina, to protest Friday's bombing. Tens of thousands of Serbs have fled their homes in Kosovo since the United Nations and NATO took over, fearing reprisals following former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic's crackdown on the province's ethnic Albanians. ? Copyright 2001 The Associated Press From juniku at hotmail.com Thu Feb 22 23:07:39 2001 From: juniku at hotmail.com (Uk Lushi) Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 04:07:39 -0000 Subject: [NYC-L] College Admissions Workshop #1 Message-ID: >>From: Aridori at aol.com >>>To: juniku at hotmail.com >>>Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 22:39:41 EST >>> >>>ATLANTIC ASSOCIATION O R G A N I Z E S >>> >>>"COLLEGE ADMISSIONS WORKSHOP #1" >>> >>> >>>ATLANTIC ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIPS >>>THE ATLANTIC ASSOCIATION SEEKING TO OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS FOR QUALIFYING >>>STUDENTS. 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Dea -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed From Emine.BECA at AIG.com Mon Feb 26 05:56:27 2001 From: Emine.BECA at AIG.com (BECA, Emine) Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 05:56:27 -0500 Subject: [NYC-L] FW: interesting serious mission Message-ID: <3B248F2618BDD311B811009027DE9069BB1864@SAILBRXEXC_01> -----Original Message----- From: mazen saba [mailto:mazensaba at hotmail.com] Sent: 24 February 2001 16:05 To: BECA, Emine Subject: interesting serious mission Wanted: Freelance translators to translate from Albanian into English (written only) for an NGO based in Brussels. For more information, please contact Laura Davis: laura.davis at eccg.be or +32 2 736 7262 _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com .