From kosova at jps.net  Wed Sep  5 02:52:01 2001
From: kosova at jps.net (kosova at jps.net)
Date: Wed Sep  5 02:52:01 2001
Subject: [Prishtina-E] FW: [RELEASE THE PRISONERS NOW!] MEMBER ACTIVITIES (05.09.2001-00:40:20)
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  Please join the email campaign NOW!
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http://www.bndlg.de/~dbein/APP/

Dear members of the email-action,

First of all I want to thank all of you, who have been busy in using the new
mail-system to support the albanian prisoners.
You do such a great job!

This is the statistic of member-activities so far:

MEMBER ACTIVITIES (05.09.2001-00:40:20)

393 Recipient / Marr?s / Empf?nger
1162 Emails / Email / E-Mail

679 Members / Anetareve / Mitglieder
52 Activ members / An?tar?ve aktiv / aktive Mitglieder


I would like to ask you all again, to participate, as often as you are able
to. It will be most impressive to our recipients (politicians, medias,
organisations all over the world), if they get the emails from many many
different senders.

If you have any problems with handling the new system, please don?t hesitate
to write back and ask/tell!

The prisoners need all your voices to not be forgotten!

Regards and thanks again for your support!
Divi Beineke

Ps.: we have a new email-text from Alice Mead as well, see below.

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EMAIL-ACTION: RELEASE THE PRISONERS NOW!
T? LIROHEN MENJ?HER? T? BURGOSURIT!
LASST JETZT DIE GEFANGENEN FREI!
ODMAH OSLOBODITE ZATVORENIKE!
http://www.bndlg.de/~dbein/APP/



New letter

Open letter to politicians and media all over the world

Dear Ladies and Sirs,

Over two years after the end of the war in Kosova, 229 Albanians remained
detained in Serbian prisons. We are asking for their immediate transfer to
the UNMIK justice system. In June, 1999, 2,300 Albanians were transported
into Serbia
along with Serb judges from the courts in Kosova. However this action
violated their international human rights set out in UN Resolution 1244
which states:

- All rights and freedoms set forth in the European Conventions apply to
Kosova -Anyone arrested in Kosova shall be subjected to Kosova's courts (it
does not state that they shall be transfered to courts in Serbia, set up
unilaterally by Slobodan
Milosevic which is what happened).
- Neither side will prosecute anyone for crimes related to the conflict
- Defendant is entitled to have his trial transfered to a Kosova court of
his choice.

To summarize what has happened to date, of the 2,300 original prisoners:

* 1,800 were released because of bribes paid privately by families
* 1 was pardoned (Flora Brovina)
* 35 minors were released in November, 1999
* 400 were released through amnesty or review
* 100 criminal cases have not been processed
* 119 political cases should be dismissed due to gross violations of human
rights

It is time for international leaders to openly insist that the cases of the
Albanian prisoners be transfered to the UNMIK justice system. UNMIK now has
a Belgrade office, but it will take a unified international effort to
initiate this process and
to follow through. No one must be left behind.

Sincerely,



<<END>>



From naac at naac.org  Wed Sep  5 12:50:19 2001
From: naac at naac.org (National Albanian American Council - NAAC)
Date: Wed Sep  5 12:50:19 2001
Subject: [Prishtina-E] Today's Articles on Albanian Issues, August 31, 2001
Message-ID: <009501c13233$8325fbb0$2b521840@sold>

National Albanian American Council
1700 K Street, N.W., Suite 1201, Washington, DC  20006
(202) 466-6900    Fax: (202) 466-5593
Email: naac at naac.org
_______________________________________________________________________
For Your Information
AUGUST 31, 2001
ATA (Albanian News Agency)

U.S. grants US$ 1.4 million for modernisation of Port of Durres
Albania and the U.S. Trade Development Agency (TDA) signed a contract with a value of US$ 1.4 million to purchase equipment for the processing of containers in the sea port of Durres. According to sources from Ministry of Transportation, a contract was signed with the U.S. company "Rapid and Rental" for the purchase of two unloading equipment with a value of US$ 273 thousand and two other equipment with a value of US$ 270 thousand. Within the framework of this grant for the implementation of the Initiative for Development of South Balkans, a contract was signed with the U.S. company "Mi-Jack Products" for the purchase of a mobile crane with a value of US$ 768 thousand. On the basis of the contracts the equipment is to be supplied within six months. The signing of contracts with a value of US$ 1.4 million for the development of Durres port is considered by Ministry of Transports as a continuation of the U.S. government assistance to the development of transportation infrastructure in Albania and especially that along Corridor 8. 

RADIO 21

President Meidani: Albanian diplomacy must be more agressive
Albania's President Rexhep Meidani hailed Wednesday the achievements of Albanian diplomacy as regards opening of negotiations for Association/Stabilization Agreement with European Union, and constructive stance of Albanian diplomacy with light to the latest developments in Kosove and Macedonia. "Integration and development are the roads of Albania's opening with the European family, and they will help creation of necessary spaces for its development", said Meidani at the annual meeting of Albania's diplomatic representatives in the world. Analyzing the work of the diplomatic corps over the last years, President Meidani urged "Albanian diplomacy, despite the national character, to be even of an aggressive character, not falling prey to wrong positions, but making the power of political/diplomatic factor be very present at certain moments". This "aggressive character", according to President Meidani, should be applied by Albanian diplomacy even while implementing the Stability Pact and development projects. President Meidani draw the attention to the protection of the rights of Albanians, wherever they live. "They can not be protected by means of speculations of a Great Albania character, but through the process of integration and economic, social, cultural and politic development". Making use of critical tones, Meidani spoke about speculations and deformations of the image of Albanians in the world. Meidani estimated as a 'falsification' an article of the "News Week" magazine, where Albania was listed in the group of the nine less developed countries, at the time when the United Nations report on human development ranked Albania in the group of averagely-developed countries. Meidani drew attention to the fact that "none of our representatives in embassies abroad did not react against such a speculative material". President Meidani presented as indispensability the opening of an office for information processing close to the diplomatic missions of Albania in foreign countries, where the Foreign Ministry should be the engine of this information processing. Meidani asked for a rigorous work in presentation of economic development of Albania, to make this sector even be a help to Albanians who live outside national borders. "Gates of our embassies and consulate offices should be opened 24 hours a day for the Albanians living there, to assist them through the legal consulation or through consulations of human character", Meidani said. "Our euro-Atlantic integration can remain a delayed dream, if the indexes of business penetration are not increased", Meidani said, urging all Albanian embassies in developed countries to present the materials which reflect the first contact of these countries with the Albania's economic world.

KOSOVALIVE

OSCE Says Serbs Should Rush to Register But Still Have Time to Decide to Vote on November 17
PRISHTINA (KosovaLive) - In the fifth week of the registration process, the numbers of newly registered voters in Kosova has reached 14,600, of which 7,400 are from non-Albanian communities. Meanwhile, 35,000 Serbs have registered in Serbia, but only 735 people have registered in Montenegro.
OSCE says it is pleased that members of the Serb community, both in and out of Kosova, are registering in increasingly significant numbers.
"By taking this concrete step of registration, they are demonstrating that they are an integral part of Kosovo and are interested in taking part in future democratic developments in Kosovo," said OSCE spokesman Sven Lindholm.
He said that it was important that Serbs register now.  They can decide later about exercising their right to vote on November 17.
The endorsements by FRY President Vojislav Kostunica and Serb Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic seem to have had some effect,  "as the registration rate of Kosovo Serbs is rising," said UNMIK spokeswoman Susan Manuel.
OSCE also stated that more than 50,000 people had visited voter service centers.  For most of them, it required only about five minutes to check their personal information and find out where to vote on election day.
Meanwhile, UNMIK and OSCE mobile registration teams continue to visit communities across Kosova to ensure that all potential voters are registered and will be able to exercise their right to vote on November 17.
Regarding the voter registration process for Kosovars currently outside of the region, Lindholm explained that it was not for "convenience" absentee voting.  It is for those who were displaced by the war and its aftermath and not for people who are living and/or working abroad.
This means that if the person is civilly registered in Kosova, though currently living outside of Kosova, he/she cannot get his/her ballot and vote by mail.  Instead, information will be forwarded by mail about how and where to vote in Kosova. (f.osmani)

Two Serbs Convicted of Attack on Albanian Minor
VITIA (KosovaLive) - The municipal court in Vitia found two Serbs from Mogila, Darko Zuzic and Boban Dimic, guilty of assaulting Albanian minor Xhevdet Rexhepi. The attack on Rexhepi, also from Mogila, took place on August 27 at around 7 p.m.
The court found that Zuzic first punched the youth in the chest, and then held him from behind while Dimic struck the boy with a stone. The convicted men were sentenced to 30 days in jail.
On Wednesday and Thursday, nine new families with 45 members arrived in Vitia from the village of Libeten in Macedonia.
According to representatives of the Mother Teresa humanitarian organization, the families that registered on Thursday have already decided to return to Macedonia. They asked UNHCR to assist them in crossing the border. The Mother Teresa organization distributed food to the families Wednesday and Catholic Relief Services distributed hygiene packages. 
According to Mother Teresa organization, the total number of displaced persons in Vitia municipality is 8,561. (is)

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Macedonia Parliament Debates Reforms
SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) -- Hundreds of Macedonian protesters opposed to granting ethnic Albanians more rights blocked entrances to parliament and scuffled with lawmakers Friday, delaying a debate on upgrading the minority group's status.
Zehir Bekteshi, a deputy from the ethnic Albanian Democratic Prosperity Party, was punched in the face and kicked in the back by the angry crowd before he was able to outrun a protester and flee from the scene.
The debate -- part of the first phase of a peace agreement -- was set after NATO announced it had collected a third of the weapons that ethnic Albanian rebels agreed to surrender. But the protest forced officials to postpone the parliamentary session for six hours past its planned start.
Up to 500 protesters blocked entrances of the parliament in the capital, Skopje, preventing deputies from getting in and shoving away some of them. Reinforcements of riot police were brought in. They cordoned off the assembly but did not intervene.
The hard-liners handed out leaflets condemning ``efforts to destroy the Macedonian nation'' and brandished anti-NATO posters.
``I don't even know why I am here, all I feel is this deep anger -- I don't know if I will be able to return to my home or where I will live in the future,'' said one protester, Elena Bozinovska, a 28-year-old Macedonian refugee. She said she fled her native Nikustak after the village was engulfed in fighting between rebels and government troops earlier this year.
Under a peace plan aimed at ending a six-month-old conflict, the government agreed to start the debate once a third of the 3,300 weapons expected by NATO had been handed in by the rebels. There is no obligation to pass the reforms until the total is collected.
Although the Macedonian government maintains the rebel arsenal is far larger than 3,300 weapons -- even as high as 60,000 -- President Boris Trajkovski's office issued a statement saying parliament would honor its commitment by beginning the debate Friday.
Gjorgji Trendafilov, spokesman of Macedonia's leading VMRO party, told reporters Friday that his group -- 47 legislators in the 120-seat parliament -- would vote in favor of getting the ball rolling on constitutional changes. A two-thirds majority is needed to approve the start of the debate.
The constitutional changes would make Albanian an official language in areas where ethnic Albanians comprise more than 20 percent of the population and give broader authority to local governments, essentially awarding a degree of self-rule to predominantly ethnic Albanian areas. They also would ensure proportional representation of minorities in the government and police forces, as well as in the Constitutional Court, which has final say in legislative matters.
NATO confirmed Thursday that it had completed the first phase of its Operation Essential Harvest by collecting 1,400 weapons. The NATO mission began this week and was slated to end Sept. 26.
Ethnic Albanian rebels staged an insurgency for six months this year in a struggle to win more rights for their people, a third of Macedonia's 2 million population.
In Kosovo, which served as a supply base for fighters and weapons during the Macedonian insurgency, U.N. and NATO officials reported that 137 former insurgents had crossed legally from Albania into Kosovo.
``They claimed that they fought against Macedonian troops and gave up their weapons to NATO,'' said Valentina Pochuieva of the U.N. police. The ex-fighters were unarmed and had proper Macedonian documents, so they were allowed entry, she said.
Tensions persisted. Four blasts have hit ethnic Albanian neighborhoods of Skopje this week, but no one was injured.
A small group of Macedonians used trucks to block the Blace crossing on the border with the NATO-run Yugoslav province of Kosovo, delaying the arrival of German soldiers who are part of NATO's mission here until early Friday.
The convoy of about 350 troops and 150 vehicles, including at least three Leopard tanks, was forced to take unsafe back roads and an alternative border crossing before eventually arriving at the Eredino base in northwestern Macedonia at dawn.
Macedonian villagers from Matejce, 14 miles north of Skopje, also blocked another border crossing to protest NATO's mission.

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From: kosova at jps.net (kosova at jps.net)
Date: Wed Sep  5 12:50:37 2001
Subject: [Prishtina-E] Request for the immediate release of Albanian Prisoners
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		ASSOCIATION OF POLITICAL PRISONERS (APP)
		   http://www.khao.org/appkosova.htm


At this time, 120 Albanian political prisoners remain detained in Serb
prisons. Some were arrested randomly, some based on their political beliefs.

They were brutally arrested and tried under the Milosevic regime, the goal
of which was to persecute ethnic Albanians, to force them from Kosova. These
prisoners have the right to be immediately pardoned or transferred to Kosova
under the judicial jurisdiction of UNMIK as stated in UN 1244. Their
continued detention reflects numerous broken promises by FRY leaders given
to internationals such as Madeliene Albright, Kofi Annan, Chris Patten, the
UN Security Council and many others who have petitioned for their release in
accordance with international law.

In order to keep them imprisoned, President Kostunica and Serb Prime
Minister Djindic and the Serb Supreme Court have upheld the strange courts,
transferred from Kosova to Serbia on June 9, 1999, by Slobodan Milosevic.
These courts have denied amnesty or appeal to the remaining 120 prisoners.
They have denied transfer to the UNMIK judicial system. Protection of these
courts, outdated vestigial holdovers from the Milosevic regime, has been
deemed more important than protecting or promoting human rights -- This is
TRAGIC.

WE DEMAND FROM HAEKKERUP, DJINDIC, AND KOSTUNICA THAT THE PROBLEMS OF
MISSING AND DETAINED BE RESOLVED AND THAT THIS BE THE TOP PRIORITY OF THE
UNMIK AND SERB GOVERNMENTS BEFORE EITHER SIDE IS GIVEN MORE INTERNATIONAL
AID MONEY. NEITHER SIDE IS MEETING EVEN THE MOST BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS
REQUIREMENTS TWO YEARS AFTER THE WAR IN KOSOVA HAS ENDED.


A NEW Section on the Association of Political Prisoner's Website:

Now available are actual stories of the prisoners and their ordeal.  Please
point your browser to: http://www.khao.org/prisonerstory.htm to read the
stories of Skender Ferizi, Besim Zymber, and Agim Recica.


Thank you for your continuous support.  Please keep the word out and the
effort going.  We cannot forget and allow innocent lives be destroyed by a
shameless, evil regime.

Sincerely,
Association of Political Prisoners Committee



Archives from A-PAL on the prisoners may be found at:
http://www.khao.org/appkosova/newsletter.htm









From naac at naac.org  Wed Sep  5 12:50:41 2001
From: naac at naac.org (National Albanian American Council - NAAC)
Date: Wed Sep  5 12:50:41 2001
Subject: [Prishtina-E] Today's Articles on Albanian Issues, September 4, 2001
Message-ID: <007701c1355d$bf83c880$43521840@SOKOL>

National Albanian American Council
1700 K Street, N.W., Suite 1201, Washington, DC 20006
(202) 466-6900 Fax: (202) 466-5593
Email: naac at naac.org
_______________________________________________
For Your Information
September 4, 2001
NEW YORK TIMES
After NATO, a Vacuum in Macedonia
By MICHAEL R. GORDON
SKOPJE, Macedonia, Sept. 3 - There is an embarrassing and potentially fatal
omission in the West's plan to bring peace to Macedonia: nobody knows how to
make the settlement work if NATO troops leave on schedule just a few weeks
from now.
The looming security vacuum worries Western military commanders, diplomats
and intelligence experts. Today, James Pardew, the American diplomat who
helped broker the political settlement, brought their dilemma into the open
in a series of interviews. He raised the prospect that some allied troops
would be needed beyond the Sept. 26 deadline by which the alliance now hopes
to complete its mission.
The Central Intelligence Agency has already warned the Bush administration
that the political settlement intended to end the ethnic Albanian rebellion
in Macedonia may collapse after the NATO force withdraws.
"The C.I.A. believes that without a NATO presence in Macedonia, there is a
very high risk that this agreement will collapse in the implementation
phase," an American official said.
The essence of the issue is this: after NATO completes its mission of
collecting 3,300 weapons from ethnic Albanian rebels, diplomats envisage an
unspecified number of unarmed foreign monitors coming to Macedonia to
oversee the political settlement between the minority Albanians and majority
Slavs. Those monitors, Mr. Pardew said today, will need protection to
operate in the country's tense regions.
"In the post-NATO period, significant numbers of civil monitors are needed
in these sensitive areas as called for in the framework agreement," Mr.
Pardew said in an interview. "So security in the future for these monitors
is a concern."
To understand the increasingly urgent problem, it is important to understand
how limited and how brief NATO's operation is.
If the Macedonian Parliament does its bit by approving changes to the
Constitution that enhance the rights of ethnic Albanians, the rebels are to
reciprocate by disbanding and handing over 3,300 weapons to NATO by Sept.
26. Then the 4,500-member NATO task force dispatched here for the
arms-gathering mission is to be withdrawn over a two-week period.
Only then are many of the most important provisions of the peace agreement
to be put into effect, over a period of months. So NATO may be pulling out
its task force just when the risks are the greatest.
Right now, the West has only a partly scripted plan for what happens after
NATO collects the rebels' guns.
The basic plan is to call on the Organization for Cooperation and Security
in Europe and the European Union to provide monitors who will live in some
of Macedonia's most volatile towns and villages and see that the Albanians
do gain the increased civic rights promised in the settlement.
One of the monitors' most important tasks would be to help Macedonia reform
its police. The Macedonian police battled the Albanian rebels for months,
and are both unwelcome and afraid to go into many Albanian-dominated
regions.
The political settlement calls for the hiring and training of 1,000 Albanian
policemen, and the monitors will have to guard against mischief. The head of
Macedonia's Interior Ministry, Ljube Boskovski, who oversees the police, is
a certified hard- liner and no fan of the peace agreement.
Even with the best of intentions, and those often seem scarce here, there is
the potential for miscalculation as the Macedonian police try to
re-establish authority in areas once controlled by the rebels.
The United States believes that some 200 monitors are needed and is prepared
to contribute about 15 percent of them. Some NATO officials say as many as
400 may be required.
But lining up the monitors has been very difficult. The Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe, for example, has balked at an earlier
suggestion that it raise the current number of its monitors in Macedonia
from 26 to 50. The French, among others, are worried that the monitors may
not be safe.
The Russians, for their part, dislike the idea that the organization would,
in essence, be helping to consolidate a settlement in which NATO played a
vital part. Mr. Pardew hopes to overcome that objection during a coming trip
to Moscow.
Security is the major hazard. Facing a potentially dangerous mission,
neither the European Union nor the Vienna-based Organization for Security
and Cooperation in Europe is prepared to take on monitoring duties without
some form of protection.
According to the current plan, NATO, the world's mightiest military
alliance, is not preparing to play that part. Keeping the NATO task force,
or at least some portion of it, in Macedonia would require a new mandate
from the alliance's 19 members. So far, that is an option with few fans at
NATO headquarters.
Another option is to remove the NATO task force from Macedonia on schedule
but arrange for NATO troops in Kosovo and at the American logistics base in
Macedonia to rush to the monitors' aid in an emergency. But it is far from
clear that this would provide enough reassurance to the monitors.
Macedonia's president, Boris Trajkovski, has raised the possibility that
United Nations troops might have a role in guarding the nation's frontiers
to stop arms smuggling. But there seems to be little, if any, discussion of
a more substantial United Nations role in protecting monitors within
Macedonia.
Still another option would be for the British and other Europeans to decide
among themselves to keep some sort of security force here in what diplomats
are calling a "coalition of the willing." Again, there is no agreement on
such a force.
With visits from the British, German and French defense or foreign ministers
this week, the "what next" question is receiving increasingly intense
consideration.
There is a growing recognition that Macedonia may soon find the rebels
partly disarmed, the Macedonian authorities trying to re-establish their
control over areas formerly held by the rebels, and NATO's soldiers gone.
Mr. Pardew stirred up a bit of a storm today by pointing out that the
organizations that would provide the monitors are insisting that the West
keep some sort of security force in Macedonia. But he was only saying in
public what other Western officials say in private. And some are far less
diplomatic.
"There is a general feeling," said one alliance official, "that something
must be done, but nobody knows what to do."

RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY

MACEDONIAN PRIME MINISTER GRUDGINGLY ENDORSES PEACE PACKAGE... 
Speaking before the parliament on 3 September, Prime
Minister Ljubco Georgievski said that the political settlement agreed on
recently in Ohrid "was made under direct pressure of violence and
terror," by which he meant the guerrillas of the National Liberation
Army (UCK), dpa reported (see "RFE/RL Balkan Report," 17 and 21 August
2001). He stressed that "changing the constitution will not bring
peace." Georgievski argued that, in approving the package, "we are
sending a great gift to all terrorists or all those who want to be
terrorists all over the world. The message [is] that terrorism pays
off." He added, however, that Macedonia must agree to the package out of
economic necessity. The session of the parliament was interrupted over
the weekend of 1-2 September when speaker Stojan Andov adjourned the
legislature to demand security for displaced ethnic Macedonian civilians
to return to their homes. He agreed to reconvene the session under heavy
international pressure and once he received a pledge from President
Boris Trajkovski that the displaced persons could return home safely,
"The Guardian" reported. PM
...SLAMS U.S., NATO. 
Georgievski told the parliament on 3 September
that it should approve the peace package because "it is obvious that we
shouldn't gamble with the authority of NATO," Reuters reported. He
slammed the Atlantic alliance for "mounting a mission [costing] 1
billion German marks...to collect weapons worth two million [marks],"
dpa reported ($1.00 equals 2.15 German marks). Georgievski argued that
the U.S. "did nothing against the terrorists, apart from publishing a
list of those disallowed from entering its territory." He said that the
conflict in "Macedonia is collateral damage of the 1999 NATO
intervention in Yugoslavia.... We cannot expect those who made a mistake
then to admit it now. On the contrary." He did not mention that his
government allowed NATO to use Macedonian territory in 1999 and took in
thousands of ethnic Albanian refugees from Kosova in return for pledges
of aid and assistance. In the run-up to the January 2002 general
elections, Georgievski has sought to revive his sagging poll ratings by
slamming Albanians, the U.S., and NATO (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 30 August
2001). PM
MACEDONIAN PARLIAMENT PREPARES FOR VOTE. 
The legislature is scheduled to vote on 4 September in what AP called a "symbolic gesture"
to give the green light for NATO to continue to collect UCK weapons and
for discussions to continue on the peace settlement. The measure is
expected to pass. The previous day, Georgievski said that the parliament
should "look reality in the eye." Social Democratic legislator Radmila
Secerinska said: "Let us have no illusions: we need courage and
wisdom.... We face a huge responsibility before our country, our
descendants." She noted that the settlement does not guarantee peace,
but called it "a chance, a huge potential to build a legitimate
democracy." PM
MACEDONIAN POLL SHOWS DEPTH OF ETHNIC DIVIDE. 
Dpa on 4 September quoted the Skopje daily "Utrinski vesnik" as saying that its latest poll
suggests that ethnic Macedonians oppose both the settlement and NATO.
Some 50.7 percent oppose the plan, while 43.7 approve. Some 57.9 percent
of Macedonian respondents said they do not trust NATO, and 3.6 percent
said they do. Of ethnic Albanians surveyed, 78 percent support the
settlement but 12.9 oppose it. Some 76.3 percent of the Albanians trust
NATO, while 23.1 percent "partially trust" it. Regarding the proposed
amnesty for UCK fighters, 81.8 percent of Macedonians are opposed, while
98.4 percent of Albanians agree to it. PM
U.S. ENVOY: NATO PRESENCE IN MACEDONIA MAY CONTINUE. 
James Pardew, the U.S. special envoy in Macedonia, told the BBC on 3 September
that some NATO troops may stay on in Macedonia after Operation Essential
Harvest ends in late September. He noted that NATO has no mandate beyond
that mission, but suggested that the alliance may be asked by the OSCE
to provide "security" for OSCE monitors, "who will be watching the
implementation of the peace agreement." He stressed that monitors "would
not be armed, and that does raise the question...whether there should be
an extension of the military mandate... But that hasn't been decided by
NATO or anyone else at this point." Recently, President Boris Trajkovski
suggested that the UN could play a role in keeping the peace in his
country, but did not elaborate. PM
DISPLACED MACEDONIANS RESUME BORDER BLOCKADE. 
Displaced civilians from the Kumanovo area blocked the border crossing at
Tabanovce on 3 September, dpa reported. They said that they will not
allow NATO or KFOR vehicles to pass until the authorities assure them
that they can return to their homes, from which the UCK drove them. On 2
September, the displaced persons unblocked the road after a meeting
between Todor Petrov -- the president of the Macedonian World Congress --
members of nongovernmental organizations, and the new Union of the
displaced persons. Union leader Veljo Tantarov said that "if [recently]
kidnapped Macedonians are not be released by [4 September], we will
start kidnapping ethnic Albanians and will open a prison in the
villages," but did not specify which ones. He added that the union plans
more border blockades on 5 September at Stenje, Kafasan, and Sveti Naum.
Tantarov stressed that the kidnapped Macedonians are ordinary farmers.
"The Sunday Times" reported on 2 September that masked Macedonian
paramilitaries have already begun kidnapping Albanian civilians. PM

RADIO TV 21

UNMIK concerned about increased violence in region
UNMIK expressed Monday about the increase in crimes of violence in Kosova.
According to UNMIK Police, three separate killings occurred in Shtimje,
Lipjan and Rahovec on Saturday and Sunday, in addition to two bomb attacks
on the homes of Democratic League of Kosova (LDK) party members in Prizren.
All the victims were Albanians. Qerim Ismaili, who, UNMIK Police said, was a
member of the Serb-affiliated Democratic Initiative of Kosova before the
war, was found dead at home in Lipjan. The body of another Albanian was
found in his house in Lipjan and a third in Rahovec. According to UNMIK
Police spokesman Dean Olson, the bombings of the houses of LDK officials
took place in the village of Belobrod and Brodosavce Saturday at
approximately 11 p.m. and 11:20 p.m., respectively. Olson said that the
victims were treated for minor injuries. According to Olson, explosives dogs
were sent to the scenes of the explosions and, as a precautionary measure,
houses belonging other LDK party members were searched but no explosives
were found. "A vigorous investigation into these acts of terrorism is being
conducted," Olson said. He added that the Political Violence Task Force had
been informed, but there are no suspects as yet.

ALBANIAN DAILY NEWS

Parliament Holds First Meeting
TIRANA - The new Albanian parliament held its first session on Monday with 46 empty seats assigned to opposition MPs, exactly 80 years after the gathering of the first Albanian parliament. The 140 lawmakers had to pass through a long journey of court decisions and re-runs since general polls were held on June 24.
New Meta Government in the Making
TIRANA - The ruling Socialist Party confirmed on Monday that top priorities for the new government would include elimination of illegal trafficking and stronger relations with the European Union, besides economic development. "Our aim is to remove the name of Albania from the map of illegal traffic, the signing of an association and stabilization agreement with the EU and the economic development of the country," said SP chairman Fatos Nano.
Balkan Oil Pipeline Under Way Soon
SOFIA - The construction of an oil pipeline across the Balkans from Bulgaria's Black Sea port of Burgas to Vlora on Albania's Adriatic coast should begin by the end of the year, the US-led consortium in charge of the operation reported. A senior official of the Balkan pipeline consortium (AMBO) Ted Ferguson said on Saturday the company prefers Vlora to Greek ports in the Aegean Sea for the end of the pipeline, French news agency AFP said.
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From okv-dc at iom.int  Wed Sep  5 12:50:45 2001
From: okv-dc at iom.int (OKV-DC Wash DC)
Date: Wed Sep  5 12:50:45 2001
Subject: [Prishtina-E] Out-of-Kosovo Voting program: Registration ends on September 8, 2
 001
Message-ID: <4BA9DDF31DE2D41199CC00508BE745452EB341@WASEXCHANGE>

Dear subscriber,

The International Organization for Migration is happy to inform you that the
Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of the UN Interim
Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) announced Kosovo-wide elections for
November 17, 2001 to elect a 120-member law-making Assembly. 

To vote in the November elections, every eligible voter must either apply to
register or confirm registration from last year by completing a new
registration form. Registration began 30 July and ends 8 September. IOM-OKV
sent to all applicants from last year personalized registration materials to
be completed and returned to IOM-OKV Vienna. As we are making every effort
to reach all potential voters, we ask your important support to help inform
potential voters.

This year, generic registration forms and information may also be downloaded
from our website at www.okvoting.org.

For further information or application materials, applicants form the USA
and Canada should either take advantage of our website or call our IOM
Washington office at our toll-free number at 1.866.819.5158 or contact us by
e-mail at okv-dc at iom.int.

Sincerely,
Henrike Lehnguth
Head of Voter Information Office
Out-of-Kosovo Voting (OKV)
IOM Washington, D.C.
Toll-free phone#: 1.866.819.5158
Fax#: 202.862.1879



From mentor at alb-net.com  Wed Sep  5 12:50:50 2001
From: mentor at alb-net.com (Mentor Cana)
Date: Wed Sep  5 12:50:50 2001
Subject: [Prishtina-E] [AMCC-News] HRW: Macedonian Troops Commit Grave Abuses: Crimes Against Civilians
 - Abuses by Macedonian Forces in Ljuboten, August 10-12, 2001
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0109050854130.510-100000@alb-net.com>

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                Human Rights Violations in Macedonia
              http://www.alb-net.com/amcc/humanrights.htm

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http://www.hrw.org/press/2001/09/macedonia-0905.htm

Macedonian Troops Commit Grave Abuses

Role of Interior Minister in Ljuboten Abuses Must be Investigated

(New York, September 5, 2001) Macedonian government troops committed grave
abuses during an August offensive that claimed ten civilian lives in the
ethnic Albanian village of Ljuboten, Human Rights Watch charged in a new
report released today.

   "The Macedonian government must answer to the people of Ljuboten. It is
    deeply disturbing that the Minister of Interior appears to have been so
    intimately involved in one of the worst abuses of the war. We demand an
    immediate and impartial investigation."
                                           Elizabeth Andersen
                                           Executive Director
                                           Europe and Central Asia division

   The complete report titled "Crimes Against Civilians: Abuses by
   Macedonian Forces in Ljuboten, August 10-12, 2001" is available on
   the Human Rights Watch website at:
      http://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/macedonia/.

   To access the photo gallery accompanying the report, please see:
       http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/macedonia/photos/.

The report, titled Crimes Against Civilians: Abuses by Macedonian Forces in
Ljuboten, August 10-12, 2001, charges that Macedonian police troops shot
dead six civilians and burned at least twenty-two homes, sheds, and stores
in the course of their August 12 house-to-house attack on the village.

The rights group pressed for an immediate investigation, including an
inquiry into the role of Macedonian Minister of Interior Ljube Boskovski,
who was present in the village on August 12, the day the worst violations
occurred.

"The Macedonian government must answer to the people of Ljuboten," said
Elizabeth Andersen, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch's Europe and
Central Asia division. "It is deeply disturbing that the Minister of
Interior appears to have been so intimately involved in one of the worst
abuses of the war. We demand an immediate and impartial investigation."

Human Rights Watch called on the Organization for Security and Cooperation
in Europe to make public the results of its investigation into the events
in Ljuboten. Human Rights Watch pressed for a separate investigation by the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, which has
jurisdiction over war crimes committed in the Macedonia conflict.

Based on a two-week in-depth investigation, including a visit to Ljuboten,
interviews with victims and witnesses, and examination of photographic
evidence, the report also documented indiscriminate shelling that claimed
another three lives in Ljuboten. Contrary to the government's account of
the offensive, researchers found no evidence that the ethnic Albanian rebel
National Liberation Army was present in the village.

Hundreds of ethnic Albanian civilians who tried to flee Ljuboten faced
further abuse. Ethnic Macedonian vigilantes beat three men unconscious in
full view of the Macedonian police on August 12. One of the men was shot in
the head by the Macedonian police as he attempted to flee the beating.
Police separated over one hundred men and boys from their wives and
children and took them to police stations in Skopje, where they were
subjected to severe beatings. Atulah Qaini, aged thirty-five, was taken
away alive from the village by police officers, and his badly beaten and
mutilated corpse was later recovered by family members from the city
morgue. According to their relatives, at least twenty-four men from
Ljuboten, including a thirteen-year-old boy, remain in police custody after
suffering serious beatings from the police.

The police abuse suffered by ethnic Albanians fleeing Ljuboten is
consistent with patterns of systematic abuse Human Rights Watch has
documented in Macedonia over the past six months. Human Rights Watch urged
international monitors to make a priority of monitoring and reporting on
the conduct of Macedonian police.

"Endemic police abuse is a potential spark that could re-ignite the
conflict in Macedonia," Andersen said. "We can't wait for a gradual
restructuring of the police over the next three years. Immediate
steps-including monitoring and accountability-are needed to curb abuse."

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From kosova at jps.net  Mon Sep 10 16:45:02 2001
From: kosova at jps.net (kosova at jps.net)
Date: Mon Sep 10 16:45:02 2001
Subject: [Prishtina-E] The outrage continues...
Message-ID: <LNBBKKIEKFOPADHBEFPFIEOEEFAA.kosova@jps.net>

Do something about it.

http://www.khao.org/appkosova.htm
http://www.bndlg.de/~dbein/APP/



-----Original Message-----
From: a-pal-admin at alb-net.com
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 7:00 AM
To: a-pal at alb-net.com
Subject: [A-PAL] a-pal newsletter 9/10/01


Albanian Prisoner Advocacy
September 10, 2001


A-PAL STATEMENT
The outrage continues.

Despite renewed efforts at obtaining the release or transfer of the
remaining Albanian prisoners, the so-called District Courts of Kosova (now
operating without UNMIK jurisdiction in Serbia) are still denying justice
for Albanians accused of terrorism during the hostilities in Kosova. These
particular prisoners have been illegally detained since 1998. There is no
valid evidence against them. They were denied the right to defend
themselves. All were severely tortured. Two prisoners were killed at
Dubrava.

Is not the Pristina District Court located in Pristina? If you answered yes,
you would be wrong. The Pristina Court claims itself to be located in Nis,
Serbia! It also claims to have sole jurisdiction over the citizens of
Kosova. This is the court that sentenced Flora Brovina to 12 years for
terrorism because of some bags of yarn in her office.

It is equally stupefying that Hans Haekkerup, Ibrahim Rugova, Hasim Thaci,
Amnesty International, UNHCHR, ICRC, Human Rights Watch have no comment to
make about the continued defiant operation of these courts arbitrarily set
up by Slobodan Milosevic to prosecute the cases of the Albanians he brought
into Serbia on June 10, 1999.


********************************************************************

Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 10:07:35 -0700
From: humanitarian law center <office at hlc.org.yu>
Subject: HLC - PRESS - JUDGMENT DELIVERED TO KOSOVO ALBANIANS TWO AND A HALF
YEARS AFTER BEING PRONOUNCED


Another four Kosovo Albanians - Sulejman Bytiqi, Besim Zumberi, Skender
Ferizi and Agim Rechica - who are charged with of acts of terrorism, are
still in the penitentiaries at Nis and Sremska Mitrovica.


JUDGMENT DELIVERED TO KOSOVO ALBANIANS TWO AND A HALF YEARS AFTER BEING
PRONOUNCED

Four Kosovo Albanians from the so-called "Urosevac Group" received the
judgment handed down against them by the Pristina District Court two and a
half years after the event. The Court thus denied these four men, who have
been illegally held since June 1998, the right to defend themselves. Their
defense counsel, including Humanitarian Law Center attorneys, can only now
lodge an appeal with the Serbian Supreme Court.

On 5 February 1999, a panel of the Pristina District Court presided by Judge
Dragoljub Zdravkovic found 26 Albanians from the Kosovo town of Urosevac, 17
of whom were tried in absentia, guilty of seditious conspiracy and/or
terrorism and sentenced them to prison terms ranging from two to 15 years.

The Court's decision was based on confessions extracted by torture. Cen
Dugolli and Rexhep Bislimi died in July 1998 after being tortured by State
Security inspectors at the police station in Gnjilane and the Pristina
prison. Xhavit Zariqi was severely beaten and subjected to electric shocks
almost every day from 28 June to 20 July 1998 by State Security Inspectors
Rajko Doder and Radovan Klaric and some 20 police officers. As a result of
this brutal treatment, Zariqi, who was sentenced to three years in prison,
is now unable to move about without assistance.

Zariqi and Haxhi Bytiqi were released until their sentences become final as
they received terms of less than five years. Enver Topalli and Ahmet Hoxha
were killed during the NATO bombing of the Dubrava Penitentiary in Kosovo.
Ilber Topalli was released in March 2001 under the Amnesty Act.

Another four Kosovo Albanians - Sulejman Bytiqi, Besim Zumberi, Skender
Ferizi and Agim Rechica - who are charged with of acts of terrorism, are
still in the penitentiaries at Nis and Sremska Mitrovica.

For more information please contact Mojca Sivert
Tel./fax: 381 11 444-3944, 381 11 444-1487;
e-mail: mojca at hlc.org.yu




From dbein at bndlg.de  Tue Sep 18 19:37:01 2001
From: dbein at bndlg.de (Divi Beineke)
Date: Tue Sep 18 19:37:01 2001
Subject: [Prishtina-E] [RELEASE THE PRISONERS NOW!] Email-Action to be continued!
Message-ID: <3BA7DA2C.F918E239@bndlg.de>

Betreff: [RELEASE THE PRISONERS NOW!] Email-Action to be continued!
Datum: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 14:33:41 +0200
Von: Divi Beineke <dbein at bndlg.de>


Dear friends,

we are aware that everyone is preoccupied with the shocking loss of life in
the US from terrorist actions.
This week we have all had a horrific reminder of the urgency of preserving
human freedom from brutal and unlawful acts. Nevertheless, ordinary life
must move on, even as we try to understand what happened and to think of
the most non-violent way to respond.

Last week Serb and Kosovar officials FINALY signed a transfer agreement
that guarantees the transfer of the remaining 222 Albanian prisoners, both
criminal and political, to the jurisdiction of UNMIK in Kosova. A new
branch of UNMIK-- The Judicial International Administration--will oversee
the transfer. This coming week a team of officials from Kosova will go to
Belgrade and the Serb prisons to review all the cases.
It is hoped that the transfer of the political prisoners can take place in
late October.

While this news may sound positive to outsiders, anxious families in Kosova
become increasingly fearful at a time like this that somehow even this
joint effort will fail and their loved ones will not be released.

Therefore, we urge you to continue your pressure on leaders everywhere to
follow through and make sure these people are finally allowed to return
home.
Although this will not solve the problems of world-wide lawless brutality,
the transfer of prisoners to Kosova does move us all forward a little
closer to real justice for all.

Please visit:
 http://www.bndlg.de/~dbein/APP/
and start again with email-sending.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIRELESS EFFORTS IN KEEPING THE ALBANIAN PRISONER
ISSUE IN THE FOREFRONT OF INTERNATIONAL POLICY. WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL THE
LAST ONE RETURNS TO KOSOVA.

Regards

Divi Beineke
Alice Mead
--
EMAIL-ACTION: RELEASE THE PRISONERS NOW!
TE LIROHEN MENJEEERE TE BURGOSURIT!
LASST JETZT DIE GEFANGENEN FREI!
ODMAH OSLOBODITE ZATVORENIKE!
http://www.bndlg.de/~dbein/APP/




From kosova at jps.net  Mon Sep 24 19:30:01 2001
From: kosova at jps.net (kosova at jps.net)
Date: Mon Sep 24 19:30:01 2001
Subject: [Prishtina-E] FW: Albanian Prisoner Advocacy Newsletter 9/21/01
Message-ID: <LNBBKKIEKFOPADHBEFPFOELAEGAA.kosova@jps.net>


Albanian Prisoner Advocacy
September 21, 2001
www.khao.org/appkosova.htm


IMPORTANT UPDATE on Albanian Prisoners!

Despite the dreadful news of the terrorist attacks in the USA, some progress
has been made on the Albanian prisoner issue. On September 11, 2001, we have
all had a horrific reminder of the urgency of preserving human freedom from
brutal and unlawful acts. We must get back to our lives and responsibilities
to help free others who are deprived of their basic liberty and freedoms.

On September 12,2001, Serb and Kosovar officials reached a transfer
agreement that guarantees the transfer of the approximately 200 remaining
Albanian prisoners to the jurisdiction of UNMIK in Kosova.

A new branch of UNMIK-- The Judicial International Administration will
oversee the transfer. UNMIK justice department administrator, John-Christian
Cady, has now a list of all detainees, including their location, and the
date and length of their sentences. Meanwhile, Serb Supreme Court president
Lepa Karamarkovic is collecting all the prison documents in preparation for
the transfer. However, there is still no agreed-upon date for the transfer
to take place. In addition, UNMIK leaders have discussed with Mr. Covic the
importance of dismantling the parallel judge system by which Milosevic
"moved" the courts of Kosova to various locations in Serbia and then tried
the Albanians with these artificial courts. Prisoner's cases will be
reviewed by UNMIK. Those who need to be in detention will be placed in the
renovated Dubrava Prison, where they will have immediate access to family
members, lawyers, and friends. The Dubrava Prison will be run in accordance
with international humanitarian standards.

While this news may sound positive to outsiders, anxious families in Kosova
have become increasingly fearful that somehow even this joint effort will
fail and their loved ones will not be released, especially because there is
not set date for the transfer to take place. Therefore, we urge all A-PAL
activists to continue their pressure on leaders everywhere to follow through
and make sure these people return home. It is sustained international
pressure that has brought about this agreement.

Now we must make sure that it takes place soon.


THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIRELESS EFFORTS IN KEEPING THE ALBANIAN PRISONER
ISSUE IN THE FOREFRONT OF INTERNATIONAL POLICY. WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL THE
LAST ONE RETURNS TO KOSOVA. READ ON FOR DETAILS.........

__________________________________________________

Prisoners and their families still need support: regarding torture, housing,
rehabilitation and bribes for release, which still continue.

*****************************************************

Merita Mazreku recently visited the APP office in Prishtina. Her husband
Hasan is being held in Zajecar prison in Serbia, where he is serving a 6
year sentence along with this two brothers all from Drenoc near Decan.
Merita lost four brothers in the war and her father is missing. She has been
living for over 2 years in one room cleared of rubble in her bombed-out
house. She has four children ages 10, 9, 7, and 4. There are no doors or
windows in the house. Her neighbors give her money to feed and clothe the
children. She has received 110 Dm from the APP office but has no other
source of support.

A 33 year old man from Prishtina was released from prison in April. He had
been violently beaten in his pelvis during interrogation and also in prison.
A tumor began to grow on the site. When he was released and got home, the
tumor grew very quickly. It is now so large that he can no longer walk. A
biopsy has revealed that it is not malignant, but is pressing on nerves and
he is great pain. No doctors at Prishtina hospital are able to help him with
the surgery he needs.

Bedri Kukalaj's father repeatedly visited the APP office recently, worried
about his son's health. He said that the bullets from the Dubrava massacre
are still embedded in Bedri's jaw. The family has asked for a doctor to
visit him but the prison doctor has refused this. He was arrested in a
village near Decan in 1998. Three other Albanians were shot during the
arrest and died. Three others besides Bedri survived.

Released prisoner, Avni M, who was injured in the Dubrava Massacre came to
give his statement regarding the massacre and torture.

Avni was arrested in Junik in June, 1998. He was arrested in the woods for
bringing arms into Kosova. There he was beaten with rifles and clubs. Two
other men, one his brother, were executed on the spot. He was taken to
Gjakova Prison where he was tortured for six days, beaten with baseball bats
and was nearly kicked to death. Later he was wounded in the Dubrava Massacre
by a grenade in the courtyard. His arm was amputated in Prishtina Hospital
on June 2, 1999. Then he was taken to Lipjan Prison, but was again retured
to the hospital. He was left alone there until NATO forces arrived. His
house and everything in it was destroyed. He is now a member of the Baba Loc
Invalid Association in Decan.

Zejadin had come to Prishtina on May 19, 1999 because his village near
Podujevo was destroyed. He and his brothers were arrested in the city and
taken to the police station, where they were beaten all day with bats,
chairs, and fists. Then he was taken to Lipjan with 20 people and put in the
gymnasium with 300 others. There was no food and hardly any bread.
Conditions there were horrible. His whole body was black from bruises. His
brother Hussen was violently tortured in Lipjan, and beaten all over. His
spine was damaged from this. Their house was in Letanc but is completely
destroyed.

ESCAPE! BRIBES AND CORRUPTION CONTINUE!

Fehmi H. gave his statement. He was arrested on May 22, 1999 and entered
Kosova again in August, 2001. He was arrested in Vushtri where 400 people
were put in the sports hall while the security police took information. He
was then sent to prison where he was asked if he was in KLA. He said he was
not. They took him on the second floor and beat him. They drew up a
confessions saying he had shot policemen in five villages, but he denied it.
They had him handcuffed and took off his clothes. They beat him on the
genitals with wire. They poured water on him and beat him some more. Kicking
him and then put him in a cell where he couldn't sleep for two days. They
said they would shoot him because he wouldn't sign. He was sentenced to 11
years. His family paid 15,000 DM for a defense lawyer, but the lawyer did
nothing. In July 10, 2001, his case was reviewed in Krajleva and some Serb
witnesses came from Vushtri to testify against them. He didn't know them but
gave APP their names. He was then transfered to Smedereva Prison in Presevo
with three other Albanians. There 3 Serbs telephoned them and said for
20,000 DM a piece they could all be released. His family paid and he was
released and the four reentered Kosova illegally.

>From Drenoc. Lah Nitaj's brothers are both in Zajecar Prison. The family had
paid 20,000 DM each for the reduction of their sentence from 15
years(sentenced Feb. 2000) to 2.5 years in June 2001. Now he had been called
by two lawyers to say that they could be released now if they paid another
10,000 DM. UNHCHR investigated and they were released and are now home.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE ALBANIAN PRISONERS, visit:

	http://www.khao.org/appkosova.htm

	http://www.bndlg.de/~dbein/APP/




From janerostos at hotmail.com  Fri Sep 28 11:24:05 2001
From: janerostos at hotmail.com (Jane Rostos)
Date: Fri Sep 28 11:24:05 2001
Subject: [Prishtina-E] position
Message-ID: <F18ed7NYrkbEm5Q9DWU00013d49@hotmail.com>

Dear Madam or Sir:

I suppose this is going to come as a bit of a surprise.  I appologize for 
not knowing and following the right procedure, and for--probably--writing to 
the wrong address, but I trust that you will not disregard this message 
because of that.

First, to briefly introduce myself, I will mention the fact that I have 
recently graduated from the "Alexander I. Cuza" State University of Iasi, 
Romania, from which I reveived a BA in English and German linguistics.  I am 
in excellent command of English, German, and Romanian.  During the college 
years I occasionally worked as a public relations assistant in a private 
medical practice in my home town.  In October 2001 I am supposed to start 
work as an assistant professor in the German Department of the "Stefan cel 
Mare" State University of Suceava, Romania, but I am currently looking for a 
position in the town of Pristina.

Do you think I might have a chance of finding anything like that?  I hope I 
have enough qualifications to meet your expectations and requirements.

Please kindly reply.  Thank you for your cooperation.

Yours sincerelly,
Ioana Rostos, BA

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From Sean.Finley at hanscom.af.mil  Fri Sep 28 11:24:08 2001
From: Sean.Finley at hanscom.af.mil (Finley Sean Contr ESC/AC)
Date: Fri Sep 28 11:24:08 2001
Subject: [Prishtina-E] Volunteer Position
Message-ID: <E5A011AB21B5D111A9F800600808AC710368C2A1@HAMSXMI2>

I'm looking for a volunteer position in Kosova for a period of up to 4 weeks
starting anytime after Nov 2001. I'm 39, male, in excellent physical &
medical condition, working as a Systems Engineer for the past 18-yrs and
contract negotiations. Education, undergrad & some grad school, is in
computer science/engineering. Excellent written and speaking skills (English
only). Other skills include light construction, electrical, plumbing, with
some experience (volunteer) in mental health. Looking to volunteer in
challenging area (environment &/or economical) for humanitarian purpose in a
refugee camp in Kosova. Can you help? I can be reached at
Sean.Finley at Hanscom.af.mil or Patch4Sean at msn.com .
781-962-0572. 
Sean Finley