Thousands of tons of poisoned flour smuggled from Serbia into Albania. 50 people infected. In Elbasan, 5,000 poisoned loaves of bread are being given away for free. The bread smells like rotten eggs.
The U.S. option
Military intervention in Kosovo should be decided unilaterally by U.S. President Clinton. This is also what the architect of Dayton, Ambassador Hol- has declared, urging the American pres-ident once again to act. In advance, Serbian police have expelled more than 200,000 Albanians from their ethnic lands, burned and destroyed entire homes, and driven defenseless families—left at the mercy of fate—out into the open, developments considered catastrophic and unprecedented in human his-tory. Milo-shevic completely undermined the peace-talks plan; he deceived the entire international diplo-macy, assuring representatives of the U.S., the EU and the Council of Europe that he would halt the fighting if no operation were carried out.
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Serbian women demonstrate against the war in Kosovo
Serbian women demonstrate against the war in Kosovo
PS Deputies: Nano, Give Us Loans to Buy Cars
From the State of Emergency to Deputies’ Cars
On the first day of the first session of the parliament elected in the June 29 elections, the deputies first called for the lifting of the state of emergency.
On the last day of the first session, that is, yesterday, the deputies each requested a loan of 300,000 new lek to buy a car. The request was made by the head of the Socialist group, Pandeli Majko, immediately after the adoption of a resolution on Kosovo and after the completion of the new law on SHIK. Majko insisted that his request be put to a vote immediately, while Deputy Speaker Dokle insisted on the opposite. According to him, Majko’s proposal did not concern a specific law, and there was no question of putting it to a vote. The chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Economy and Finance, Leontiv Çuçi, reinforced Dokle’s argument, adding that it was absurd to ask... P. 3
Godo: We must stop the Serbs’ extermination hunt. Gjiniushi and Nano are spying on ministers and MPs
Testimony from the “Rogner”: Ceas’s bullet was delivered by the post
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Inside:
Italy’s deputy foreign minister concludes his visit. 180 billion lire in loans for 20 years. Godo–Fazino: Italian visas for Albanian businesspeople. Why did Nano cut his vacation short? Balli Kombëtar: Let us line up alongside the KLA. Pages 2–4. The head of the KLA’s SHIR is dismissed.
Pages 2–4
ECONOMY
Dirty money in the hands of second-tier banks. Companies cannot find the new owner.
Pp. 8–9
CULTURE
The deputy minister cannot answer the Committee’s questions.
P. 13
SPORT
The Football Federation shrugs its shoulders over the Helsinki deserters
P. 15
SHIR chief dismissed
Parliament vetoes the Court of Cassation
Masked men rob two million from the pharmaceutical company in the capital
Uncle and nephew wounded in Kashar
Page 5
Attack near the President’s villa; Gjinushi’s driver wounded
Kokëdhima sues Lesi for defamation
Eight neighborhoods stink from sewage
Italians halt the capital’s cleaning
Suspicious death of a prisoner in the Elbasan Emergency Department
Gunfire from a Benz; young man wounded in Korçë
Water, the scourge of Durrës
Pages 6–7
Here is why the KLA retreated!
Serbs on the offensive against Drenica
100 armored vehicles leave Reka e Keqe
Humanitarian convoy for Kosovo; one vehicle is left for the KLA
Fighting eases near Gjakova
Milosheviçi fools the West once again
Holbrooke: Military solution for Kosovo
Germany’s chief opposition leader in White Albania
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