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. Milošević has once again rejected a UN peace plan, presented by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Anan. This rejection puts an end to the International Community’s illusions about a political solution to the crisis. Milošević, who, according to UN officials, has almost achieved his goal of ethnic cleansing by displacing 3/4 of Kosovo, cannot support any peace platform, even when it is in his favor. For the Balkan criminal there is no turning back from the path of genocide, even though he has lost the war, as NATO’s supreme general, Clark, said yesterday. Milošević’s historical vision has been shaped by doctrines of racial hatred, turning the act of killing into a mass process. At this point, the overall crisis in Kosovo offers no guide for the West’s political conduct. The ethnic cleansing of 1 million two hundred thousand Albanians admits no remedy other than intensifying military intervention against the Serbian regime, in order to save the rest of the Balkans from an imminent conflict as well. The crisis could engulf politically unstable parts of Central Europe too, and could spread to some parts of Western Europe. This would represent not only a tragedy, but also a historical irony of the highest order. The rejection of the peace plan proposed by the UN leaves room for cooperation—

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• S.O.S! Food reserves of 20 items in Kukës have reached zero Page 2 • Whoever forgot Bosnia, look at Kosovo Pages 16–17 • The second phase of testimony against Millosheviç begins • The Ministry in a fever: What should we do with the UDB? Page 15 • Clark: We have no contact with the UÇK Berisha: I will come to Parliament, but I want a coalition government Page 14 • Godo: I recognize the Rambouillet Government Page 3 • TESTIMONY: 17 people crammed into one apartment Page 8 • Supreme State Audit: Corruption involving aid at customs Page 9 • America kidnaps artists Page 19 ☎ Kosovars seek one another out Page 21

Poems by Sherif Bali and Xhuli Babatinça. Stories by Albana Mélyshi, Elda Çapuni, etc. Pages 10–13