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Who prevented the American president from coming to Tirana? P. 3

The KLA is complying with the UN’s demands. The demilitarization pact, signed between it and KFOR Command in Pristina, definitively transforms the Kosovo Liberation Army into a civilian organization. This marks a historic turning point for a new peace mission. Although demilitarized, the KLA is re-entering an unfolding sequence of political, social and cultural events. It will move from a culture of war toward a culture of peace, changing its customs and disciplines, but not its identity. The KLA cannot feel at odds with its new “status.” Life in Kosovo needs institutional arrangements, and therefore cannot be anyone’s monopoly. To this end, pacts and agreements must be reached to guarantee governmental and national programs and to create a culture of peace in the detached postwar world. In other words, behavior must be reintegrated. Just as they proved devoted in their historic role in the war against Milošević’s regime to defend their homes, KLA fighters must now become fighters for a culture of peace. They must build the foundations of a culture of peace, not dream of “myths.” The KLA leadership understood this message when it signed the Agreement with NATO without hesitation. The price of peace is indeed high, but it can be paid easily when everyone has been included in the decisions that must be made for peace. Albanians are living Continued, page 3

Textile Combine threatens the Government P. 7-8

• Civil war in the Socialist Party, grassroots against the center • Berisha announces the Democratic Party’s return to Parliament • Republicans descend on Vlora • Begeja: The Democratic Party is late, but its presence in Parliament is essential P. 3-6

• Student City is bloodied; one dead, three injured • Antimafia closes in on the trail • Police chiefs do not recognize the defendants