Kosovo election tests independence drive in Pristina
Kosovo’s first UN supervised municipal vote draws Albanians toward independence from Yugoslavia. Flags allowed outside polling stations under UN pressure. Serb fears rise as many Kosovo Serbs boycott or flee, while NATO forces remain entrenched with Camp Bondsteel filling the countryside with a long-term Western presence.
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Yugoslavia
Kosovo
United Nations
Hardin Abazi
U.N
Asllan Hajrizi
Slobodan Milosevic
Vojislav Kostunica
Milosevic
Belgrade
Hashim Thaci
Kostunica
Richard Holbrooke
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Serbia
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Government promises mad cow compensation in critical report
London officials pledged millions in compensation to families affected by BSE linked vCJD as an independent inquiry faulted the government for slow action. An initial 1.45 million dollars was set aside, while six month delays and public reassurances about beef safety drew sharp criticism from judge Lord Phillips and families.
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Nick Brown
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David Churchill
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Anti-Semitism rises as Germany mulls bans on far right
Berlin reports new statistics show a surge in anti-Semitic crimes in Germany. Interior Minister Otto Schily announces a push to ban the National Democratic Party as ministers meet. A July Duisburg train station bombing injures 10 immigrants, six Jews, fueling debate on Germany's Nazi past lessons. Cologne officials lay cornerstone for Germanys first permanent Jewish theater since WWII, amid concerns over ongoing violence against Jewish communities.
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Germany
Otto Schily
Duesseldorf
Schwerin
National Democratic Party
Reunification
Soviet Union
Cologne
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