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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1999

Page

8

Albanians Burn Serb Village Belo Polje

Ethnic Albanians burn and loot Belo Polje, damaging homes to plaster and driving out elderly Serbs in Pec region. A 85-year-old survivor described rape and stabbing of her 30-year-old mentally ill daughter by two armed Albanians in uniform. NATO tanks guard a nearby monastery as Russians prepare to deploy peacekeepers. Serbs flee Kosovo.

Belo Polje Pec Kosovo Yugoslavia Radovic NATO Marica Miric Mike Vaclav Havel Prizren Mete Kadria

Depleted Kurdish rebels call for minority rights in Lice

In Lice Turkey Kurdish rebels of Abdullah Ocalan's PKK have been driven from the town yet fears linger. Combat troops patrol streets and food rations are limited as authorities curb support to guerrillas. Ocalan faces a death sentence while top commander Semdin Sakik is on death row amid a drop in rebel numbers from 10 000 to about 4 500 since 1993.

Lice Turkey Abdullah Ocalan Kurdistan Workers Party PKK Ocalan Semdin Sakik

Kosovo Polje memorial amid Kosovo unrest amid holiday

At Kosovo Polje a ruined three story monument stands empty as Serbs face displacement and violence after NATO troops arrive. British soldiers share a simple lunch while ethnic tensions flare with Albanian villagers dismissing feared commemorations.

Kosovo Polje Yugoslavia Kosovo NATO Mustafe Bajoku Serbia Central Committee Slobodan Milosevic Eidemeoovis

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