Word: agron
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...largest lead-and-zinc mines in Europe. Last June, the World Health Organization (WHO) conducted blood tests on 75 Roma adults and children in the camps; 44 proved to be massively contaminated by lead. The camps have still not been evacuated. Refugees live "the life of animals," says Agron Qosa, who forages for food on the dumps near Trepca. "We were told this would be our settlement only for 40 days. Now, six years after that promise, we are without any fundamental support," Roma representative Elizabeta Bajrami says. Last week Kosovar Prime Minister Bajram Kosumi pledged...
...Lawyer Agron Alibali, co-author of the book Kombi (The Nation), discussed the legal issues involved in the Kosovo situation...
...flatlands there are tank territory, and with no armor of their own, the lightly armed rebels cannot take and hold it. Kosare, though, is a strategic high ground, and the rebels say they are ready to hold it and even forge ahead. "[The Serbs] try to fight back," says Agron Thaci, 24, taking a break from cleaning and greasing his AK-47. "But we beat them. We wait, they come, and after..." He makes a slow horizontal cutting motion with his hand...
...musical's subject matter has not surprisingly provoked controversy. Relatives of the murder victims objected to what they feared would be the glorification of Agron, and they staged a protest at the show's first performance. Some members of the Latino community have complained that a white songwriter is perpetuating Puerto Rican stereotypes. "My fear is that the general public is going to see this as another Puerto Rican with a knife, and they will come out with that view of our community," says Melody Capote, executive director of the Caribbean Cultural Center in New York City. The show...
...playwright. Morris, a leading light of modern dance, was persuaded to make his Broadway debut as choreographer. The lead roles were cast mostly with singers who had little stage-acting experience--including Panamanian musician Ruben Blades and hot young salsa star Marc Anthony (playing the old and young Agron, respectively). Even most of the show's producers are largely Broadway neophytes, among them TV producer/talent manager Brad Grey and Simon's friend and publicist Dan Klores...