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...having a problem putting down its guns, even though most of those it claims to represent have long since turned against violence. Over in Spain, the militant Basque separatists of the ETA present the same problem. NATO plans to disarm Albanian rebels in Macedonia appear somewhat optimistic, despite last week's political peace agreement. And the Islamists of Hamas and Islamic Jihad appear to have no shortage of young Palestinians willing to blow themselves up in order to make a bloody political point...
...Fierce firefights have raged across the country since last Wednesday's announcement that a "peace deal" will be signed on Monday, as Albanian nationalist guerrillas press to expand their range of operations despite NATO?s hopes of persuading them to disarm once a new political order has been negotiated. And the escalation of fighting threatens to turn Monday's political agreement - if the two sides are still able to sign by then - into a sideshow. The immediate problem may be that the agreement being painstakingly brokered by EU representative Francois Leotard and U.S. envoy James Pardew does not involve...
...once again seized parts of the city in fierce fighting. On Tuesday, Macedonian police raided a house in the capital and killed five ethnic-Albanian men accused of being guerrillas. Despite the political talks, fighting rages on, and there are few signs that the guerrillas are preparing to disarm - or that government forces will tolerate any perceived attempt by the guerrillas to expand their presence. So even once the political deal is concluded, the potential for an escalation of hostilities remains high...
...secret of peace". NORTHERN IRELAND Showdown The British and Irish governments planned intensive negotiations to tackle the latest crisis in the peace process. The reason: Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble's resignation as First Minister, due to take effect July 1 if the Irish Republican Army refused to disarm. Unless rescinded within six weeks, Trimble's resignation could cause the collapse of Northern Ireland's complex power-sharing arrangements. London and Dublin hope a new reform package will sway the I.R.A. to lay down its arms. THE NETHERLANDS Judgment Day Former Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic was delivered...
...Although NATO has vowed to send a force of 3,000 troops to Macedonia to help disarm the rebels, the alliance has said it will only go in once there's a political accord in terms of which the rebels agree to be disarmed. The Western alliance had initially denounced the guerrillas as "terrorists" and "murderers," and its insistence on dialogue was aimed at pressing the authorities in Skopje to address the grievances of Macedonia's ethnic-Albanians - grievances the guerrillas had sought to exploit to build support for their insurgency. But NATO's position appears to be moving inexorably...