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Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica, too, is worried about the instability secession could engender, perhaps by encouraging secessionists elsewhere, notably in Macedonia where ethnic Albanians launched an insurgency as part of an effort to obtain greater rights. And, he says, Europe would be saddled with "a tiny state that is economically hardly sustainable." E.U. and U.S. officials are pressing for "a democratic Montenegro in a democratic Yugoslavia," warning Djukanovic not to take any "unilateral actions." But if there is to be a referendum, they insist that the rules - including the form of the ballot question and the proportion of votes needed...
...vote, called for Kosovo's full independence "as soon as possible." But U.N. officials said the province will remain part of Serbia until a political settlement can be reached. In the meantime, it will continue to be administered by the U.N., in tandem with the new assembly. MACEDONIA Shock Waves The fragile peace process received further setbacks after a bomb exploded in the border town of Tetevo and the main ethnic Macedonian party, the Social Democratic Alliance, withdrew from the governing coalition. The blast went off outside the office of the E.U.'s monitoring mission on the eve of excavations...
...attack on the La Belle discothèque, which also injured 230 people, prompted retaliatory U.S. air strikes against two Libyan cities. The judge upheld claims that Libyan secret agents and embassy staff had planned the attack, but not that it was personally ordered by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. MACEDONIA New Constitution Macedonia?s parliament approved a package of constitutional amendments aimed at improving ethnic Albanian rights, ending weeks of wrangling over a Western-backed peace accord. Mediators hope the changes will defuse the seven-month-old crisis that began when Albanian rebels attacked police posts along the Kosovo border...
...killing all 78 people on board. Israel closed its main airport amid fears that the downing of the Siberian Airlines flight from Tel Aviv to Novosibirsk was a terrorist act. U.S. officials said the Tupolev-154 may have been struck accidentally by a Ukrainian missile during a training exercise. MACEDONIA Plan in Jeopardy Macedonian police attempted to reoccupy several villages in the north of the country that had been held by ethnic Albanian rebels, but withdrew after meeting what one official called "a hostile reception." Western envoys in the country warned the government not to attempt to re-establish control...
...Athough nearly 400,000 Swiss men are army reservists who keep weapons at home, gun crime has been rare, with no politician killed in over 100 years. Sept. 27 the National Liberation Army formally ceased to exist. The announcement came as nato declared its arms collecting mission to Macedonia a success, with 3,875 weapons handed in to nato troops. Ethnic Macedonian politicians greeted Ahmeti's announcement with some skepticism, believing that many weapons remain in rebel hands. CHECHNYA Talks About Talks In response to a proposal from Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chechens and Russians started talks...