Macedonia sliding to the brink of civil war Hopes for the signing of a...

The Sunday Telegraph London;  August 12, 2001 ;     598 words ......worst violence since Albanian rebels began fighting government...chance to prevent a civil war and the probable...of Macedonia. As Albanian rebels escalated their attacks...kidnapped this week by Albanian rebels as they erected signs...

Albanian rebels call for NATO to step in

The Scotsman;  June 15, 2001 ;     644 words ...ALBANIAN rebels yesterday stepped up the...reaching a lasting peace". The Albanian National Liberation demands...country back from the brink of civil war. The Macedonian president...NATO to help to disarm the Albanian rebels. "President Trajkovski has...afternoon. "The ...

PARAS ON ALERT FOR BALKAN CIVIL WAR

Evening Standard - London;  June 21, 2001 ;     202 words ......Macedonia as part of a Nato force to disarm Albanian rebels. The British contingent of up to 1,000...to prevent the country sliding into civil war. France, Spain, the Czech Republic...because its officials believe a full-blown civil war is on the cards which could draw in...

PARAS ON ALERT FOR BALKAN CIVIL WAR.

The Evening Standard (London, England);  June 21, 2001 ;     205 words ......Macedonia as part of a Nato force to disarm Albanian rebels. The British contingent of up to 1,000...to prevent the country sliding into civil war. France, Spain, the Czech Republic...because its officials believe a full-blown civil war is on the cards which could draw in...

PARAS ON STAND-BY AS NATO FEARS CIVIL WAR

Evening Standard - London;  June 21, 2001 ;     308 words ......Macedonia as part of a Nato force to disarm Albanian rebels. The British contingent of up to a 1...to prevent the country sliding into civil war. France, Spain, the Czech Republic...because officials now believe a full-blown civil war on the cards, and that this is likely...

PARAS ON STAND-BY AS NATO FEARS CIVIL WAR.

The Evening Standard (London, England);  June 21, 2001 ;     310 words ......Macedonia as part of a Nato force to disarm Albanian rebels. The British contingent of up to a 1...to prevent the country sliding into civil war. France, Spain, the Czech Republic...because officials now believe a full-blown civil war on the cards, and that this is likely...

Nato issues warning of civil war as Macedonia steps up shelling

The Independent - London;  May 5, 2001 ;     456 words ......artillery shelled villages held by Albanian rebels in the second day of fighting...the violence from leading to civil war. There were unconfirmed reports...violence that brought it close to civil war two months ago. The rebel...violence and potentially into civil war. ...

Balkans conflict: Macedonian villages blasted after rebel ambush Spectre...

The Independent - London;  May 4, 2001 ;     557 words ......raided villages occupied by Albanian rebels yesterday after the guerrillas...violence that brought it close to civil war at the start of the year...further bloodshed and "maybe civil war". The statement said: "We...was feared to be close to civil war in March when the ...

Albanian rebels to withdraw.

The Evening Standard (London, England);  July 26, 2001 ;     59 words ...THE threat of a full-scale civil war in Macedonia receded today after the government announced ethnic Albanian rebels had agreed to withdraw from villages around the city of Tetovo under a Nato deal. The rebels overran four villages and clashed...

Albanian rebels to withdraw

Evening Standard - London;  July 26, 2001 ;     59 words ...THE threat of a full-scale civil war in Macedonia receded today after the government announced ethnic Albanian rebels had agreed to withdraw from villages around the city of Tetovo under a Nato deal. The rebels overran four villages and clashed...

Macedonian troops launch attack on Albanian rebels.(Knight Ridder...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  March 25, 2001 ;     684 words ......long-awaited ground attack on ethnic Albanian rebels bunkered in the hills above Tetovo...plunge the ethnically divided nation into civil war. Backed by helicopter gun ships, tanks...If unchecked, that leads directly to civil war, he said. We must be very strict. The...

European envoys make last-ditch attempt to pull back Macedonia from brink...

The Independent - London;  July 27, 2001 ;     478 words ......Javier Solana, flew to Macedonia yesterday to try to prevent civil war. The past few days have seen the most serious fighting yet between government forces and the Albanian rebels of the National Liberation Army (NLA), and foreign targets...

Macedonian leader dies in crash Trajkovski credited with having prevented...

International Herald Tribune;  February 27, 2004 ;     605 words ......descended into full-blown civil war in 2001, was missing and...prevent an armed uprising by Albanian rebels in Macedonia from turning into all-out civil war. ''He was the most important...Macedonian figure in preventing a civil war, and that has never been...otherwise ...

Macedonia on brink of civil war

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  August 11, 2001 ;     291 words ...Macedonia on brink of civil war Associated Press Saturday, August 11, 2001 Skopje, Macedonia -- Warnings that Macedonia is on the brink of civil war came from all sides Friday as army helicopter gunships pounded an ethnic Albanian village in retaliation for a deadly mine attack on...dramatic ...

Ceasefire breaks down as Belgrade forces drive out Albanian rebels

The Independent - London;  December 4, 2000 ;     422 words ......TROOPS and policemen have attacked Albanian rebels fighting inside a pocket of disputed...Muhamet Xhemaili, a commander of ethnic Albanian rebels in the tiny south Serbian village...rockets and automatic weapons, the Albanian rebels, estimated at some 200-strong, occupied...