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MONTENEGRIN POLICEMAN SHOT DEAD
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PODGORICA, September 22, 2000 (SRNA)

Moma Mojasevic, member of the seventh battalion of the second
army of Yugoslav Army, killed with six bullet hits Nebojsa Lekovic, a
member of special police unit, last night about one o'clock after
midnight in Zelenika, near Podgorica.

Mojasevic and Lekovic were in plain clothes in the 'Celije' inn,
at the time of the incident, and the gun fire occurred after a heated
up disscussion.

Lekovic succumbed to the wounds in the Clinical Center in
Podgorica.


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AMERICANS AND CROATIANS IN JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE
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HERCEG NOVI, September 22, 2000 (FoNet)

A joint military exercise of American and Croatian forces,
beginning on September 25, is set to last five days and will be
mostly held in the vicinity of Zirje island, near Sibenik, captain
Peter Smith, American navy attache in Croatia, stated on a press
conference today.


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VJ TO DEFEND MONTENEGRO AGAINST NATO
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PODGORICA, September 22, 2000 (FoNet)

Momir Bulatovic, the Federal Prime Minister, stated that if Nato
tries to enter Montenegro, "it wont be welcomed by opened arms of
Milo Djukanovic, the president of Montenegro, but with millions of
soldiers of Yugoslav Army(VJ), who will fight and defend the
country."


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"WE'LL BE WATCHING CAREFULLY" - ALBRIGHT
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WASHINGTON, US, September 22, 2000 (SRNA)

Madeleine Albright, American Secretary of State, denounced the
sentence to 20 years of prison, pronounced by the Yugoslav Court on
the charges of alleged war crimes during the last year's Nato bombing
of FR Yugoslavia.

However, she warned Slobodan Milosevic, the Yugoslav president,
that the west is to observe him during the elections. "We won't
accept the elections where victory is declared based upon deceit or a
prematurely declared victory. We'll be watching carefully." she said.


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SPECIAL EU WATCH FOR YU ELECTIONS
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BRUSSELS, Belgium, September 22, 2000 (SRNA)

Diplomats are to watch the upcoming Sunday Yugoslav elections
from minute to minute, from a special room in the EU headquarters in
Brussels, looking forward to the result of the presidential and
parliamentary elections.

This is the first time the center for watching over the
situations is to be used and the EU diplomats will increase the
ability of a quick reaction to the development of the voting.

The special room will be attended by EU diplomats, EU military
representatives and associates of Xavier Solana, high representative
for EU foreign affairs.

The situation will be observed through computer links,
television networks, phone lines and news agency reports. Link with
KFOR, OEBS and non governmental organizations will also be kept
alive, and the attained information will be forwarded to Ministers of
foreign affairs of EU countries.


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LDK PARTY ATTACKED
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LIPLJAN, September 22, 2000 (KFOR)

Early yesterday afternoon, the Lipljan office of the Kosovo
Democratic League (LDK) party was attacked by four men, who broke a
number of windows and assaulted the local LDK leader. The party
leader was only slightly injured and did not require medical
attention.

Early last night, a strong explosion took place in the village
of Krajiste, in the front yard of a local LDK leader. The party
leader reported that he had been threatened earlier in the day.

UNMIK Police is investigating the cases.


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CHILDREN TURN-IN TOY WEAPONS
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PRIZREN, September 22, 2000 (KFOR)

Since last December, children in Prizren have had the
opportunity to voluntarily turn in their toy weapons in exchange for
plush animals, pencils and exercise books.

The KFOR Civil-Military Cooperation office runs the program and
collects approximately 200 toy weapons each month from willing
children.


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ON THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE DANUBE... IN NOVI SAD
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NOVI SAD, September 22, 2000 (Tanjug)

With the final and most complex operation, placing the central
section of the bridge, the Belgrade-based construction company
'Mostogradnja' completed the construction of a new bridge over the
Danube at Novi Sad early on Friday.

The new bridge, named The Varadin Rainbow, was built in just
seven months. The old Varadin Bridge was destroyed during the NATO
aggression on Yugoslavia (March-June, 1999).


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BIG CONCERT IN BELGRADE HELD YESTERDAY
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BELGRADE, September 22, 2000 (SRNA)

Last concert in the series of concerts with slogan "Step out on
the line", organized by ANEM and non governmental organizations, and
bringing together some 25.000 people despite light raining, was held
last evening near Nebojsa Tower in Kalemegdan Park, in Belgrade.

Groups Kristali, Del Arno Bend, Blok Aut, Ateist Rep, Veliki
Prezir, Goblini, Negativ, Kanda Kodza and Nebojsa, Darkwood Dab,
Sunshine, Eyesburn and Partibrejkers appeared on the scene.


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ETA ADMITS KILLINGS AND BOMBINGS
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Spain, September 22, 2000 (BBC)

The Basque separatist group ETA has claimed responsibility for
recent attacks in Spain, including the assassination of a politician
in August and five bombings.

In a statement in the separatist newspaper Gara it said that the
group bombed a Basque night-club this month because it was considered
a center of drugs.

ETA accused police of not doing enough to stop the trade in
drugs which it said "hurts Basque youth and goes against the process
of liberating the Basque country."

The statement did not claim responsibility for Thursday's
assassination of a town councillor in Barcelona, but the organisation
usually does not do so until much later.

Jose Luis Ruiz Casado, who is scheduled to be buried on Friday,
was shot in the back of the head.


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RADIO LIBERTY REPORTER FOUND DEAD IN MOSCOW
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MOSCOW, Russia, September 22, 2000 (Reuters)

A journalist working for US-funded Radio Liberty in Moscow has
been found dead with severe head wounds, the radio said on Friday.

Iskandar Khatlani, who was also a poet, worked for the radio's
Tajik service aimed at the ex-Soviet republic on the border with
China and Afghanistan, it said. But the radio declined to give any
further information.

It was not clear how he received his injuries. Itar-Tass news
agency said Khatlani was found by a passer-by, lying in a Moscow
street late on Thursday.

One of the radio's reporters, Andrei Babitsky, was detained by
Russian troops in Chechnya in January and disappeared for several
weeks in a mysterious prisoner swap and later was released.


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INDONESIAN ARMY LINKED TO FORGERY SCANDAL
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JAKARTA, Indonesia, September 22, 2000 (BBC)

Indonesia's army leadership has been implicated in a
counterfeiting scandal allegedly intended to fund pro-Jakarta
militias in East Timor. An Indonesian ex-soldier told a court in
Jakarta that he was ordered to counterfeit $2.2m in bank notes by
General Tyasno Sudarto, then chief of military intelligence and now
head of the army.

The ex-serviceman, Ismail Putra, and his co-accused Eddy Kereh,
both in their 60s, were jailed for seven and four years respectively
for forging the Indonesian rupiah. Putra said he was told the
original order came from General Wiranto who was Indonesia's military
chief until last October.

Both the prosecution and the judge refused to summon General
Tyasno to testify at the Jakarta trial saying there was not enough
evidence linking him to the case.

General Tyasno has denied Putra's allegations over the
counterfeit money as "lies" and "slander".


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THE NEWS
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Evening news edited by Nikola Stan

AIM, Belgrade, September 22, 2000 19:30


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