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Al-Ahram Weekly 21 - 28 January 1999 Issue No. 413 |
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| Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 |
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photo: AFPHEAVY fighting between Serbian security forces and ethnic Albanian freedom fighters erupted on Tuesday in the hills near the southern Kosovo villages. The frequent outbursts of small arm fires and several large detonations scared many of the local ethnic Albanian inhabitants. Some 50 Albanians were massacred in cold blood last week and a Serbian policeman was severely wounded. Tens of thousands of ethnic Albanians are fleeing Kosovo and there is a growing displaced persons problem in the war-torn province On the move