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The war in Kosovo is throwing Albanians together. Expelled and bussed and broke, they are herded from place to place - bringing with them all of their terrible tales.
Albanians are concentrating military efforts in the north, to try to prevent Belgrade from realising their biggest fear: partition of the province.
An IWPR senior editor makes a personal connection amongst the tens of thousands of lost souls now being forced across the Kosovo-Albanian border.
An IWPR senior editor makes a personal connection amongst the tens of thousands of lost souls now being forced across the Kosovo-Albanian border.
Despite their poverty, ordinary Albanians have rushed to help their ethnic kin who have fled ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. The generosity of the common people is in stark contrast with official complacency.
KLA leader Hashim Thaci heads a new Kosovo Albanian administration dominated by the guerrillas and other opposition to long-time Kosovar leader Ibrahim Rugova.
While senior figures both inside government and in the opposition continue to squabble like village politicians, Albania verges closer towards a direct involvement in the war.
Senior KLA sources in Albania say the KLA leader finally signed the peace-keeping deal in a secret ceremony in Kosovo.
Serb forces are expelling Albanians from a horseshoe-shaped territory, from Pec to Prizren to Pristina-burning houses and destroying identity papers. They are not welcome back.