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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 18, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A8 world Winnipeg december 2000 patrol fired upon along Kosovo serbian Border Yugoslavia gunmen fired on a joint american russian patrol yesterday As it tried to Seal the Boundary Between Kosovo and part of Southern Serbia where ethnic Alban Ian rebels have been challenging yugoslav the army peacekeepers suffered no casualties in the the first reported against Natoley troops since ethnic albanian rebels escalated Cross order raids in the joint patrol returned fire but it was unclear whether the attack whose identity was suffered army spokeswoman Alayne Cramer said in a the attack occurred one Day after a violent incident in Northwestern Koso in which angry Over the arrest of a set fire to a police stoned vehicles and briefly took seven belgian soldiers two serbs died in the Melee in the town of Lepo Savic and one was raising tensions in this troubled the statement said the shooting attack occurred about As the patrol was trying to Seal the Boundary near the Village of Gorje about so Kilometres Southeast of peacekeepers had just detonated a series of explosive charges to destroy a Section of Road believed used by the Mili Tants when they received Small the arms statement the multinational brigade East was continuing the Boundary closure efforts to prevent the flow of supplies and movement of armed ethnic groups across the the statement no suspects have been the new government of yugoslav the multinational brigade East was continuing the bound Ary closure efforts to prevent the flow of sup plies and movement of armed ethnic groups across the Border president Vojislav Kos Tunica has been urging the Natoley Force in Kosovo to crack Down on the ethnic albanian extremists of the liberation army of med Edja and known by its Albania language acronym last the rebels killed four yugoslav policemen and seized several positions in the Buffer zone along the yugoslav Side of the the zone was established in june 1999 to prevent be grades forces from threatening the peacekeepers who took Over Kosovo after the 78day nato bombing of launched to Force the president Slobodan Milose Vic to halt his crackdown against Kosovo yugoslav forces cannot use heavy weapons in the so the ethnic albanians have been operating in the area with they Are trying to drive yugoslav forces from the which has an ethnic albanian majority but is not part of press m ilk Calendar contest win a trip for two to of or Stirtm car Urna How to play find the answer to today trivia question in your 2001 milk Complete the entry form mail or hand deliver your completed entries to one of the addresses listed t co 25 draws for Denim shirts 2001 milk Calendar trivia contest question is the perfect accompaniment to this great tasting european style Lemon name postal to subscribe Call 6977001 or 18005428900 mail Tot the 2001 milk Calendar trivia contest the Winnipeg free press Box 2130 my r3c 3r4 hand deliver to Winnipeg free press 1355 Mountain Manitoba milk producers 36 Scurfield 8 am 5 pm be Only original entry drawn facsimiles will be Complete contest rules available at the Winnipeg free press or in any saturday edition of the Winnipeg free press until december contest closing Date december grand prize value special draw prizes value Gregonio Borgia press Haider leaves Church in Rome yesterday after attending Angel of peace Haider not Welcome Back Italy Rome self proclaimed Angel of peace Joerg Haider made parting jabs against immigrants and Italy weak leaders As the far right aus Trian politician headed Home yester Day after a tumultuous visit to the raiders combative interview raised the same sort of outrage that his trip has from the his Audi ence with Pope John Paul on Satur Day prompted Street protests by Complete with Stone throw ing and tear outside Peters i repeat what i believe everyone has a right to a dignified but in their own the far right austrian politician was quoted As saying in his trip closing interview published yesterday in Romes la Republica Ever More people Are thinking like i Italy Centre left government made Clear How unwelcome any return visit would raiders presence in our country is not Luciano president of the chamber of said faulting what he called raiders Dis courteous manner in verbal clashes with Italy leaders Over immigration before and during the Haider checked out of his hotel near Peters at after assisting at a mass at a Church Cater ing to Romes German speaking Catholic Haider came to Rome As head of a 250member austrian delegation that presented the Pope on saturday with a Christmas tree for Peters he dismissed Advance criticism of the saying the austrians in his delegation were coming As Angels of International and italian jewish leftist parties and others have faulted the Pope for granting the audience to governor of the Southern Carinthia province chosen to donate this years tree to the Vatican has been broadly criticized for past remarks sympathetic to aspects of the nazi regime and for anti Immi Grant his Freedom party entry into Austria government prompted six months of european Union lifted Only in the Pope made no reference to the controversy Over the visit in his remarks to the austrian and he Shook raiders hand after protesters tried to storm Satur Days tree lighting ceremony in Peters demonstrators clashed with police and Clouds of tear Gas wafted towards the Cren elated top of near by Castel about 30 injuries were Haider ignored1 the chaos and shrugged off jewish shopkeepers who quietly protested his visit by turning off their saying sat urday if they want to save electric let them do he repeated the remark in yester Days la Republica which focused on Italy Border which Haider says allow too Many immigrants into press 10 climbers and skiers perish on icy italian Alps has a huge selection of 2000 models up to Purchase financing payments or interest for 90 Days in factory to dea1er incentives at this rate our inventory wont last Long choose Italy a layer of ice formed overnight in Northern Italy Alps sent at least 10 climbers and skiers sliding to their deaths yes the victims included four climbers who died one by one trying to Rescue a dog and rescuers were having trouble reaching the victims on the icy slopes and Heli copters were needed to recover some of the victims and said Guido emergency Aid director in the Alpine town of near the austrian yesterday began with a sunny morning after a spell of and maybe some tempted by the Beautiful went where there were no conditions to said Cesare one of Italy most respected Alpine yesterdays worst Accident occurred on mount hear 50 Kilometres East of Milan in Italy Lombardy four Dalian men Carlo Emer where said i gency Directo the i services medical in w ice there was too thin for climbers spiked boots to get a solid Ste Fani one of the climbers tried to Rescue a dog that had somehow gotten in and Stefani the climbers companions died in subsequent 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Stone counties in the one person died and at least 19 others were the worst devastation was in a sprawling trailer Park just South of where of the victims were found Mobile Homes were blown into mangled some unrecognizable among the we Are still trying to find out How Narty Are Unac counted said Tuscaloosa county Ted there were people out there Christmas shopping and t know where we just do they ;