November, 2008

• 4 November

  ‘No Montenegrin Involved’ in Pukanic Murder

  04 November 2008 Podgorica – Montenegro police are denying reports that those who ordered the murder of high-profile Croatian journalist Ivo Pukanic and his marketing chief, Niko Franjic are Montenegrin nationals.

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• 4 November

  Croatia, Bosnian Serb Police in Blame Game

  04 November 2008 Zagreb – Croatian police and their colleagues from Bosnia’s Serb-dominated entity are trading accusations over who’s to blame for the narrow escape of a key suspect wanted over the murder of a high-profile journalist.

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• 4 November

  Albanians ‘Barred’ from Kosovo Flashpoint

  04 November 2008 Pristina – A Kosovo lawmaker has accused the UN Mission of preventing ethnic Albanians from returning to their homes in the Serb-dominated northern areas of Kosovo.

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• 4 November

  Albania PM in Record Parliamentary Speech

  04 November 2008 Tirana – Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha held a two hour long marathon speech on Monday in parliament in a hearing over his ties to Bosnian businessman, Damir Fazlic.

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• 4 November

  Reconciliation Plea to Serbia’s Albanians

  04 November 2008 Presevo – Milan Markovic, the chairman of the Coordination Body for Southern Serbia, has called on ethnic Albanian leaders to re-enter reconciliation talks after claiming a key condition had been met.

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• 4 November

  Kosovo Ups Budget by 15%

  04 November 2008 Pristina – Kosovo’s first independently-compiled budget for 2009 will be €1.43 billion, an increase of 15 percent on 2008.

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• 4 November

  Ahtisaari Stands By Kosovo Independence

  04 November 2008 Pristina – Former UN envoy for Kosovo’s final status and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Martti Ahtisaari, stands by his decision in backing Kosovo’s independence, in his new autobiography.

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• 4 November

  Serbian Nationalists to Make Alliance

  04 November 2008 Belgrade – Three Serbian nationalist parties including that of former Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica say they are ready to create a new alliance to challenge the current coalition government.

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• 4 November

  Hamas, Fatah say no difference between Obama and McCain

  GAZA, Nov. 4 – Spokesmen of both Fatah and Islamic Hamas movements agreed on Tuesday that there is no difference between the two candidates, the Republican Barak Obama, and the Democrat John McCain who race in the U.S. elections to the White House.

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• 4 November

  Israel withholds cement to Gaza Strip

  GAZA, Nov. 4 – Israeli companies stopped providing cement to the Gaza Strip upon orders by the Israeli military, a Palestinian importer said on Tuesday.

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