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Belgrade newspaper Glas says that the official "state of war" in Yugoslavia will be declared over on 30 June. NATO has proclaimed that its air strikes have now formally ended.
Journalist Simon Houston and photographer Chris Watt of the Scottish tabloid Daily Record were slightly injured when their car was hit several times by a sniper in Kosovo. Their interpreter saved their lives during their trip from Prizren to Pristina according to their account titled "God's Smiled On You" that appeared in the Scottish newspaper today.
"Faced with the tragic position of our people and the federal state...we demand its actual president and his government resign in the interest of people and their salvation..."
German magazine Stern has announced that the two reporters killed after being shot in Pristina, Kosovo - Volker Krämer and Gabriel Grüner - were working for the weekly magazine. Macedonian translator Senol Alit was also killed in Suwareka, Kosovo. In an online story Stern magazine
says the reporters were apparently on their way back to Skopje, Macedonia.
According to various sources; British troops that will clear mines will be the first foreign soldiers to enter Kosovo. As reported earlier, the province will
be separated into five parts. Inet says the United States will be in charge of the eastern zone. Italy will control the northern zone
while Germany will police the southern zone. France will patrol the western zone and British troops will oversee the central zone, including Pristina. BBC has produced a simple map of the plan for Kosovo's division. Still unclear is the
status of Russian troops that will take part in "Operation Guardian".
Ron Ben-Yishai, an Israeli journalist who writes for "Yediot Ahronot" newspaper, and Jovan Cvejic were injured in an attack earlier today by "Albanian terrorists" according to Inet. AFP correspondent Aleksandar Mikic reportedly was not injured in the incident. Tanjug said the attack took place on the Urosevac-Kacanik road. The 9 June edition of the Jerusalem Post has an Associated Press photo of a smiling Ron Ben-Yishai in a Pristina hospital. The commentary of the photo said he had been injured by a sniper's bullet.
German ARD news, monitoring Radio Novosti, has broadcast the report of a downed NATO jet. According to the radio station near Belgrade, witnesses found a pilot seat.
An unconfirmed report says a NATO "A-10" plane was hit by Yugoslav forces and forced to come down on an airport in Macedonia
According to international news reports, NATO missiles hit two vehicles in the Kosovo village of Rekane today. In the attack one driver, Nebojsa Radovic, was killed. Also in the vehicle at the
time was a journalist from the London Times, Eve-Ann Prentice, and Elsa Marujo, a reporter from Portugese television. Both were
reported to be slightly injured as well as a man that accompanied them. Inet has also said that Daniel Schiffer, a French philosopher opposed to NATO bombing, was injured. Itar-Tass is reporting that a correspondent from the Italian Corriere della Sera, Renzo Cianfanelli, was unharmed in the incident.
Monday's edition of the German tabloid Bild reports the death of a German soldier in Albania. The newspaper article says two other German soldiers were injured when a tank they were in apparently fell from a bridge.
Romania's Defence Ministry has denied a news report that a NATO aircraft crashed on Romanian soil yesterday.
Yugoslav news sources had earlier added that the downing of the plane was followed by a search for the pilot by NATO rescue helicopters.
Photos of fuel tanks (identification) , found in Aleksandrovac, dropped by NATO "Harrier" aircraft that was reportedly shot down by Yugoslav army [Video]
Yugoslav news source: NATO "Harrier" plane reportedly shot down near Petrovac at 01:40 AM local time; search for pilot "still on"
Macedonian TV "A1" reports one unmanned NATO plane crashing in Macedonia close to Blace refugee camp. An unexploded missile was also found near Tetovo, Macedonia. * Much of Belgrade is still without electricity and water. On Saturday NATO bombed an electric power station in Obrenovac.
Graphite bombs again shut off electricity in several parts of Yugoslavia
People across Yugoslavia have reported strange red lightning in some parts of the sky. As the lightning is occuring without thunder some are speculating the "lightning" is somehow connected to NATO planes on bombing missions.
Yugoslav government newspaper Vecernje Novosti today said in an article that three "French paratroopers" were killed in Albania during KLA-Yugoslav Army clashes on the border with Yugoslavia. France has denied that any of its officers are fighting with the KLA and replied that the reported deaths may be of French nationals that are in the area as KLA volunteers.
Several news sources in Macedonia have reported a parachuter landing in a farmer's field. It is unclear where the incident took place
but there is speculation the person with a "orange colour uniform" could be a NATO pilot. There have been no reports of downed planes from NATO today.
The Independent on Sunday in London quotes KLA commanders as saying at least one British SAS soldier has died in "Operation Picnic" behind Serbian lines
Italian news agency Ansa, monitoring Serb television, has reported 3 downed NATO drones within 24 hours. On pictures shown on TV, markings such as "Boeing" were visible.
Yugoslav news sources claim a NATO plane was shot down today "over Kraljevo" and reportedly crashed on Gledke mountain. There is no word on what kind of aircraft it is.
Yugoslav news sources report several houses have been hit by four NATO missiles today in the city of Cacak, western Serbia. Four civilian deaths have been reported.
French weekly "TTU-Europe" reported that American and British troops had entered Kosovo five days before the start of NATO bombing and that one SAS soldier is currently "missing"
TWO CREWMEN KILLED; OFFICIALS SAY THERE WERE "NO INITIAL INDICATIONS OF HOSTILE FIRE"
According to unconfirmed reports; two NATO missiles again landed in Macedonia in the area of Tetovo today
Serbian TV has shown what it claimed was a motor of a NATO U.S. A-10 plane. Video of the wreckage reportedly shows the labels Series A 40662, Code 77751. Earlier reports said the actual plane had been brought down.
According to some reports as much as 60% of Yugoslavia is without electricity at this time * All of Belgrade is without power * Many Yugoslav news websites have become unreachable
Oil refinery hit in Novi Sad, "huge cloud of smoke" reported by Yugoslav news sources
Macedonian daily newspaper Dnevnik, monitored by the Tanjug news agency, reported that at least one NATO plane crashed in Macedonia, in the forests of Mt. Vedro, near Skopje on 29/4/99.
Tanjug has quoted the mayor of Bogomila, Macedonia as saying two dropped NATO missiles have caused a huge fire near his village. There is confusion over wether the bombs were dropped by a NATO plane that was damaged or even about to crash land in the area.
Speaking on behalf of NATO, US Secretary of State Albright warned Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan that extreme violence in their conflicts could lead to intervention
Unconfirmed Yugoslav reports say one NATO plane was shot down on the Kosovo-Macedonia border. Inet reports Macedonian witnesses claiming the pilot is dead.
Radio Australia: Detained German SAT.1 reporter in Yugoslavia accused of spying
The Italian weekly magazine Panorama claims in an article titled "Il piano per l'invasione di terra" that NATO is about to launch a ground attack on Yugoslavia from Albania, and suprisingly, the territory of FYR Macedonia. According to Panorama; American, British and German troops will cross the Yugoslav border at
four different points, with two waves from each of the two bordering countries. A diagram shows where these troops will supposedly invade southern Kosovo.
[A computer-generated English translation of the Panorama article is available here. Just click on the 'translate' button on the next page.]
War Rumours Continue: Monitored by Serbia-Info.com, Right-wing Greek tabloid "Vradyni" claimed in an "exclusive" report that NATO had lost as many as 81 soldiers in 28 days of airstrikes against Yugoslavia. NATO has denied earlier similar reports saying that their only casualities have been one downed US "Stealth" plane and 4 German unpiloted spy planes
Obrenovac city has reportedly been deserted because of the fear of poisonous air. People have moved to the surrounding hills in cars and supplied buses.
Stratfor is reporting that this recording may actually be from the shooting down of a British Harrier near Gorazde, in Bosnia Hercegovina on 16 April 1994
According to Beonet.Yu the recording below is actually of a NATO plane reporting that is has been shot at and it apparently crashes. The same sound file as below (also in RealAudio) is available here and here
British newspaper The Observer writes in an article that "Nato is making plans for a ground invasion of Kosovo as early as the end of May. The Observer has established that 80,000 troops have been earmarked for the operation. American forces have already started training in a reconstruction of a Balkan village in the Colorado Rockies."
Unconfirmed: Inet reports at 00:29 Belgrade time (13 April); "NATO airplane downed near Osmaci in Bosnia and Herzegovina". Inet today reports that in the incident a "British Harrier" was downed and that Bosnian (Muslim-Croatian federation) newspapers are saying the pilot was killed. SFOR troops were also reported to be at the scene of the crash.
Responding to reporters' questions at a regular press conference, SFOR officially denied any crash of a plane had occured inside Bosnia. Radio Slon in Tuzla also reported on the situation, referring a report from the Yugoslav news agency Tanjug. Tanjug's story added: "Competent authorities in the (Bosnian Serb) Republika Srpska that
follow NATO's savage aggression on Yugoslavia have told TANJUG that
the plane, probably shot by Yugoslav anti-aircraft defence systems,
had tried to land at Tuzla airport, controlled by the NATO-led
Stabilisation Force (Sfor) in Bosnia-Herzegovina".
Journalist Slavko Curuvija, owner of the daily Dnevni Telegraf newspaper was shot dead in central Belgrade on Sunday "by two unmasked attackers" (Reuters report)
6 April edition of Borba reports that two strong explosions were heard in the Macedonian municipality of Lukovo at 8 am local time. Stray NATO missiles are suspected.
