The state-run Tanjug news agency said Kosovo peacekeeping troops had detained five ethnic Albanians suspected of trying to blow up the apartment of a
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The state-run Tanjug news agency said Kosovo peacekeeping troops had detained five ethnic Albanians suspected of trying to blow up the apartment of a Kosovo Serb publisher. The plan mentions the eventual return of troops, but would limit them to "hundreds, not thousands" and restrict them to guarding Serb churches and other religious and cultural sites.Serbian media, meanwhile, reported more allegations of violence against Kosovo's Serbs.The daily Glas, published inBelgrade, cited a Serb human rights group in Kosovo as saying that the body of a Serb farmer was found Saturday in the Gnjilane area. President Slobodan Milosevic - himself under indictment by an international tribunal for alleged war crimes in the province - insisted that Nato and the UN were responsible for the killings.He demanded that Yugoslav troops be allowed to return under provisions of the Kosovo peace plan. "This violence against Serbs and other non-Albanian groups in Kosovo must stop, and the perpetrators must be brought to justice," said Knut Vollebaek, Norway's foreign minister and the chairman of the 54-country OSCE.Yugoslavia has called for a UN Security Council meeting on the massacre and the safety of Serbs inside Kosovo. More than 100,000 have fled the province, jeopardising the UN goal of peace in a multi-ethnic Kosovo.The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe urged that more protection be provided for Kosovo's minorities. But senior Nato officials say privately that they are worried about delays in disarming the KLA and acknowledge that groups of its soldiers, still armed, are roaming the countryside. The Serbs are increasingly the victims of killings, house burning and other violence, including reported rapes, in what are believed to be mostly revenge attacks by some of the 700,000 or so ethnic Albanian refugees who have returned to Kosovo under Nato protection since 12 June.An estimated 10,000 ethnic Albanians were killed in a Serb crackdown before and during the 78-day Nato bombing campaign and now the minority Serb and Gypsy populations are most at risk.
The massacre at a wheatfield in Gracko, south of Pristina, was close to an ethnic Albanian village, Bujance, where the KLA has a base. But the organisation has denied Serb claims of involvement and its leader, Hashim Thaci, has offered to help track down the perpetrators. But the murders of the 14 Serbians has raised doubts about Nato's ability to control the province's ferocious sectarian enmity, and concern about the role of the Kosovo Liberation Army. IT WAS a familiar scene for Kosovo - women weeping over the bodies of their massacred men. I will certainly keep in touch with friends we have made here, and one day I would like to return But this time only as a tourist.". But when we got to Leeds all the people at reception were so close to us, and women neighbours would give food and clothes for the baby It was a very good surprise.
"I thought your people would be much colder and keep some kind of distance. Migjen said that he met with two surprises about Britain: the good weather and the friendly people. As a former accountant with the state electricity company, he wants to play a direct role in turning Kosovo's lights back on.The Kujak's have been living with Migjen's brother-in-law in London. "During this time I have got back my dignity and my love of life, so I will always feel good things about Britain."Migjen Kujak, 36, will be on the same flight today and is delighted to be going back with his wife and baby daughter. It was like being a bit of a celebrity," he said.Gezim has missed the Kosovo summer and its mountains, but he is reluctant to complain "I came here as nobody, as nothing," he said. The eldest son Genc, 18, was an emerging pop star in Kosovo before the war, and has booked studio time at a local youth centre to record somesongs before going home.His brother, Barthyl, 13, spent the last three weeks of term at a local school and was surprised by the reaction "All the kids seemed to know my name They called me Bart and everywhere I went I heard `Hi!'.
He has had lessons to improve his English, and made contact with firms in London and Manchester with a view to future deals.His family has also been busy. But even if it means starting from scratch, he appears unconcerned As a refugee he has been far from idle. Instead, he established a successful import/export business.His first task on returning will be to establish how much of the business is left - he has heard different reports about the state of his home, office and warehouses. Trained as a lawyer, he never got the chance to practice because some of his family had political affiliations that were frowned on by the Belgrade regime.

