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In response, Serbs blocked Kosovo's main highway and demanded better security. Hundreds of vehicles were backed up for miles on the road from Pristina to Pec, while British soldiers prevented traffic from reaching the roadblock.
Peacekeepers arrest four for explosions that injured dozens
Two men killed in Kosovo market
PRISTINA, Yugoslavia—Two rifle-propelled grenades exploded yesterday in an outdoor suburban market packed with Serbs, killing two people and injuring dozens of others, NATO said.
The Associated Press
NATO said 39 people were injured in the explosions, which occurred at about 10 a.m. in the outdoor market in Kosovo Polje, just west of the provincial capital,
Pristina. But head nurse Jasmina Brosic at Kosovo Polio hospital said 47 were injured, five of them seriously. She said the two dead were middle-aged men.
Peacekeepers arrested four people — two of them ethnic Albanians and the others unidentified, NATO spokesman Maj. Ole Irgens said.
Also yesterday, French peacekeepers were searching for three U.N. employees who disappeared Monday night in a Serb-populated part of northern Kosovo, said French military spokesman Capt. Olivier St. Leger. He had no further details.
told Ugoslavia's independent Beta news agency that Kosovo Polje and surrounding Serb villages had been under constant attacks by ethnic Albanians the past days, and blamed ethnic Albanian extremists for yesterday's grenade attack.
Russia's ITAR-Tass news agency said the three — an Australian, a Portuguese and a Kosovo Serb — had been traveling north of Kosovska Mitrovica on a main road to southern Serbia.
NATO peacekeepers have been hard-pressed to control ethnic tensions between Kosovo's minority Serbs and majority ethnic Albanians.
The Yugoslav government in Belgrade blamed the attack on NATO and U.N. leniency and tolerance toward the former rebel Kosovo Liberation Army, which last week disbanded and reformed as the Kosovo Protection Corps. NATO and the United Nations call the new corps a civilian organization, but Yugoslavian officials said the attack proved the demilitarization of the Kosovo Army was far from complete.
Dusan Ristic, a Serb official in Kosovo.
"The KLA may recently have changed its name and undergone cosmetic alterations, but it continues to spread terror and thus prevails in Kosovo," said Stanimir Vukicevic, Yugoslavia's liaison with NATO and the United Nations, according to the state Tanjug news agency.
The Associated Press
Indonesian soldier, militia atrocities occur during peacekeepers' watch
DILI, East Timor—As the United Nations prepared to investigate atrocities in East Timor, accounts emerged yesterday that Indonesian soldiers and their militia allies massacred civilians even after a multinational force arrived to impose peace.
Mourners in the town of Baucan clutched at photos of two Roman Catholic nuns and seven others who were on a mercy mission for refugees when they were ambushed and killed.
The two nuns, five church workers and students, an Indonesian journalist and a local driver were killed near Com Saturday after delivering medicine and food to refugees
displaced by the violence that followed East Timor's Aug. 30 vote for independence.
Most of their bodies, found floating in a river, were so badly decomposed that the cause of death could not be determined.
The killings showed that the militias remained uncowed in areas outside the small pockets controlled by the peace force.
"People are very upset and angry over this killing," said Basilio do Nascimento, the bishop of Baucau, East Timor's second-largest city.
Peacekeepers landed in helicopters and swept through Com Monday. They detained 15 men in what was seen as the most successful raid since the Australian-led force arrived.
The operation provided immediate support and security for hundreds of people who have been under duress and threat, Col. Mark Kelly said yesterday.
Ellie Hajek / KANSAN
The force has used Blackhawk helicopters to swoop down on several towns in hopes of throwing the pro-Indonesian militias off-balance and bolstering the courage of tens of thousands of people who fled when the militias began their deadly rampage.
Officers also met with leaders
U. N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said yesterday that he wanted to quickly establish an inquiry into alleged atrocities to try and ascertain the facts so that those responsible would be made accountable.
of Falintil, the largest pro-independence guerrilla organization. There was no attempt to disarm those guerrillas — a fact that rankles many Indonesians, who say the peace force should show neutrality.
Year 2000 problems threaten disruptions in Russian economy
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON—Past fears of an errant Russian missile launch probably can be put to rest, but year 2000 problems still threaten to cause serious disruptions to the U.S.-Russia crisis hot lines, a Pentagon official said yesterday.
Assistant Defense Secretary Edward Warner, testifying before the special Senate panel on year 2000, said software problems related to the year 2000 could affect full operation of six of the seven direct communications links between the two countries.
"While the schedule is tight, we are confident that the fixes will be installed and tested by December." he said.
Experts testified that while Russia was not as dependent on computers as other countries, the year 2000 problem would deal another blow to the already reeling Russian economy.
Russia is likely to experience power and telecommunications disruptions that affect its financial, industrial and government sectors, said John Beyler, a State Department adviser on Russia.
But, he said. "At this time, we do not foresee severe, long-term disruptions."
Warner said the two militaries agreed that the likelihood was extremely remote that year 2000 computer failures would involve nuclear weapons, support command and control or early-warning systems.
Many nations lag well behind the United States in removing year 2000 glitches from their computers. Russia, in economic and political turmoil, is regarded as one of the countries most vulnerable to serious repercussions. One report last March predicted that Russian utilities would operate at 40 percent capacity and hospitals would deal with nothing but emergencies for two months.
The United States and Russia announced this month they are setting up a Center for Year 2000 Strategic Stability at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. Colo. The two sides will be able to share missile launch detection information, ensuring against computer-generated misreadings of launches.
The Pentagon's Warner said the Russians also had requested $15.5 million in year 2000-related equipment such as emergency generators, fire trucks and warhead-handling vehicles. The Defense Department considers the requests reasonable, he said.
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