Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- Wednesday August 8 5:16 AM ET Fighting Erupts West of Skopje, Strains Peace SKOPJE, Macedonia (Reuters) - Fighting erupted between Macedonian forces and ethnic Albanian rebels west of the capital Skopje Wednesday in a new strain on peace talks aimed at defusing the rebellion. Witnesses said helicopters fired at rebel positions along the main road between the capital, Skopje, and the northwestern flashpoint town of Tetovo, near where a police convoy was attacked in late July. The army closed the road to cars. A Defense Ministry spokesman said the army was merely responding when its forces came under fire. Both sides have accused the other of repeated violations of a truce in place since last month. A Macedonian construction company said five Macedonian workers were freed unharmed late Tuesday after being detained by suspected guerrillas on the main road from Tetovo to Skopje in what had been feared was a revenge attack for the killing of five guerrillas on Tuesday. ``They were freed last night,'' Sasha Srtzev, a manager of the Mavrovo company, told Reuters. Leaders of the main Macedonian and ethnic Albanian parties were meeting in a southwestern lakeside town in a bid to reach a deal to defuse the fighting. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------------------------- This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9spWA Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [email protected] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
