NATO takes over mine complex in Kosovo
The Associated Press
ZVECAN, Yugoslavia (August 14, 2000 1:06 p.m. EDT
http://www.nandotimes.com) - In a pre-dawn raid likely to heighten tensions
in the region, NATO-led peacekeepers took control of a Serb-run mining
complex in the northern part of Kosovo
. Seizing the
smelter is only the beginning. Expect NATO to begin "temporary" occupation of
the rest of the Trebca complex...
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NATO takes over mine complex in Kosovo
The Associated Press
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Kouchner said the takeover was necessary to end a health risk, adding
160 people had been hospitalized in the past year for treatment for lead
poisoning. Last week, U.N. officials said lead levels
