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WHAT HAPPENED ON 16th April 1999?
15th April 1999
WAR CRIMINALS ACTIVE IN SERBIA ` MoD
Two indicted war criminals from the Bosnian conflict are involved in the Serb oppression of Kosovo Defence Secretary George Robertson has said. "Belgrade recruited General Radko Mladic & paramilitary leader Arkan to command units to massacre & rape Kosovo Albanians " he said. Arkan was indicted for a 1991 massacre of 250 men from a hospital in Vukovar. Mladic was accused of ordering the killing of 10 000 men in Srebrenica.
16th April 1999
KOSOVO MASSACRES MASS GRAVE REPORTED
shown an aerial photograph reported to be of a mass grave in Kosovo. Chief of Defence Staff Gen Sir Charles Guthrie told a briefing that the site was at Pusto Selo near Orahovac. He also said there were reports of a massacre of 50 men in Xerxe. The US State Department says it too has new evidence of mass graves in Kosovo. A spokesman also pointed to an increase y
16th April 1999
MACEDONIA REFUSES MORE KOSOVO REFUGEES
The Macedonian defence minister has refused to build more camps for Kosovo Albanian refugees accusing the West of reneging on pledges to house them. "The international community has not respected previous agreements under which 92 620 refugees should have been in third countries " he told newspapers Nicola Kljusev said camps may expand but new arrivals must go elsewhere. The country of 2.3m with an Albanian minority has received 130 000 refugees.
15th April 1999
Le Soirin Brussels headlines "The
Dignity of Tomorrow is Denied to Kosavars." It reports that Vatican authorities have condemned the distribution of the morning-after-pill by the UN Population Fund to the victims of rape in Kosovo. The paper protests: "We must scream out that is an afront to this most tragic of human realities: those women & young girls violated in the hell of Kosovo."
16th April 1999
KOSOVO MASSACRES MASS GRAVE REPORTED
shown an aerial photograph reported to be of a mass grave in Kosovo. Chief of Defence Staff Gen Sir Charles Guthrie told a briefing that the site was at Pusto Selo near Orahovac. He also said there were reports of a massacre of 50 men in Xerxe. The US State Department says it too has new evidence of mass graves in Kosovo. A spokesman also pointed to an increase y
16th April 1999
THOUSANDS POURING OVER KOSOVO'S BORDERS
Refugees are continuing to pour from Kosovo into neighbouring countries. The Red Cross says up to 5 000 people crossed into Macedonia at three border posts last night. A further 100 000 are said to be heading for the frontier. Up to 600 people an hour are estimated to be arriving in Albania. A spokesman for the UN's refugee agency said expulsions from Kosovo which had slowed down in the last two weeks were now resuming "with full force".
15th April 1999
SPAIN
Police have dismantled a paedophile ring operating in Tafalla in the northern region of Navarre after a leading member was captured. Eight people were arrested & 15 minors who were victims of sexual abuse were identified Spanish radio reported AUSTRALIA The government has sent a 10- man team including medical staff to assist the relief effort in Macedonia. They also include immigration officials who have a special camera able to store 50 000 photographs to help in the identification & registration process
16th April 1999
KOSOVO MASSACRES MASS GRAVE REPORTED
shown an aerial photograph reported to be of a mass grave in Kosovo. Chief of Defence Staff Gen Sir Charles Guthrie told a briefing that the site was at Pusto Selo near Orahovac. He also said there were reports of a massacre of 50 men in Xerxe. The US State Department says it too has new evidence of mass graves in Kosovo. A spokesman also pointed to an increase y
16th April 1999
300 MANAGEMENT JOBS AXED AT SAINSBURY'S
Supermarket giant Sainsbury's is to cut 300 jobs at its London head office after disappointing trade figures. Eighty senior managers are among the 300 staff to be axed. The company is also to reorganise management of its stores to help boost its performance. Sales rose by only 2.2% in the last year while improving slightly recently Meanwhile insurance group United Assurance is cutting up to 1 000 jobs from its doorstep sales team.
