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Presents world news briefs as of April 23, 1999. Bombing of Slobodan Milosevic's villa in Belgrade, Yugoslavia; Dispute between Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu and a news paper over resuming talks with Syria on the future of the Golan Heights; Lazaro de Betancourt's request for political asylum at the Unites States Embassy in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Violence in Haiti as a result of the shooting death of a political activist.

Looks at `Koha Ditore,' the Albanian-language newspaper published in Pristina, Yugoslavia, in the region known as Kosovo. How the newspaper is shaping Western opinion about Kosovo; The international respect that the newspaper receives; How it competes with `Bujku,' the official newspaper of the Democratic League of Kosovo; What `Koha Ditore' covers in Kosovo; Criticism for the paper from some for its bent toward sensationalism.