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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.

Reports on the decision by many Serbians in Kosovo to refrain from voting in the region's fall 2000 elections.

Focuses on the number of Kosovar Albanian refugees camped or housed outside the Serbian province or displaced in Kosovo. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to send a relief convoy after verification that Serbian forces have left Kosovo; What it will take to return the refugees, according to Dennis McNamara, UNHCR special envoy to the Balkans; Concern that there will be a mass exodus of Serbs when the ethnic Albanians return.

Presents world news briefs as of November 28, 2000 including a cease fire agreement reached along the Kosovo-Serbia border.

Discusses Anti-American attacks on United States soldiers who are part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) peacekeeping mission in Kosovo.

Describes efforts to collect evidence of war crimes in Kosovo (Serbia) allegedly committed by Serb forces led by Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. Work of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal; De-mining sites and investigating mass graves; Focus on protecting ethnic Albanians returning to Kosovo from Macedonia and Albania; Comparison to Bosnia-Herzegovina; Charges against Milosevic.

Describes the vigil kept by ethnic Albanian refugees from Kosovo who desire to be reunited with friends and family. Number of refugees in Albania; Concerns about the decline in the number of refugees; Reports of Serbian atrocities; Views of Ray Wilkinson of the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees; Men from Petrovo who are waiting.

Presents an exit strategy for the conflict in Kosovo (Serbia). Why the North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies should begin planning for the reconstruction and stabilization of Kosovo; Assertion that Kosovo can not remain a province of Serbia; The priority of registering ethnic Albanian refugees who must return to Kosovo after the civil war is over; The success of international forces in Bosnia; The engagement of moderate elements in Serbia and Kosovo to foster normality; Prosecution of war criminals.

Recommends that people pray for the refugees from Kosovo. Prayer that the refugees would know about God's love; Problems that the refugees face; The roots of human identity in being made in God's image; Teachings of Mary Baker Eddy; The power and effects of prayer.

Focuses on the increase of ethnic Albanian refugees into other parts of The Balkans as a result of Serbian expulsion from the Kosovo provence of Yugoslavia. Possible political impact the refugees could have on other unstable countries; Fear of demographic shift by Macedonian officials; Refused acceptance of more Albanian refugees by Macedonia; Shift of popular opinion against the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military alliance; Details of Albanians' journeys from Kosovo.

Offers United States news briefs for March 12, 1999. Debate on a possible deployment of troops to Kosovo in the US House of Representatives; Report that the United States was involved in equipping and training Guatemalan security forces who murdered civilians in the nation's civil war; The 1998 United States trade deficit; More.

Discusses the role of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in the peace talks for the region. Success of the KLA; Political differences emerging within the KLA; The KLA's desire for independence from Yugoslavia; Question of whether the KLA will sign the peace agreement; Risks if the KLA rejects the peace plan; Pressure from the international community on the KLA; Role of KLA leader Adem Demaci, and his influence.

Reports on the United States-led effort for Kosovo, Serbia peace talks planned to start on February 6, 1999 in France. Two major hurdles that must be resolved; How the barring of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces in Kosovo, which the Serb parliament voted for, will slow the negotiations; Why the Serbs appear to have an advantage entering the talks.

Presents world news briefs for October 28, 1998. Plans by North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) officials to remove the immediate threat of air strikes against Yugoslav targets; Continued protests in Israel against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's decision to sign a land for peace agreement with Palestine; Controversy over the number of banned missile warheads which still exist in Iraq; Truce negotiations in Congo; Other news.

Concentrates on the construction of Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, the largest United States military base since Vietnam, as an indication of a commitment to keeping peace in the Balkans.

Focuses on the efforts by the Serbian military and police to stamp out the Kosovo Liberation Army, which is dedicated to autonomy for Kosovo. Public support for the KLA; The growing sentiment that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization should send troops to Kosovo; Number of people killed in the conflict between Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo; Limitations on press access to cover the conflict; Food shortages.