STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Get a low APR NextCard Visa in 30 seconds! 1. Fill in the brief application 2. Receive approval decision within 30 seconds 3. Get rates as low as 2.99% Intro or 9.99% Ongoing APR and no annual fee! Apply NOW! http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/NextCard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "We don't understand what's happened, we don't understand why the rebels could leave with their weapons, and stay here in the country, where they want to kill other people." Tuesday June 26, 5:21 AM Demonstrators demand resignation of Macedonian president over ceasefire SKOPJE, June 25 (AFP) - A group of angry demonstrators stormed into the Macedonian parliament building during a protest late Monday by at least 5,000 people demanding the resignation of President Boris Trajkovski, who was inside. The group broke away from the main section of the crowd and a few managed to gain entry to the building, which also houses Trajkovski's residence. Most of the breakaway group were held back by security guards, but those who got inside began sacking the building, throwing computers out the windows, while others threw stones at the official cars parked outside, an AFP reporter said. Trajkovski was inside meeting with the leaders of the main Macedonian and ethnic Albanian parties in a bid to kick-start negotiations on political reforms, which stalled last week amid renewed fighting. The demonstration took place as hundreds of ethnic Albanian guerrillas filed out of a village on the outskirts of Skopje under a ceasefire brokered by the European Union, which guaranteed them safe passage without disarming. The mainly Macedonian Slav crowd outside the parliament were incensed at the leniency of the deal, under which the guerrillas were bussed out of the village to the Black Mountains further north after three days of pummelling from government forces. "We don't understand what's happened, we don't understand why the rebels could leave with their weapons, and stay here in the country, where they want to kill other people," said one of the demonstrators, who were faced by a line of police. As darkness decended on the capital, the situation remained extremely tense, with Trajkovski being branded a traitor for signing the ceasefire. The crowd chanted "Trajkovski, resign!" and "NATO, traitor!" Some also chanted "Shiptari", a derogotary name for ethnic Albanians. Trajovski is a Slav Macedonian, like the vast majority of the crowd. One demonstrator was seen taking the Macedonian flag off the building's flagpole and holding it up to the jeering crowd. The crowd were joined by uniformed military reservists, who had been mobilised at the start of the conflict with the guerrillas. Some of the crowd carried Albanian flags. Others laid candles on the ground to commemmorate members of the security forces killed since the conflict began. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
