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To: cody andre who wrote (13878)	8/1/1999 10:46:00 PM
From: hui zhou	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

PRISTINA, Yugoslavia - A large explosion damaged a Serbian Orthodox church in the center of Kosovo's capital early Sunday, a NATO spokesman said. The blast was heard throughout Pristina, setting off car alarms and sending a large cloud of smoke and dust into the air. The Hram Sveti Spasa church was under construction and had not yet opened. Capt. Stefan Eder, a NATO spokesman, said there were no initial indications of any casualties. ''There are structural damages,'' he said. Despite 35,000 NATO troops, violence has continued in Kosovo, a province of Serbia, Yugoslavia's dominant republic. Kosovo's prewar population of 2 million was 90 percent ethnic Albanian, but Serbs consider the province their cultural and religious heartland. Ethnic Albanians in Kosovo have been seeking revenge for Serb killings, rapes and forced removals that prompted NATO's air campaign, which ended June 10. But Eder said officials did not know what caused the blast or who was involved. The blast occurred after British Prime Minister Tony Blair visited Pristina on Saturday and urged ethnic Albanians to live in peace with rival Serbs.

To: cody andre who wrote (13878)	8/1/1999 10:49:00 PM
From: hui zhou	Respond to of 17770

BELGRADE - Chinese humanitarian aid, mostly medical supplies and food, worth 1.2 million dollars arrived here Tuesday by rail, the official Tanjug news agency reported. Twelve railroad cars -- four with medical aid and eight with foodstuff, arrived at the Belgrade railway station and was given to the Yugoslav Red Cross. The Chinese embassy in Belgrade said this was just the first of several other aid efforts by the Chinese Red Cross to help "the friendly people of Yugoslavia."