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UN experts call for restoring Yugoslavia's economy. GENEVA, July 12 (Itar-Tass) - U.N. experts said that it is impossible the further development of Southeast Europe without restoring Yugoslavia's economy. In their report given in Geneva on Monday U.N. European Economic Commission experts stressed that Yugoslavia should "take the central place in any plans of restoring the country's economy". Yugoslavia, which has a rather strong economy and takes a strategic place on major transport routes to Western Europe, is an "important market for neighbouring countries and an important transit country", the experts said. If the devastation has not been overcome, ...

US ex-Senator calls on Albanians to unite. BELGRADE, July 4 (Itar-Tass) - Chairman of the International Commission on Missing Persons, former U.S. Senator Bob Dole visited Pristina on Sunday for meeting Albanian leaders. He called on Kosovo Albanians to unite and to abide by the principles of democracy for enjoying the support of the United States and the whole international community. Dole met political leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army and self-proclaimed chief of the Kosovo temporary government Hashim Thaci, as well as the head of the Kosovo government in exile and other politicians not affiliated to the Kosovo ...