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PODGORICA -- Saturday – A previously unknown group calling itself the Montenegrin National Army has warned that “experimenting with the fate of Albanians in Montenegro” would lead to “actions aimed against essential Montenegrin buildings and interests”. The organisation’s Internet site claims that the Albanian community in Montenegro and the federal state are discriminated against and threatens to cause “problems in the Balkans”. Albanian political leaders in the republic say they nothing about the newly-emerged organisation. The Albanian-language Internet site of the Montenegrin National Army bears a great resemblance to those of Albanian extremists in south Serbia, Kosovo and Macedonia. It’s...

Senate Committee Approves Normal Trade Relations with Serbia(Hundreds of tariff provisions include one aimed at Pakistan carpets) (570) By Bruce Odessey Washington File Staff Writer Washington -- The Senate Finance Committee has approved a bill that would extend normal trade relations, otherwise known as most-favored nation status, to Serbia and Montenegro and make hundreds of non-controversial small changes to U.S. trade law. The bill approved February 27 consists mostly of more than 300 provisions for tariff suspensions on imports of goods not produced domestically and traded in small volume. Both the House of Representatives and Senate need to pass the...