1. An Albanian government official said in an interview Monday that authorities would not forcibly remove the refugees, but he also said that they simply must get out. 2. Bacon also said two Yugoslav soldiers who were captured last month by Kosovo rebels and turned over to NATO by the Albanian government are being held in Germany. 3. According to Western financial experts, the IMF, at its annual meeting in Washington, was urging the Albanian government to take immediate action. 4. Albanian government officials believe Washington is beginning to side with Thaci, who emerged as a leader during talks in Rambouillet, France. 5. Albanians refuse to recognize the Yugoslav state, giving their allegiance instead to an Albanian government in exile. 6. Citing his authority as an official of the Albanian government, he ordered the Italians to release the seized boats. 7. Consequently, many of the sites made available by the Albanian government were so undesirable that nobody was willing to fight over them. 8. Efforts also have been hampered by turmoil within the Albanian government. 9. Friday morning, the Albanian government ordered all of its idle trucks into the mountains to transport people. 10. In an effort to maintain some calm, the Albanian government declared Sunday a day of mourning for those killed in recent gunfire. |