15.5.2007 by Lupo.

15.05.2007 17:15 Uhr
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Bewaffnete Angreifer bringen Bus in ihre Gewalt
Drei bewaffnete Männer haben einen Bus in Norditalien überfallen und die Insassen als Geiseln genommen. Ein Polizist wurde verletzt.

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Drei mit Pistolen und Messern bewaffnete Männer haben am Dienstag in Norditalien einen Linienbus überfallen und die Passagiere einige Stunden lang als Geiseln festgehalten. Nach wenigen Stunden ließen sie die Insassen wieder frei, wie die italienische Nachrichtenagentur Ansa berichtete.

Den Passagieren geht es den Angaben nach gut. Ein Polizist, der sich zufällig in dem Bus befand, wurde mit einem Messer verletzt, als er versuchte die Entführer aufzuhalten.

Einem Insassen war es gelungen, per Mobiltelefon die Polizei zu verständigen. An einer Polizeisperre stoppten die Kidnapper den Bus und ließen ihre Geiseln frei. Anschließend übergossen sie das Fahrzeug mit Benzin und ließen es in Flammen aufgehen.

Beamte konnten einen der Männer festnehmen, einem weiteren gelang die Flucht, während sich der Dritte in einem Haus verbarrikadierte.

Der Regionalbus war zwischen den piemontesischen Städten Alessandria und Novara unterwegs, als die Täter ihn in ihre Gewalt brachten.

(sueddeutsche.de/dpa)

Lt. Albanischen Zeitungen, waren die Entführer Albaner

Itali, tre shqiptare te armatosur marrin peng dhe djegin nje autobuz

Derguar me: 15/05/2007 - 20:42
• Dy nga tre shqiptaret jane identifikuar si Armand Ibrahimi 19 vjec dhe Ali Muka 27 vjec ndersa per pengmarresin e trete ende nuk eshte bere i ditur emri i tij

Tre shqiptare te armatosur me bomba Molotov kane marre peng ne Novara te Italise nje autobus pasagjeresh. Ngjarja ka ndodhur rreth ore 19 ne autostraden Alesandria-Aqua Terma ne Novara, ndersa 3 shqiptaret kane detyruar shoferin e autobuzit te mos i ndaloj policise duke marre nje rruge te dyte jashte autostrades. Dy agjente te policise italiane te cilet ndodheshin jashte sherbimit ne mjet, kane lajmeruar karabinieret te cilet kane mberritur menjehere ne vendngjarje.

Dy nga tre shqiptaret jane identifikuar si Armand Ibrahimi 19 vjec dhe Ali Muka 27 vjec ndersa per pengmarresin e trete ende nuk eshte bere i ditur emri i tij. Pasi kane ndaluar autobuzin nje nga shqiptaret i ka vene flaken mjetit per te krijuar konfuzion dhe me pas eshte fshehur se bashku me 2pengmarresit mes pasagjereve te tjere. Nje qen policie ka ndaluar njerin nga pengmarresit, ndersa agjentet kane plagosur Ali Muken i cili ndodhet ne spital jashte rrezikut. Gjithashtu gjate arrestimit eshte plagosur lehte nje agjent Italian i policise (News 24)

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15.5.2007 by CrniLabudovi.

15/05/2007

SEE countries should find ways to reduce their dependency on imported oil and compensate for the shutdown of nuclear units in Bulgaria, participants at a summit last month agreed.

By Marina Stojanovska for Southeast European Times in Skopje - 15/05/07

SEE leaders attend the regional summit in Ohrid, Macedonia. [Getty Images]

Ensuring enough energy to meet growing demand is a major problem affecting the Balkans, and leaders from the region have agreed on a common strategy to deal with it. Meeting last month in Ohrid, leaders from seven Southeast European (SEE) countries drafted a plan aimed at stabilising the energy situation and ending frequent power shortages, and said around 30 billion euros were needed to put it into effect.

The presidents of Albania, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia attended, as did the vice president of Bulgaria and the chairman of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s tripartite presidency.

Modernising the existing facilities and building new ones is a key step, the leaders agreed. An emphasis should also be placed on gasification, since the region currently imports up to 80% of its oil, they said in a declaration issued at the end of the summit.

Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski said his country is willing to participate in the construction of a new energy source in another country, as a replacement for two recently closed units at the Kozloduy nuclear plant in Bulgaria.

Other priorities, Crvenkovski said, include better utilisation of hydro potential, boosting the supply of oil and gas pipeline and electricity transfer systems, and finding ways to make use of Kosovo lignite for the needs of Macedonia’s thermoelectric plant at Bitola.

Bulgarian Vice President Angel Marin said the energy supply in the region has become more complicated following the closure of the Kozloduy units. Serbian President Tadic, meanwhile, called for building three gas pipelines in Serbia — towards Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary, respectively. He also announced the construction of a large gas depot in Vojvodina.

“The region lacks financial resources, and through better regional co-operation we will create opportunities for greater foreign investment,” said Croatian President Stipe Mesic. He added that his country hopes to become an energy hub in the Balkans.

“Croatia has come a long way in working both on the Pan-European Oil Pipeline and on energy-related problems with Italy,” he said.

Despite the energy strategy agreement, the Ohrid meeting was partly overshadowed by the Kosovo status issue. Serbia’s Tadic and Albanian President Alfred Moisiu argued during a press conference, with Moisiu charging Belgrade with trying to delay a settlement, and Tadic responding that Serbia had the right to defend its sovereignty.

Other leaders agreed that the issue is the one major stumbling block amid otherwise improved ties.

“Co-operation with all countries in the region is more or less good, and the region is only burdened by the pace of defining Kosovo’s status,” Mesic said.

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15.5.2007 by CrniLabudovi.

Russian and Serbian concerns about Kosovo should be taken into account, but the status process should not be delayed, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said. Rice to discuss Kosovo during talks in Moscow 15/05/2007 MOSCOW, Russian Federation — Kosovo’s status will be a main topic of discussion during talks Tuesday (May 15th) between visiting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and senior Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, in Moscow. Speaking to reporters Monday, Rice said that while Russian and Serbian concerns should be taken into account, the settlement process should not be delayed. Separately Monday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov said Russia’s vision differs from the draft resolution on Kosovo submitted by the United States and other Western partners at the UN Security Council. Moscow has indicated it may veto the document. Also Monday, the EU General Affairs Council extended the mandate of the EU Planning Team (EUPT) for Kosovo, from June 1st to September 1st. EUPT, which succeeds UNMIK, will work on a possible EU crisis management operation after the UN Security Council vote. (Glas javnosti, Blic - 15/05/07; EU website, Tanjug, RTS, AFP, Reuters, Itar-Tass - 14/05/07)

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