EUROPEAN BRIEF (DELETED) FOR 17 MARCH 1989.

Created: 3/17/1989

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SUBJECT; EUROPEAN BR IEI

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YUGOSLAVIA: ETHNIC ALBANIAN STRIKES GROWING,

JtSTANCE BY ETHNIC *LMNIAHS INHAVE SPREAO TC NEARLY ALL MINES ANO TOIESSCHOOLS. ACCCROING TOIM-REPORTS ALBANIAN WOMEN ANO CHILtPEN WILL TAKE TO THE STREETSPROVINCIAL CAPITAL ONARCH. WHEN THE KOSOVO ASSIMBLY IS ON CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS INCREASING SERBIA'S POWER OVER VARIOUS SOURCES INDICATE THE

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