> www.inet.co.yu > > I*Net News, Belgrade > > KOSOVO AND METOHIJA NEWS > > Sunday 25 April 2004 > > 23:00 An investigation is in progress in Kosovo to determine whether the > Jordanian policeman who killed three of his U.S. colleagues in a clash > in the Kosovska Mitrovica district prison had dies with the Palestinian > militant group Hamas, stated an anonymous senior NATO official for > Associated Press. > > 22:20 The UNMIK administration has prohibited the publication of a > report regarding the drowning of Albanian children from the village of > Zupce, which directly resulted in the March violence against Serbs, > claims Nebojsa Covic, the president of the Coordinating Center for > Kosovo and Metohija. "The completed report has been hidden from the > public eye and placed under embargo. The report states what in fact > happens and it clearly states that it has nothing to do with Serbs and > that police or soldiers, not Serbs, were in contact with the children," > said Covic, adding that the report removes all responsibility from Serbs > for the aforementioned accident. > > 22:00 Vuk Draskovic should resign from the post of foreign affairs > minister because of his statement in which he equated ethnic cleansing > and the crimes of Albanian separatists and terrorists against Serbs > during March 17-19 with the state's attempt to deal with those > terrorists in 1999, said Serbian Radical Party secretary general > Aleksandar Vucic. He said that Draskovic was Yugoslav deputy premier at > that time, adding that his statement inflicts great damage to our state > "because it generates a sea of terribly unfortunate legal and political > consequences for our country." > > 21:40 Rada Trajkovic, Return Coalition (Povratak) MP in the Kosovo > parliament, warned today that representatives of provincial provisional > institutions, with the help of UNMIK chief Harri Holkeri, are preparing > to open so-called Kosovo offices in most major world cities. "Our state > officials, unfortunately, have been reacting lately to things after the > fact; it would be very useful to prevent the opening of so-called Kosovo > offices in Washington, New York, Brussels and even Belgrade," said > Trajkovic. > > 20:20 The church of St. Catherine in Bresje near Kosovo Polje has been > looted by ethnic Albanian extremists, reported local Television Most > from Zvecan. Parish priest Dragisa Jerenic said that on Saturday the > door of the church of St. Catherine was broken and that ten icons, some > money and church vessels were taken from the church, as well as that the > fingerprints of the thieves are clearly visible on the windows of the > church hall.