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Show Al0 TheSalt Lake Tribune NATION/WORLD Wednesday, February 10,1999 _ Serbs, Albanians Deadlocked, This is not eas} ne frankly it’s not alot o, fun... but weare making progress.” But Mediator Sees Progress THE ASSOCIATE RAMBOUILLET, France — The American mediator at the Kosovo peace talks pointed to progress Tuesday despite a deadover distracting demands fromrival Serbs andethnic Albanian Each side, fearing that it will come up a loser, is trying to jump aheadto more difficult issues before some of the basics are settled This is not easy and frankly it’s not a lot of fun but we are making progress.” said Christo: pher three tween I ho heads the team of ators shuttling be d ethnic Albanian The talks aim to reach a three year interim settlement where m for than Ser 300,000 have been driven from their homes in a year of fighting between Yugoslav forces and eth. nic Albanians who want indepen Christopher Hill Head mediator of NATOattacks on Serbia, which TEES widened in the steel hull of a Foreign ministers Hubert Vedrine of France and Robin Cook of Britain, co-hosts of the conference at the magnificent 14th cen- said they would acceptonlyinde- oil and diesel fuel onto environmentallysensitive beaches. makes up Yugoslavia along with the smaller Montenegro. COOS BAY, Ore. — Battered by six days of pounding surf, cracks grounded pendence. Serbia has rejected freedom for Kosovo, where 90 percentofits 2 tury Chateau de Rambouillet, re- million people are ethnic Albani- turned here Tuesday just three an. Mediators want the Albanians talks, in an effort to move them along pendence — at least during a three-year interim period Hill said keeping the delega- days after the opening of the They met with mediators Hill Wolfgang Petritsch of Austria and Boris Mayorsky of Rus The Albanians andSerb delega tions remaineddeadlocked onthe to give up their demandfor inde- tions ontrack wasdifficult ‘vy comeforward with a lot a ideas,” he said. “It’s al ways good to encourage ideas, but sometimesthe supply of themexceeds the demand. There are Streaks of gooey, tar-like fuel oil streaked the southern Oregon coastline forsix miles around the 639-foot NewCarissa. As manyas 300 workers in yellow slickers poms. I regret very much that we have a very serious incident on ourhands,” said William Milwee. come into port to pick up aload of France,Britain, Germanyand Ita ereddeclaringa state of emergencyto mobilize the National Guard toaid in the cleanup, but his office said that wasn't neccessary ment because the Coast Guardcancall in the National Guard on its own al interim settlement Representatives of the Kosovo Liberation Army, the rebel group battling for independence, have but what we want to do is — the United States, Russia, ly — drafted the interim settle $30.00 INSTANT STORE REBATE OR A FREE SATELLITE SYSTEM FROMTHE DISH NETWORK Gov. John Kitzhaber beach still remained to be cleaned. “It's nasty, dirty hard work,” Milwee said, adding that the lighter elements of the fuel oil have evaporated, leaving behind only a gooey, gelatinous muck The Coast Guard and salvage teams were going over their options on howbest to remove the woodchips. Its crew was removed NewCarissa. consid- Ee Pairs of — $100.00 PLUS, RECEIVE EITHER A Tue Quatcowm1920 owns theship. than an inch of the sand surface had been collected by Tuesdayafternoon, but long stretches of The ship, staffed with a crewof 23, grounded Thursday about 150 yards offshore as it waited to Oil fumes mixed with salt air Tuesday as workers packed oilsoaked sand into clear plastic bags, and front-end loaderspiled up blackened driftwood. The thick oil penetrated less dreds of bagsof oil-soaked sand snowy plovers, a threatenedbird thesalvage consultant represent- bythe Coast Guardon Friday. and pooled into depressions. Hun- and diesel Several oil-covered birds have squeegees and absorbent pom- work onthepolitical settlement The six-nation Contact Group The Coast Guard said three of the ship's five fuel tanks were leaking and one, containing heavy fuel oil, was ‘‘seriously breached.” It was not known how much oil hadleaked, but the three tanks hold 140,000 gallons of oil werestanding by incase theslick threatens the habitat of Western mop upthe mess with shovels. times peoplewant to jump ahead e-fire and Rep. Peter DeFazio. been found, and special crews dence, a formal hard to avoid a disaster,” said and hardhats werecalled in to ders intact and Albanian demands NATO guarantees forthe eventu “We're skating on the edge here, hoping, praying, working cargo ship Tuesday, pouring thousands of gallons of ing the Japanese companythat for a referendum on indepen: 2.000 people have died and about The warring parties were pushedto the table bythe threat demandto keep Yugoslavia’s bor bia’s southern province of Ko sovo, | of craft’s 5 fuel tanks is ‘seriously breached’; hundreds called in for cleanup THE ASSOCIATED PI dence. third full day of talks over a Serb delegations Grounded Ship Fouls Oregon Beaches Vey SPRINT PCS MAIL-IN REBATE WITH THE PURCHASE OF TWO PHONES. Offer includes single-vision plastic lenses, select frames and eye exam. 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