6 Serbs Held in Buffer Zone Reportedly Freed
From Times Wire Reports
Six Serbian men kidnapped by ethnic Albanian rebels in the buffer zone along the Kosovo boundary were freed after intensive diplomatic efforts by Yugoslav and NATO authorities, a senior official said. Serbia’s deputy prime minister, Nebojsa Covic, told the Beta news agency that the six were “in good shape.” The six were taken hostage Sunday while traveling to Kosovo--a U.N.-controlled province of Serbia, the main Yugoslav republic--from the Serbian-controlled town of Presevo, Yugoslav authorities said.
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