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<title><![CDATA[Roma former security guard returns to Kosovo to rebuild a life and a future ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The Toplica family waited a long time before deciding it was safe enough to return to their old neighbourhood in Kosovo. Now, they are back and thriving.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[One Macedonian town's waste is refugees' livelihood]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A Macedonian businessman is helping Roma refugees from Kosovo to become self-reliant by hiring them to work at a garbage recycling plant.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Roma refugees see music as their route to self-reliance]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Members of the only refugee band in the capital of Macedonia have seized a chance for self-reliance that relatively few Roma refugees have managed.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Felt-making craft helps young Roma refugee women in Balkans state]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR is helping a small group of Roma women in Skopje to learn a simple, ancient craft that will boost their self-esteem and help them and their families become self-sufficient.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tragic death of President Trajkovski]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ The High Commissioner and UNHCR staff were deeply saddened to learn of the tragic death yesterday of President Boris Trajkovski of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. UNHCR has worked very closely...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2004 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Roma agree to remain]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ Hundreds of Kosovo Roma, who had been camping near the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's (FYROM's) border with Greece for nearly three months, in an unsuccessful bid to enter the European Union,...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2003 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[F.Y.R. of Macedonia: shelter assistance programme successfully completed]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ As the security situation continues to improve in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), UNHCR yesterday (Thursday) ended a successful shelter assistance programme that has helped thousands...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 1 Nov 2002 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Feature: Light returns to Black Mountain village as returnees rebuild homes]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR has completed a successful shelter project that has helped thousands of families rebuild their homes in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The last shelter kits were handed out in a village where the fighting had begun 18 months ago but which was recently authorised for return as the country moves towards political normalcy.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 1 Nov 2002 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Housing repair project in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ UNHCR will hand over its housing repair effort in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the European Commission by the end of this year as part of a plan to gradually phase out UNHCR's operations...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2002 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR hails former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's new amnesty law]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ UNHCR welcomes the adoption yesterday by the Parliament of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) of a new amnesty law which also covers draft evaders and deserters. UNHCR thinks the new law...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 8 Mar 2002 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Burning of houses harming the peace process]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ SKOPJE - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Skopje condemns the recent burning of houses in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). UNHCR calls on all FYROM citizens to respect...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 5 Feb 2002 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Lubbers, Busek say fate of one million uprooted persons key to Balkan stability]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Prospects for peace and stability in the Balkans are directly linked to the fate of the one million people who are still uprooted in the region as a result of the war, according to High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers and Erhard Busek, the new head of the Balkans 'Stability Pact.']]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2002 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Humanitarian Situation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM)]]></title> 
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<pubDate>Tue, 1 Jan 2002 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[United Nations Common Strategy for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Return, Stabilisation and Confidence Building - September to December 2001]]></title> 
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<pubDate>Sat, 1 Dec 2001 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Statement of Mr. Amin Awad, United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia at the Launch of the United Nations Consolidated Inter-agency Appeals for 2002 (Brussels)]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ Mr. Chairman,<br>Excellencies,<br>Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to be here with you to launch the 2002 Cap: "Reaching the Vulnerable". A principle focus of the South East Europe appeal is the continuing...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2001 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR assistance for the winter well ahead of schedule]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ SKOPJE - UNHCR continues to intensify its various programmes of assistance to refugees and internally displaced persons returning to their homes, fulfilling the organisation's commitment for return, stabilisation...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2001 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ UNHCR welcomes the long-awaited adoption of constitutional amendments yesterday in FYROM. This was a major achievement towards stability and peace in FYROM and a concrete step toward the implementation...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2001 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR welcomes constitutional changes extending Albanian's rights in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UNHCR Friday welcomed constitutional changes guaranteeing civil rights to the ethnic Albanian minority in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. On Thursday High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers warned of further population displacements if the August peace accord is not implemented immediately.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2001 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR warns of further population displacement in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ SKOPJE - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees today warned of further population displacement in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, unless significant progress was urgently made in...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2001 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR starts bus lines promoting free movement in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[ Skopje - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees opened today a new bus service in the northern Kumanovo region, linking the villages of Vaksince and Lojane to Kumanovo town. This is the ninth...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 1 Nov 2001 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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