Kosovo Pres. Rugova has died of lung cancer- includes more file

(21 Jan 2006) SHOTLIST

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Pristina, 4 March, 1999
1. Ibrahim Rugova's arrival for the "Friday press conference"
2. Cutaway of him with Pope John Paul II
3. Various of Rugova addressing a press conference

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1999
4. Wide shot of Serb military tanks during Kosovo war

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Pristina airport, 30 July, 1999
5. Rugova walking down the steps of an Italian private jet in Pristina after spending months there in refuge during the NATO airstrikes
6. Various of Rugova's daughter
7. Wide of Rugova with his wife arriving in his house

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Pristina, 15 December, 1999
8. Mid shot of Rugova with Dr. Bernard Kouchner, UN Special Representative in Kosovo, Hashim Thaci - Kosovo Liberation Army leader , singing agreement for the creation of Kosovo Transitional Council, a formal body gathering of all local leaders
9. Close up of signing document
10. Various of clapping and Rugova shaking hands
11. Rugova leaving

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Pristina, 28 October 1999
12.Various of Rugova meeting NATO Secretary-General Javier Solana and EU Commissioner External Relations Chris Patten

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Pristina 18 September, 2002
13. Various of Rugova meeting the then British Defence Secretary Geoffrey Hoon

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Pristina, 27 October 2000
14. Various of crowd cheering and chanting at the opening of the first election rally for municipal elections
15. Mid shot of crowd holding Rugova's photo and chanting Rugova
16. Mid of Rugova waving at crowd during election campaign
14. Mid of Rugova shaking hands with children

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23 October 2004
15. Various of people shaking hands with Rugova before he casts his vote in the last general election he stood in
16. Various of Rugova voting
17. Close up of Rugova voting

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19 September 2003
18. Various of Rugova hugging the former US President Bill Clinton during ceremony in university

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July 2005
19. Various of Rugova in a combine harvester

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15 March 2005
20. Various of Rugova's car just minutes after bomb explosion targeting his car

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03 December 2004
21.Various of Rugova attending Kosovo parliament session

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Pristina, 26 August 2005
22. Close up of photo of Mother Teresa
23. Various of laying of the foundation stone for cathedral in Kosovo's capital
24. Mid shot of Rugova joined by the archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick
25. Close up of Rugova coughing

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Pristina, 5 September 2005
26. Wide shot of flags waving
27. Various of Rugova announcing that he has lung cancer
28. Various of people watching Rugova's his announcement on TV in a cafe

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Pristina, 19 November 2005
29. Various of Rugova with U.N. officials during Albanian "Thanksgiving"

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Pristina, 6 November 2005
29. Various of Rugova meeting Javier Solana ,the European Union's foreign policy chief

STORYLINE

Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova, who had been suffering from lung cancer, died on Saturday, Kosovo officials close to the president said.

He was 61.

Earlier in the week, Rugova reduced his activities when flu-like symptoms also affected his lungs.

Rugova, who came to embody ethnic Albanians' struggle for independence from Serbia, was officially diagnosed with lung cancer last September.

In August 2004 , Rugova was flown to a US military base in Germany for medical treatment after the flu forced him to reduce his activities in the province.


elections since the disputed province came under U.N. administration in 1999.




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