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Kosovo refugee dies en route to U.S.
May 19, 1999
Web posted at: 9:50 a.m. EDT (1350 GMT)
McGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE, New Jersey (CNN) -- An elderly Kosovo woman died en route to the United States while she and other ethnic Albanians were being airlifted to a refugee center in New Jersey, a U.S. Army spokesman said.
The woman, believed to be in her 80s, died on a flight from Macedonia which landed at McGuire Air Force Base on Wednesday.
The woman's name and the cause of her death were not immediately available.
The Kosovars who arrived at McGuire Air Force Base on Wednesday are scheduled to join other ethnic Albanian refugees who have arrived in the United States in recent days and are being housed at nearby Fort Dix.
Officials said the refugees on the latest flight would raise the total number at Fort Dix to nearly 3,000.
The United States has agreed to take in up to 20,000 Kosovo refugees.
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Yugoslavia:
• Federal Republic of Yugoslavia official site
• Kesovo and Metohija facts
• Serbia Ministry of Information
• Serbia Now! News
Kosovo:
• Kosova Crisis Center
• Kosova Liberation Peace Movement
• Kosovo - from Albanian.com
Military:
• NATO official site
• BosniaLINK - U.S. Dept. of Defense
• U.S. Navy images from Operation Allied Force
• U.K. Ministry of Defence - Kosovo news
• U.K. Royal Air Force - Kosovo news
• Jane's Defence - Kosovo Crisis
Relief:
• Doctors without borders
• U.S. Agency for International Development (Kosovo aid)
• Doctors of the World
• InterAction
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• International Committee of the Red Cross
• Kosovo Humanitarian Disaster Forces Hundreds of Thousands from their Homes
• Catholic Relief Services
• Kosovo Relief
• ReliefWeb: Home page
• The Jewish Agency for Israel
• Mercy International
Resettlement Agencies Helping Kosovars in U.S.:
• Church World Service
• Episcopal Migration Ministries
• Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
• Iowa Department of Human Services
• International Rescue Committee
• Immigration and Refugee Services of America
• Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
• United States Catholic Conference
Media:
• Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
• Independent Yugoslav radio stations B92
• Institute for War and Peace Reporting
• United States Information Agency - Kosovo Crisis
Other:
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• 1997 view of Kosovo from space - Eurimage
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