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![]() Tuesday, June 1, 1999 Published at 05:11 GMT 06:11 UK ![]() ![]() World: Europe ![]() Nato 'bombs apartment block' ![]() The KLA was involved in heavy fighting with Serb forces on Monday ![]() At least 10 people have been killed and 20 injured in a Nato missile attack on an apartment building in Novi Pazar, southwest Serbia, Yugoslav media have said.
It said a further 11 civilians had been killed in an attack on a bridge in Varvarin, south-central Serbia on Sunday afternoon. Nato has admitted bombing the bridge.
As Nato planes flew over Serbia, a large force of Yugoslav tanks was reported to be approaching a section of the Albanian border where Kosovo Liberation Army guerrillas had been operating.
The special envoys of America, Russia and the European Union are due to meet in Germany on Tuesday to try to agree a common strategy on how to deal with Belgrade. 'Direct hit' on flats
State television in Montenegro said the death toll could rise because more people were believed to be buried under the debris.
Tanjug said Nato's targets in the town included a publishing house, printing presses and regional television and radio headquarters close to a hospital and a bus station.
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"There is always a cost to defeat an evil. It never comes free, unfortunately. But the cost of failure to defeat a great evil is far higher," he said. He said any civilian deaths occurred because Nato had been forced into military action.
Tanjug news agency said the area would have been crowded with people attending the market at 1pm local time (1100GMT) on Sunday, the time of the attack. Nato military spokesman General Konrad Freitag said alliance warplanes had successfully hit an ammunition storage depot and a military barracks in a raid on Surdulica. Nato said it was investigating Yugoslav claims that civilians had died in the sanatorium and neighbouring old people's home. The alliance said there was no evidence that a Nato plane had been involved in an attack on a car carrying foreign journalists in Kosovo on Sunday. The driver of the car, who was an interpreter, was killed and one British, one French and one Italian journalist were reported to have been injured. Serb tanks 'head for border' News of the latest civilian casualties came as large numbers of Serbian tanks were reported to be approaching the Albanian border.
The UNHCR is evacuating refugees from camps in the area amid fears that they are in danger of being shelled by Serbian forces. The reported tank movements followed heavy fighting between the KLA and Serbian forces on the Albanian border with Kosovo on Monday. Milosevic peace move
UK Foreign Secretary Robin Cook gave a cautious welcome to Mr Milosevic's statement confirming that he will accept the G8 principles for ending the Kosovo conflict. The US said it was not clear whether all the terms had been accepted. Yugoslavia first accepted the G8 principles as a basis for negotiation some three weeks ago. A BBC correspondent in Belgrade, Mike Williams, said it was perhaps significant that the announcement had finally come from the highest echelons of government. For his part, US President Bill Clinton has urged Americans to support the Kosovo campaign.
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