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NATO AIR RAIDS ON YUGOSLAVIA CONTINUE--NATO AIRCRAFT ATTACK ALBANIAN REFUGEE CONVOY, SEVERAL DOZEN DIE--YUGOSLAVIA WILLING TO ACCEPT CIVILIAN OBSERVERS IN KOSOVO, LUKASHENKO SAYS AFTER MEETING MILOSEVIC--EU PROPOSES PLAN FOR PEACEFUL RESOLUTION TO KOSOVO CRISIS--RECONSTRUCTION OF CROATIAN GOVERNMENT.

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NATO CONTINUES TO BOMB TARGETS THROUGHOUT FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA. In the night between April 13 and 14, on the 21st day of the aggression against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the NATO aviation in the night of the 21st day, bombed the regions of Uzice, Priboj, Nova Varos, Valjevo and Pirot, while two missiles fell close by the Bistrica hydro-electric power plant.

The Serbian state television RTS, said the Bistrica power plant was bombed at around midnight, and that after the explosions the power plant remained in darkness. During a NATO air raid against the region of Polimlje at about midnight, the big railway bridge on the Belgrade Bar railway near Bistricawas damaged between Priboj and Prijepolje, the Belgrade media reported, quoting statements by witnesses.

NATO launched four projectiles in the region of the village of Prijanovici, two kilometers from Pozega on the road toward Cacak, while between 5:30 and 6:00 a.m., NATO aircraft bombed the Krusik factory in Valjevo. On that occasion two workers of that company suffered minor injuries, the Serbian state television said on April 14, while the BETA commentator from that town said that five to six missiles had fallen on the factory.

During the night between April 13 and 14, NATO planes on several occasions flew over the territory of Kosovo and Metohija and only 30 bombs and projectiles fell on Pristina, the Pristina Media Center said and noted that the Slatina airport was hit by six projectiles. In a NATO air raid against Lipljan, two houses located in the the vicinity of the Coca Cola factory in that town were destroyed, while on April 14, the NATO aviation again bombed Prizren.

The Pristina Media Center also reported that an Albanian, Shefcet Trnava, died at the Pristina Hospital, from the serious injuries he suffered in the night between April 12 and 13, during the bombing of the Pristina suburb of Kicma.

The Yugoslav Army air defense downed a German pilotless aircraft, which fell in one of the Kosovo Polje suburbs.

At about 10:00 a.m., on April 14, in Belgrade and Novi Sad loud detonations were heard which, according to the media, the city and provincial information secretariats, were the result of NATO planes breaking through the sound barrier.

NATO BOMBS ALBANIAN REFUGEE CONVOYS, SEVERAL DOZEN KILLED. On April 14, NATO bombed convoys of Albanian refugees on the Djakovica-Prizren road, killing at least 64 and wounding over 20 Albanian civilians, the Pristina Media Center reported.

The announcement said that between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m., NATO forces targeted columns of Albanian civilians, mainly women, children, and the elderly, who were returning to their homes. One convoy was attacked west of Djakovica, and the other on the Djakovica-Prizren road. AFP, quoting its reporter on the spot, reported that at least 20 Albanians were killed in one of the attacks.

NATO military sources in Brussels confirmed that their war aircraft launched attacks on a convoy of vehicles, but refused to give details, saying it was too early, and that aircraft films would be analyzed when the aircraft returned to base.

The Yugoslav Army Headquarters announced that NATO war planes bombed the Albanian refugees in four waves, as they were returning under Yugoslav Army protection, along the Dakovica-Prizren road, to their homes. It described the attacks as "the most serious crimes committed during the NATO aggression so far."

FRY WILLING TO ACCEPT CIVILIAN OBSERVERS IN KOSOVO SAYS LUKASHENKO. After meeting Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic in Belgrade on April 14, Belarus President Aleksandar Lukashenko said Yugoslavia was willing to accept civilian observers under U.N. auspices or other international organizations, excepting representatives from the countries which had launched the aggression against Yugoslavia, and that is the limit which Yugoslavia will not cross.

The Serbian state-run TV reported Lukashenko's statement: "We all have to bear in mind that this is Yugoslavia's final stand and there will be no exceptions."

STRONG ATTACKS BY NATO ON ALMOST ALL MAJOR CITIES IN SERBIA. In the night between April 12 and 13 NATO bombed several cities in Serbia, but the Yugoslav Army's anti-aircraft defense strongly retaliated.

Several strong detonations were heard in Belgrade, and the emergency broadcast center stated that NATO attacked the Yugoslav Army barracks Vasa Carapic on Banjica around 3:35 a.m.

One NATO missile, which did not explode, fell near the Arena sports center in New Belgrade.

Air raid sirens were heard again in Belgrade at 11:50 p.m. after a peaceful and uneventful day on April 13.

At the same time, anti-aircraft defense strongly responded on the territory of Belgrade and Pancevo. The Pancevo oil refinery was targeted three times.

NATO planes once again targeted the oil refinery in Novi Sad, and the detonations shattered windows in the nearby suburb of Sangaj, reports local Radio In.

For the fourth time since the beginning of the aggression NATO attacked the Naftagas-Promet fuel dump, ten kilometers from Sombor. This explosion was heard at 11:05 p.m.

NATO attacked the region of Krusevac around 3:00 a.m., including the bridge over the Rasina River, at the town's north entrance, report Belgrade media. The old bridge was completely destroyed, and the new was damaged.

The Sloboda factory in Cacak was once again hit with one missile. It has been bombed frequently since the beginning of the aggression.

The Serbian Broadcasting Corporation reports that one NATO plane crashed in the village of Osmaci near Tuzla, in the Bosnia-Herzegovina Federation. Republika Srpska authorities stated that the pilot failed in his attempt to land the damaged plane at the Tuzla Airport, which is controlled by SFOR.

Several strong detonations were heard from the direction of Ladjevci Airport near Kraljevo, according to unofficial reports on Kraljevo TV.

The new bridge near Biljanovac in the Kraljevo region, was destroyed at 3:05 a.m. by NATO, reports local Kraljevo TV.

NATO warplanes also attacked the wider region of Uzice.

CLARK STATES NATO PILOT SAW WHEN HE HIT TRAIN. NATO Supreme Commander, General Wesley Clark, stated in Brussels on April 13 that the NATO pilot, who hit a passenger train with two missiles on April 12 and killed at lest ten civilians, fired at the bridge during two attack runs.

During a briefing at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Clark said "the pilot's task was to destroy the bridge" and that he, "when seeing at the last second the train entering the bridge," could "no longer stop the missile."

In Clark's words, although "he realized that he had hit the train with the first missile," the pilot wanted to "complete his task" and turned around for a second run.

"While he was approaching, the bridge was covered by smoke and he saw, again at the last minute, that the train had slid back from the place of first impact, so the second missile hit the train again," he said.

General Clark said "we, the pilot, and the crew regret this very much."

"NATO is bombing exclusively Yugoslav military targets," said Clark.

He said there was "no sign of Yugoslav forces' withdrawal from Kosovo" and that "they are regrouping."

Explaining the military elements of bombing Yugoslavia, Clark said that 50 percent of flights have been cancelled due to bad weather, that there were a total of 5,924 sorties, and that five positions of the Yugoslav anti-aircraft defense were "destroyed", four were "heavily damaged" and 20 were "moderately damaged."

When asked by one Hungarian reporter to explain why "Vojvodina is being so heavily bombed," NATO commander said that "there were many military targets in Vojvodina for supporting" troops in Kosovo.