■KOSOVO
Clinton statue dedicated
Thousands of Kosovo Albanians gathered in Pristina on Sunday to welcome former US president Bill Clinton and honor his role in ending Serbian rule. “You should be proud for what you’ve achieved in the past years,” Clinton told the parliament, which convened for the occasion. He arrived for the dedication of a 3m statue of himself on Bill Clinton Boulevard in Pristina, the capital. “You, President Clinton, intervened to stop ethnic cleansing. You prevented a much greater number of victims,” President Fatmir Sejdiu said. “My country will always be grateful to you.” Clinton was the US president when NATO intervened against Serbia, forcing it to withdraw its security forces from Kosovo and ending a heavy-handed campaign of terror against rebelling Albanians.
■GUANTANAMO BAY
Prisoners to get flu shots
Terrorism suspects held at the US jail facility in southeast Cuba will soon get swine flu vaccines, despite complaints that US civilians should have priority, a military spokesman said on Sunday. Army Major James Crabtree, a spokesman for the jail facility, said the doses should start arriving this month, with guards and then inmates scheduled for inoculations. He acknowledged there may be an “emotional response” from critics. But he said US military officials are “responsible for the health and care of the detainee population.”
■CUBA
Protesters decry dissidents
More than 100 government supporters massed and shouted slogans on Sunday outside the home of a prominent dissident where about a dozen regime foes are holding a sit-in. The government often rallies its supporters to condemn its opponents. Havana claims the dissidents are in the pay of US diplomats. Demonstrators with megaphones shouted “Commander in chief, give your orders” waving signs and flags and singing revolutionary songs. Dissident Martha Beatriz Roque said the sit-in, in its 24th day, was called to protest against an incident in which police seized a camera. Roque said “demonstrators burst in and beat us, one person has their head injured and I have a fractured finger.”
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