Macedonian party leaders meet under global pressure

[WorldNews]

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Macedonia's prime minister held talks Thursday with opposition and ethnic Albanian party leaders, under international pressure to resolve a political crisis in the troubled Balkan country. The meeting took place following clashes at the weekend in a northern town between ethnic Albanian rebels and Macedonian police that left 22 dead, including eight police officers. The violence in Kumanovo was the worst in Macedonia for 14 years, and raised fears of fresh unrest similar to the country's 2001 ethnic conflict. Macedonia has seen an ongoing struggle between Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and main opposition party leader Zoran Zaev that has threatened the country's democracy and has also sparked clashes in the streets of the capital Skopje.

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