PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS IN KOSOVO PASS WITHOUT INCIDENTS

( Editorial: --> 0522 ) PRISTINA, Mar 18 (Hina) - Kosovo Albanians Wednesday morning staged half-hour peaceful demonstrations in Pristina and other towns in this south Yugoslav province under the banner "Against Violence and Serbian Terror, For Peace, Freedom and Independence". No incidents occurred during the demonstrations and in Pristina alone the turnout was 100,000 Albanians. According to the Organisation Committee of the Democratic Alliance of Kosovo's Youth Forum, demonstrations in other municipalities, at which hundreds of thousands Albanians turned up, were also successful. The protesters carried banners saying "Stop Violence", "Serbian Police Out of Kosovo", "We Seek NATO's Help", "Peace, Freedom and Independence", cheered to Kosovo Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova, and waved American, Albanian and European Union flags. (hina) ha 181312 MET mar 98