TENSION MOUNTS IN KOSOVO - ONE ALBANIAN MAN KILLED

( Editorial: --> 9047 ) PRISTINA, Apr 23 (Hina) - The situation is deteriorating in the Kosovo municipalities of Decani and Djakovica near the border with Yugoslavia. According to the Democratic Alliance of Kosovo, the strongest Kosovo Albanian party, today the Yugoslav Army continued to attack with heavy weaponry Babaloca, an Albanian-populated village in the Decani municipality. The Kosovo Information Centre reported today that Albanian women and children had left nine villages in the Decani and Djakovo municipalities in fear of Serbian forces. Democratic Alliance of Kosovo sources today reported that one Kosovo Albanian man was killed in last night's clashes between the Yugoslav Army and a group of Albanians. The clash occurred near the village of Koshare, close to the border with Yugoslavia. The party's presidency today appealed to international factors, especially the United States, NATO, the Contact Group, the European Union and the United Nations, calling attention to the dramatic situation in the two said municipalities. The party also demanded that international factors be more resolute in stopping Belgrade's current militaristic actions, before the situation in Kosovo and the region explodes. (hina) ha 231953 MET apr 98