ALBANIANS IN PRISTINA HOLD PEACEFUL PROTEST

( Editorial: --> 6449 ) PRISTINA, April 13 (Hina) - About 20,000 Kosovo Albanians on Monday held a 30-minute peaceful protest on the streets of Kosovo's capital, Pristina. The protest ended peacefully. Albanian sources said on Monday that Serbian police had on Sunday used battons to disperse several thousand Albanians who had been holding a peaceful protest in Peca. The biggest Kosovo Albanian political party, the Kosovo democratic Union, and about a dozen other parties called on Albanians to hold peaceful protests by walking the town streets every day, in order to attract the attention of the international community which, they said, should get involved in the resolution of the Kosovo issue. Representatives of Kosovo Albanians requested the international community to mediate in possible talks with Serbian authorities on solving the Kosovo issue, which Serbia is opposing. (hina) lm 131426 MET apr 98