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Police Officer Hurt in Rebel Shootout

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From Times Wire Reports

Shooting broke out in northwestern Macedonia, seriously injuring a police officer in the worst violence in weeks, state television reported.

The shootout comes less than two days after ethnic Macedonian and ethnic Albanian leaders said they reached a compromise on a dispute that had stalled implementation of a peace accord.

State television said ethnic Albanian rebels who have officially disbanded launched the predawn attack near Skopje, the capital. A police officer was hospitalized after the attack.

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A top member of the rebel group said his men were “very unhappy” with the recent agreement.

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