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Government May Try to Extend Peace Mission

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From Times Wire Reports

Macedonia said it would seriously consider seeking a three-month extension of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization military mission buttressing a fragile peace accord between the government and ethnic Albanian guerrillas.

A force of 1,000 troops was deployed in Macedonia at the end of September for a mission--code-named “Operation Amber Fox”--to protect international monitors overseeing the implementation of the peace plan.

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