Mark Almond
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"Mark Almond" is a British author, and a lecturer in Modern History at Oriel College, Oxford.

Almond holds a Master's degree (Master's degree/M.A.), and is the Chair of the British Helsinki Human Rights Group (which despite its name is not affiliated with the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights). He has served as an election observer under the aegis of the BHHRG in a number of countries including Georgia (country)/Georgia and Ukraine. Almond has been critical of what he characterizes as Western interference with democracy, such as the activities of George Soros.

His research interests lie in 19th century and 20th century Central-Eastern Europe; Almond has written a biography of Nicolae Ceau?escu/Nicolae and Elena Ceau?escu, a study of Albanian migration, and a study of the History of Bosnia and Herzegovina/Bosnian War in its historical context. He has recently been teaching a course on 18th Century France, focusing on the writings of Alexis de Tocqueville.

Currently Almond is delivering lectures on European History in Bilkent University in Turkey. Almond also writes articles for national papers such as The Guardian, New Statesman, and The Mail on Sunday, and makes guest appearances on RT (TV network)/RT news network programmes.

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The tragedy is that when a precision bomb hits a gas station surrounded by cottages, you discover that you can't fight a humanitarian war in a humane way.

For all the sound and the fury perhaps this is what Milosevic wants.

Presevo is about 90 percent ethnic Albanian -- it is a very tense place, I have been there myself -- it lies in a strategic valley.

Law and order is now a big issue.

While Milosevic was in power all ethnic Albanians preferred having the west on their side.