AN ETHNIC ALBANIAN MAN WORKS IN THE FIELD NEAR KOSOVO/SERBIA BORDER, 2001-06-05 (photo)

An ethnic Albanian man works in his field in the buffer zone Kosovo village of Novo Selo June 5, 2001 in southern Serbia. Yugoslavia and Macedonia signed a military deal on Monday to boost security along their joint border. The agreement comes five days after Yugoslav forces peacefully reoccupied the last chunck of a buffer zone around Kosovo, taking back control from ethnic Albanian guerrillas. The buffer zone touched neighbouring Macedonia, which since february has been fighting its own ethnic Albanian rebellion that threatens to tip the country into civil war. SHB/AA