Macedonia fighting spills into Kosovo, killing two

SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) -- Fighting between the Macedonian army and ethnic Albanian insurgents spilled over into neighboring Kosovo, killing two people and adding to international pressure for negotiations to end the violence.

Planning a trip Friday to Skopje, the Macedonian capital, Hans Haekkerup, the U.N. administrator of Kosovo, said he would be "raising the urgent need for restraint by the Macedonian forces and for dialogue to replace the shooting."

One of those killed in the shelling of Krivenik, a Kosovo village just 1,200 yards from the Macedonian border, was Associated Press Television News producer Kerem Lawton, a 30-year-old British national based in Pristina, the capital of the Serb province.

He died of shrapnel wounds he suffered when a mortar round hit his vehicle as he arrived in the village on Thursday morning. The United Nations said 20 were left wounded by the shelling.

Both the Macedonian army and the rebels denied responsibility for the mortar attack.

In Washington, Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. Craig Quigley said it was "not all clear where the mortar rounds came from. We'll try to find out."