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California managed to weather the downturn better than the rest of the country, however, and became a magnet for dispossessed refugees from the Dustbowl of the Midwest.
The plan mandates a withdrawal of all Serb troops from Kosovo, to be followed by a halt in NATO bombing and the return of the dispossessed Kosovars under the supervision of a unified, allied-led peacekeeping force.
People were drawn to the new capital like bees to a honey-pot, and throughout the 19th century the dispossessed of the economically floundering Aegean islands flocked here to find work.
But along the way, scores of laborers had died hacking through the mountains, buffalo were exterminated, and Indians and Métis were dispossessed of their lands.
The paper, which serves as a lifeline for dispossessed Kosovars, is lukewarm on the KLA and favors the establishment of an international protectorate.