PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Bujar Bukoshi, a former Kosovo independence leader who for years headed a self-proclaimed government-in-exile, died early Tuesday morning after a long illness, his family said. He was 78.
He died in Kosovo after he was treated for cancer in Germany, where he was receiving financial support from the Albanian government, according to his family.
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