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Thu 04 Apr 1999NATO may plan Kosovo `safe haven' for AlbaniansNATO's deputy commander, Gen Rupert Smith, arrived yesterday on , Albania's border with Kosovo, as a major humanitarian relief operation got under way.Officials here refuse to comment on the visit, but it has fuelled speculation that the alliance intends to establish a "safe haven" inside Kosovo, possibly guarded by NATO troops, to protect the dispossessed.