PRISTINA, Serbia, Feb 14 (Reuters) - The United Nations administrator of Serbia's breakaway Kosovo province on Wednesday fired the U.N. police chief following the deaths of two Albanian demonstrators in a weekend protest rally.

"I have asked the police commissioner, Stephen Curtis, to resign from his post with immediate effect," U.N. overseer Joachim Ruecker told reporters.

Curtis, a Briton, heads the international police force in Kosovo. Ruecker said he called for the resignation "on the principle of political accountability". The two victims were killed by police rubber bullets.

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