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Kosovo erupts into violence
18 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Kosovo's fragile peace explodes in the worst clashes between Albanians and Serbs since NATO and the U.N. took control in 1999.


 

Demonstrators carry Serbian flags and display three fingered Serbian Orthodox sign during protest against recent violence in Kosovo where ethnic Albanians and Serbs clashed, in Belgrade centre March 18, 2004. Albanians set fire to Serb Orthodox churches in Kosovo on Thursday as NATO scrambled to deploy up to 1,000 more troops to stifle an explosion of ethnic violence. REUTERS/ Marko Djurica REUTERS
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The wreckage of a United Nations vehicle, burnt out during a night of violent protest, is pictured in Pristina, March 18, 2004. NATO has summoned at least 700 more troops to quell violence in Kosovo after 22 people were killed in the worst ethnic clashes there since NATO and the U.N. took control in 1999. REUTERS/Hazir Reka PP04030082
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A United Nations police vehicle burns during a protest in a street in Pristina, Kosovo, March 17, 2004. NATO has summoned at least 700 more troops to quell the violence after 22 people were killed in the worst ethnic clashes there since NATO and the U.N. took control in 1999. REUTERS/Hazir Reka PP04030082
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A group of residents of the southern Serbian town of Nis watch a burning mosque in the centre of the town March 17, 2004. NATO has summoned at least 700 more troops to quell violence in Kosovo after 22 people were killed in the worst ethnic clashes there since NATO and the U.N. took control in 1999. REUTERS/Stevan Lazarevic PP04030082
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An injured man is carried to Mitrovica hospital during clashes between Serbs and Albanians in Mitrovica March 17, 2004. NATO has summoned at least 700 more troops to quell the violence after 22 people were killed in the worst ethnic clashes there since NATO and the U.N. took control in 1999. REUTERS/Hazir Reka PP04030082
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Thousands of ethnic Albanians gather to protest against the arrest of the former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) guerrillas in Malisevo, a town some 40 kilometres west of Kosovo capital Pristina, March 16, 2004. REUTERS/Hazir Reka
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A demonstrator protesting against recent violence in Kosovo where ethnic Albanians and Serbs clashed, demolishes an overturned police car during clashes with riot police in Belgrade center early March 18, 2004. Kosovo was smouldering and tense on Thursday after the worst clashes between Albanians and Serbs since NATO and the U.N. took control in 1999 shattered its fragile peace, plunging hopes of a success for international intervention into grave doubt.(YUGOSLAVIA OUT) REUTERS/ STR
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An Albanian injured man is carried to Mitrovica hospital after clashes with Serbs in the ethnically divided flashpoint city of Mitrovica, Kosovo March 17, 2004. NATO has summoned at least 700 more troops to quell the violence after 22 people were killed in the worst ethnic clashes there since NATO and the U.N. took control in 1999. REUTERS/Hazir Reka PP04030082
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