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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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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
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