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Violence Erupts in Split Kosovo

New country 'inches away from partition'

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 19, 2008 10:25 AM CST

(Newser) – Hundreds of Serbs torched government and UN buildings in Kosovo today in the worst violence since the country declared independence on Sunday, raising fears of an ethnic split, Reuters reports. Seemingly well-organized gangs rampaged near the border, driving off peacekeepers who tried to intervene. No... Read full story »

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