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Serbia Set for Snap Elections After Kosovo Spurs Collapse

Most important vote in decade called for May

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 13, 2008 10:25 AM CDT

(Newser) – The president of Serbia dissolved parliament today, paving the way for early elections on May 11 that many are calling the country's most critical vote since the fall of strongman Slobodan Milosevic. Serbia's government collapsed over the weekend due to infighting over the fate of... Read full story »

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