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UN Forces Withdraw From Kosovo Town

100 hurt in battle to retake courthouse

By Lucas Laursen, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 17, 2008 9:55 AM CDT

(Newser) – UN police trying to retake a courthouse were forced to withdraw from the Kosovo city of Mitrovica after clashes with ethnic Serbs, reports the BBC. NATO troops were left in charge of security after the worst violence since Kosovo declared independence; AFP reported at least... Read full story »

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