... The protesters, led by veterans of the 1998-1999 war against Serbia, see Sunday's vote as a breach of Kosovo's sovereignty. ...
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/breakingnews/thousands-of-ethnic-albanians-and-serbs-in-standoff-in-kosovos-ethnically-divided-town-95213209.html Thousands of ethnic Albanians and Serbs in standoff in Kosovo's ethnically divided town By: The Associated Press | The Canadian Press - ONLINE EDITION | Winnipeg Free Press 30/05/2010 6:34 AM | Comments: 0 <http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/breakingnews/thousands-of-ethnic-albanians-and-serbs-in-standoff-in-kosovos-ethnically-divided-town-95213209.html#comments> MITROVICA, Kosovo - Riot police are using tear gas and pepper spray to separate hundreds of ethnic Albanian and Serb protesters in the divided town of Mitrovica. About 2,000 ethnic Albanians are demonstrating against Serbia's local elections held in the Serb-dominated part of the town. The protesters, led by veterans of the 1998-1999 war against Serbia, see Sunday's vote as a breach of Kosovo's sovereignty. Serbia doesn't recognize Kosovo's independence. Hundreds of Serb counter-demonstrators threw stones and fireworks as police struggled to keep the two sides apart. Police used tear gas and pepper spray to disperse Serb protesters trying to charge across a bridge splitting the town into a Serb north and Albanian south. NATO peacekeepers were also deployed on the bridge. ============================================================================================
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