MITROVICA, Serbia and Montenegro (Reuters) - Ethnic Albanians set a Serbian Orthodox church on fire in the flashpoint town of Mitrovica on Thursday, despite NATO troops firing teargas and rubber bullets at the crowd, a Reuters reporter said. French peacekeepers tried to prevent protesters from approaching the church [How, by waving baguettes at them?] in the southern side of the ethnically divided city, but people still managed to break into the building, he said. Gunshots were also heard, but it was not immediately clear where they came from.
Widespread clashes in the U.N.-run province [Thank goodness for the U.N., it's so effective!] on Wednesday killed at least 22 people and injured hundreds, with Serbs and Albanians trading gunfire in Mitrovica. A Serb church was also set on fire in another Kosovo town on Thursday, in Obilic near the provincial capital Pristina. link
Potential auction bidders look at Wesley Clark (news - web sites) for President campaign material at the campaign's closed Little Rock, Ark., headquarters Friday, March 12, 2004. Money raised from the sale of office equipment, supplies, and campaign items will help pay down the debt of Clark's six-month campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)