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January 2006 -- A bus was attacked with an explosive device in central Kosovo overnight, causing damage but no injuries. The vehicle was traveling from the town of Dragas to the Serbian capital Belgrade with 57 passengers on board. A bus traveling between Kosovo and the rest of Serbia was also attacked late last year, with no injuries. The UN has administered Kosovo since June 1999 when NATO air strikes chased Serbian forces from the province. The majority ethnic-Albanian population is seeking independence for the province, while Belgrade says it must remain part of Serbia. (AFP/Reuters)

PRISTINA, Serbia and Montenegro (Reuters) - Two Serbs were killed and two wounded on Saturday night when their car was shot at in southern Kosovo, a local political leader and police sources said. Serbs have been the target of frequent attacks in Kosovo by the ethnic Albanian majority since the end of the 1998-99 war, which led to the withdrawal of Serb forces from the southern Serbian province and the arrival of a U.N. administration. The four Serb men were fired on from another car shortly after 11 p.m. (2100 GMT) as they drove near the town of Strpce near...

Predictions of violence in Kosovo| 13:19 -> 21:16 July 14 | Blic PRISTINA, BELGRADE -- Thursday – Political analyst Adem Demaci said that there will be more violence to come for Serbs in Kosovo and that this time, it will be even worse than the riots of March 2004. ”The violence will be of such great proportions that March 17, 2004 will be completely forgotten about. The Albanian majority feels that no one is responding to their wishes and demands. There is a great deal of unemployment and crime in Kosovo and everyone is talking about decentralization and the interests...

Hague court grants Kosovo ex-PM provisional release 06 Jun 2005 15:34:30 GMT AMSTERDAM, June 6 (Reuters) - The U.N. tribunal in The Hague said on Monday it had decided to provisionally release former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj pending his war crimes trial. Haradinaj is the most senior former Kosovo guerrilla to be indicted by the tribunal for alleged atrocities in the 1998-99 separatist war against Serb forces. He is considered a hero by many Kosovo Albanians. A former regional commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army, Haradinaj surrendered to the U.N. tribunal in March, winning praise for his prompt compliance...