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            Kosovo Unrest Leaves 37 Injured, Including 22 Policemen

   by VOA News

   At least 37 people were injured Tuesday, including 22 policemen, during
   violent unrest in Kosovo's capital, Pristina.

   Police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse several thousand
   anti-government protesters demanding the resignation of a Serb Cabinet
   minister accused of insulting the ethnic Albanian majority.

   The protesters threw stones, Molotov cocktails and other objects at
   riot police.

   The clashes followed a week of demonstrations organized by opposition
   parties, who are calling for the dismissal of Labor and Social Welfare
   Minister Aleksandar Jablanovic.

   Jablanovic sparked indignation two weeks ago when he called a group of
   Albanians who lost family members in the 1998-1999 war "savages" for
   trying to prevent Serb pilgrims from visiting a monastery in Kosovo on
   Orthodox Christmas. The group had claimed "war criminals" were among
   the pilgrims.

   Jablanovic later apologized publicly, but angry crowds have continued
   to demand his resignation.

   Prime Minister Isa Mustafa included three Serb ministers in his
   21-member Cabinet, aiming to improve relations with Kosovo's Serbs, who
   do not recognize the country's independence.

   Kosovo's independence from Serbia, which it declared in 2008, has been
   recognized by more than 100 countries.

   About 10,000 people died after Serbian troops launched a campaign of
   ethnic cleansing in 1998 to rid Kosovo of ethnic Albanians demanding
   greater autonomy. The violence was halted by NATO's 78-day bombing of
   Serbia in 1999.

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