Hundreds of ethnic Serbs gather in northern Kosovo town after clashes with NATO-led peacekeepers


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Open this photo in gallery: A U.S. Kosovo Force soldier stands guard near a municipal office in Leposavic, Kosovo, on May 31.FATOS BYTYCI/Reuters Hundreds of ethnic Serbs on Wednesday gathered in a town in northern Kosovo, days after clashes that injured 30 soldiers from a NATO-led peacekeeping force and over 50 Serbs, provoking fears of a renewal of the region’s bloody conflicts and prompting the Western military alliance to send in additional troops. The Serbs reiterated that they want the Kosovo special police and ethnic Albanian officials they call “fake” mayors to withdraw from northern Kosovo. The crowd then spread...