Blast Echo in Kosovo As Serbs Protest

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Sporadic bomb blasts echoed Tuesday in northern Kosovo as Serbs protested the newborn republic's independence recognition by the United Sates and major European powers.

Three loud explosions shook this tense northern Kosovo town overnight after Serbs angrily denounced the West and urged Russia to help Serbia hold on to the territory that Serbs consider the birthplace of their civilization.

One of the blasts damaged several cars near a U.N. building, while two other hand grenade explosions hit deserted and already destroyed homes belonging to ethnic Albanians who have fled this Kosovo Serb stronghold after the 1999 war. No injuries were reported.

One U.N. vehicle was set on fire overnight in a village near Mitrovica as Serbs apparently launched a bombing campaign against international organizations that have administered the province since 1999 when NATO bombing campaign drove out Serbia's army after a brutal crackdown on Albanian separatists.

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