Kosovo Serbs Rally to Protest Plant Closure
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Thousands of Serbs marched to protest the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s takeover of a metal smelter in the province of Kosovo--a move U.N. officials said was meant to shut down a major polluter. Yugoslavia and Russia described it as a blow to Kosovo’s Serbs. Up to 3,000 Serbs marched through Kosovska Mitrovica. The protest came a day after NATO-led peacekeepers moved in to halt production at the plant in Zvecan.
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