Tensions over Kosovo's disputed declaration of independence from Serbia should not require extra British troops to be sent to the region, Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said.
Kosovo Serbs sacked two border posts in the north of the newly independent republic on Tuesday, chasing off Albanian and UN police and forcing NATO troops to intervene.
Mobs of several hundred, some wearing ski masks, burned down the UN, customs and police offices housed in containers on what was the internal boundary between Kosovo and Serbia.
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The birth of the new state of Kosovo has been met with both jubilation and anger. Members of the former Yugoslav province's ethnic Albanian majority danced in the streets of the capital Pristina after the split from Serbia was announced.
Britain is poised to recognise the independence of Kosovo, as the Balkan province breaks away from Serbia.
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MSN Encarta brings you a brief history of Kosovo and its people. The country that was part of the former Yugoslavia has experienced some turbulent times including episodes of ethnic cleansing and a refugee crisis.
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