Topic: Kosovo Serbs Storm U.N. Site

Philadelphia Inquirer
March 15, 2008
PRISTINA, Kosovo - Hundreds of ethnic Serbs stormed a U.N. courthouse in northern Kosovo yesterday, took control of the site, and hoisted a flag of neighboring Serbia to replace the U.N. flag.
By nightfall, the Serbian flag had come down, but about 100 Kosovo Serbs remained in the yard of the building in the Serb-dominated city of Kosovska Mitrovica. More were inside the courthouse, refusing to leave without a deal with U.N. authorities, Kosovo police said. Their demands were unclear.
According to leaked information, the storming of the U.N. courthouse probably was coordinated with the Serbian government in Belgrade, which has rejected Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia and said it would assume authority in northern Kosovo.
--AP