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Kosovo Declares Independence

A girl with the word "Kosovo" written on her face in Serbian cyrillic letters attends a rally against Kosovo's independence in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. At least 150,000 Serbs gathered in central Belgrade on Thursday in a massive protest against Kosovo's declaration of independence, raising fears of street violence. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic) Masked Serb students protest against Kosovo's independence in the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. The proclamation of Kosovo's independence by Albanians on Sunday was followed with a growing anger among Kosovo's Serb population. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky) Kosovar Serbs make a three finger gesture, a Serbian nationalist sign, as they against Kosovo's independence on the Serb side of the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Monday, Feb. 18, 2008. The predominantly ethnic Albanian leadership of Kosovo, Serbia's medieval heartland, proclaimed independence from Serbia Sunday with Western backing. Serbia lost control over Kosovo, whose two-million population is 90 percent Albanian, since NATO bombing drove out Serb forces in 1999 to halt their killing and ethnic cleansing in a two-year war against separatist rebels. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky) A Kosovo Serb man with his daughter on his shoulders pass by a Orthodox burial wooden cross reading the name of U.S. President George W. Bush, attached to a traffic light in the ethnically divided town of Kosvska Mitrovica, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. Thousands of angry Serbs were converging on Belgrade Thursday to attend a rally to protest Kosovo's declaration of independence. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic) A Kosovar Albanian school boy colours Kosovo's new national flag on the first school day after Kosovo declared its independence on the Albanian side of the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008. The predominantly ethnic Albanian leadership of Kosovo, Serbia's medieval heartland, proclaimed independence from Serbia Sunday with Western backing. Serbia lost control over Kosovo, whose two-million population is 90 percent Albanian, since NATO bombing drove out Serb forces in 1999 to halt their killing and ethnic cleansing in a two-year war against separatist rebels. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky) Kosovar Albanian teacher Luljeta Rama introduces Kosovo's new national flag to her class, on the first school day after Kosovo declared its independence, on the Albanian side of the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008. The predominantly ethnic Albanian leadership of Kosovo, Serbia's medieval heartland, proclaimed independence from Serbia Sunday with Western backing. Serbia lost control over Kosovo, whose two-million population is 90 percent Albanian, since NATO bombing drove out Serb forces in 1999 to halt their killing and ethnic cleansing in a two-year war against separatist rebels. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky) A Kosovar man drives a horse cart past graffiti drawn on a wall in eastern Kosovo town of Gnjilane on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia over the weekend and was swiftly recognized by the U.S. and Europe's major powers, but the new country has run into opposition from Russia and several nations in the EU that oppose Kosovo's becoming a state. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu) A KFOR soldier from France looks at Kosovar Serbs blocking the road connecting Serbia with the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, near Cabra, Kosovo, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008. Hundreds of Serbs marched on the road to show that this land belongs to Serbia, until KFOR troops stopped them approaching villages inhabited by Albanians. The proclamation of Kosovo's independence on Sunday was followed with a growing anger among Kosovo's Serb population. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky) Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica, left, and Republika Srpska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik wave during a mass protest rally against Kosovo's declaration of independence in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. At least 150,000 Serbs gathered in central Belgrade on Thursday in a massive protest against Kosovo's declaration of independence, raising fears of street violence. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) A protester holds a picture of the former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, during a mass protest rally against Kosovo's declaration of independence in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. At least 150,000 Serbs gathered in central Belgrade on Thursday in a massive protest against Kosovo's declaration of independence, raising fears of street violence. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) A Polish KFOR police officer watches a Kosovo Serb bus crossing through a United Nations checkpoint, recently demolished and burnt by angry Kosovo Serbs, in the village of Jarinje, on the Serbia-Kosovo border, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. Thousands of angry Serbs were converging on Belgrade Thursday to attend a rally to protest against Kosovo's declaration of independence. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic) Protester holds a picture of war crimes fugitive Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, left, during a mass protest rally against Kosovo's declaration of independence in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. At least 150,000 Serbs gathered in central Belgrade on Thursday in a massive protest against Kosovo's declaration of independence. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) A Serb student wearing a tee-shirt showing Russian president Vladimir Putin raises a Serbian flag while protesting against Kosovo's independence in the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. Kosovo's predominantly Albanian leadership proclaimed independence from Serbia with western backing on Sunday while Serbia's strongest ally, Russia opposed any declaration. The proclamation of the independence was followed with a growing anger among Kosovo's Serb population. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky) Czech NATO soldiers in riot gear provide additional security as Serb protestors, not seen, face Kosovo police at the Merdare border crossing between Serbia and Kosovo, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. Hundreds of Serbian army reservists chanting "Kosovo is ours! Kosovo is Serbia!" hurled stones at police and NATO-led peacekeepers as they crossed into Kosovo. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic) Kosovar Albanian villagers look at the road connecting Serbia with the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, in Cabra, Kosovo, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008. Earlier hundreds of Serb marched on the road to show that this land belongs to Serbia, until KFOR troops stopped them approaching villages inhabited by Albanians. The proclamation of Kosovo's independence on Sunday was followed with a growing anger among Kosovo's Serb population. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky) A Serb demonstrator shouts at Kosovo police wearing riot gear and helmets in the Merdare border crossing between Serbia and Kosovo on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. Several hundred Serbian army reservists hurled stones at police and NATO-led peacekeepers Thursday as they crossed into Kosovo during a clash at a border checkpoint. The demonstrators most wearing their uniforms and chanting "Kosovo is ours! Kosovo is Serbia!" threw rocks and burned tires to create a billowing smoke screen before surging past the checkpoint in Merdare some of them armed with hand guns. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu) KFOR soldiers from United States stand guard on a hilltop in one of the Albanian enclaves of Kosovo's Serb-dominated part near Cernja, Kosovo, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. KFOR prevents the Serbs to approach areas inhabited by Albanians after the proclamation of Kosovo's independence on Sunday was followed with a growing anger among Kosovo's Serb population. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky) Shows ethnic breakdown of the population of Kosovo Protesters attend a during mass protest rally against Kosovo's declaration of independence in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. At least 150,000 Serbs gathered in central Belgrade on Thursday in a massive protest against Kosovo's declaration of independence. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) A Kosovar Albanian boy looks at KFOR soldiers fromthe United States guarding one of the Albanian enclaves of Kosovo's Serb-dominated part in Cernja, Kosovo, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. KFOR soldiers are preventing the Serbs from approaching areas inhabited by Albanians after the proclamation of Kosovo's independence on Sunday was followed with a growing anger among Kosovo's Serb population. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky) The U.S. embassy in Belgrade burns after masked attackers, seen in window at right waving a Serbian flag, broke into the building and set an office on fire at the end of a massive protest against Western-backed Kosovo independence, in the Serbian capital, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. More than 150,000 Serbs gathered at the rally vowing to retake the territory which is viewed as Serbia's religious and national heartland. (AP Photo) The U.S. embassy in Belgrade burns after masked attackers broke into the building and set an office on fire at the end of a massive protest against Western-backed Kosovo independence, in the Serbian capital, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. More than 150,000 Serbs gathered at the rally vowing to retake the territory which is viewed as Serbia's religious and national heartland. (AP Photo) The U.S. embassy in Belgrade burns after masked attackers broke into the building and set an office on fire at the end of a massive protest against Western-backed Kosovo independence, in the Serbian capital, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. More than 150,000 Serbs gathered at the rally vowing to retake the territory which is viewed as Serbia's religious and national heartland. (AP Photo) Police vehicles pass by as rioters throw stones at the U.S. embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. Serb rioters set fire to an office inside the U.S. Embassy Thursday and police clashed with protesters outside other embassy buildings after a large demonstration against Kosovo's declaration of independence. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic) A rioter throws a block of wood into the burning U.S. embassy in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. Serb rioters set fire to an office inside the U.S. Embassy Thursday and police clashed with protesters outside other embassy buildings after a large demonstration against Kosovo's declaration of independence. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic) Serbs gather in front of the National Assembly building during a rally to protest Kosovo's independence in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. At least 150,000 Serbs gathered in central Belgrade on Thursday in a massive protest against Kosovo's declaration of independence, raising fears of street violence. (AP Photo) Serb students flash 3-fingers salutes to French soldiesr serving in KFOR, as NATO peacekeeping forces temporarily closed the checkpoint of Jarinje, on the border between Serbia and Kosovo, Friday, Feb.22, 2008. KFOR forces prevented buses with citizens from Serbia from joining a student demonstration in Kosovska Mitrovica, in fear that the Serbian hooligans, the same ones who attacked the U.S. and other embassies in Belgrade on Thursday, were among those on the buses. Some of Serbs protesting Kosovo's independence attacked U.N. police guarding a key bridge over Ibar river in northern Serb dominated ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, with stones and empty glass bottles. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic) A Serb Orthodox priest stands behind Polish soldiers serving in KFOR, as NATO peacekeeping forces temporarily closed the checkpoint of Jarinje, on the border between Serbia and Kosovo, Friday, Feb.22, 2008. KFOR forces prevented buses with citizens from Serbia from joining a student demonstration in Kosovska Mitrovica, in fear that the Serbian hooligans, the same ones who attacked the U.S. and other embassies in Belgrade on Thursday, were among those on the buses. Some of Serbs protesting Kosovo's independence attacked U.N. police guarding a key bridge over Ibar river in northern Serb dominated ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, with stones and empty glass bottles. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic) An elderly Kosovo Serb woman walks past French KFOR vehicles as NATO peacekeeping forces temporarily closed the checkpoint of Jarinje, on the border between Serbia and Kosovo, Friday, Feb.22, 2008. KFOR forces prevented buses with citizens from Serbia from joining a student demonstration in Kosovska Mitrovica, in fear that the Serbian hooligans, the same ones who attacked the U.S. and other embassies in Belgrade on Thursday, were among those on the buses. Some of Serbs protesting Kosovo's independence attacked U.N. police guarding a key bridge over Ibar river in northern Serb dominated ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, with stones and empty glass bottles. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic) A Serb student faces US soldiers serving in KFOR, as NATO peacekeeping forces temporarily closed checkpoint of Jarinje, on the border between Serbia and Kosovo, Friday, Feb.22, 2008. KFOR forces prevented buses with citizens from Serbia from joining a student demonstration in Kosovska Mitrovica, in fear that the Serbian hooligans, the same ones who attacked the U.S. and other embassies in Belgrade on Thursday, were among those on the buses. Some of Serbs protesting Kosovo's independence attacked U.N. police guarding a key bridge over Ibar river in northern Serb dominated ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, with stones and empty glass bottles. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic) A dog joins US soldiers serving in KFOR monitoring a checkpoint, as NATO peacekeeping forces temporarily closed checkpoint of Jarinje, on the border between Serbia and Kosovo, Friday, Feb.22, 2008. KFOR forces prevented buses with citizens from Serbia from joining a student demonstration in Kosovska Mitrovica, in fear that the Serbian hooligans, the same ones who attacked the U.S. and other embassies in Belgrade on Thursday, were among those on the buses. Some of Serbs protesting Kosovo's independence attacked U.N. police guarding a key bridge over Ibar river in northern Serb dominated ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, with stones and empty glass bottles. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic) A pile of footwear is seen in front of Kosovar Albanians while they pray on the yard of the mosque of the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Friday, Feb. 22, 2008. Kosovo's predominantly Albanian leadership proclaimed independence from Serbia with western backing on Sunday. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky) A Serb Orthodox priest watches behind a Polish soldier serving in KFOR, as NATO peacekeeping forces temporarily close the checkpoint of Jarinje, on the border between Serbia and Kosovo, Friday, Feb. 22, 2008. KFOR forces prevented buses with citizens from Serbia from joining a student demonstration in Kosovska Mitrovica, in fear that the Serbian hooligans, the same ones who attacked the U.S. and other embassies in Belgrade on Thursday, were among those on the buses. Some of Serbs protesting Kosovo's independence attacked U.N. police guarding a key bridge over Ibar river in northern Serb dominated ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, with stones and empty glass bottles. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic)