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Kosova citizens mourn the death of their president
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-01-22 09:58
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An
ethnic Albanian holds a photo of Kosovo President Ibtahim Rugova as Kosovo
citizens hold candles in Kosovo's capital Pristina January 21, 2006.
Rugova died of lung cancer on Saturday, leaving a leadership vacuum for
ethnic Albanians on the eve of talks to secure the independence from
Serbia that he championed. A government source in Kosovo said the funeral
would take place on Wednesday, the day the United Nations was due to begin
direct negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina to decide whether
Kosovo's 90-percent ethnic Albanian majority wins independence or remains
part of Serbia as Belgrade
insists. [Reuters]
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