Serbs clash with U.N. and NATO in north Kosovo

A Serb protester throws a stone at French NATO peacekeeping troops during
clashes in the ethnically divided city of Kosovska Mitrovica March 17, 2008.

MITROVICA, Kosovo (Reuters) - Hundreds of Serbs in north Kosovo clashed with U.N. police and NATO peacekeepers on Monday in the worst violence in the territory since the Albanian majority declared independence last month.

Riots erupted in the town of Mitrovica after several hundred U.N. special police backed by French NATO peacekeepers stormed a U.N. court in the town and arrested dozens of Serbs who had seized the building on Friday. full story