Conflicts spreading throughout Kosovo

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Conflicts spreading throughout Kosovo | 01:43 | B92

PRISTINA -- Wednesday – US marines have succeeded in forcing thousands of Albanians back from the town of Caglavica after several earlier failed attempts by other KFOR troops.

Meanwhile, the Albanian mob, which descended from Pristina early on Wednesday, has set fire to two more houses in the town, together with a number of KFOR vehicles on the highway between Caglavica and Pristina.

The town’s Serb residents were evacuated early this evening.

The Archdiocese of Raska and Prizren has reported mortar rounds fired on the Visoki Decani monastery at about 10.30 p.m.

The monastery is at present being guarded by Italian KFOR troops and special US troops are expected to arrive soon.

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NATO (news - web sites) peacekeepers form up in front of burning Serb houses, after clashes broke out beetwen Kosovo Albanians and Kosovo Serbs in the suburbs of Kosovo's capital Pristina, near the village of Cagllavica, Wednesday , March 17, 2004. At least seven people were killed and more then one hundred injured. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

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U.N. special police units fire rubber bullets and stun grenades at ethnic Albanian protesters after clashes broke out between ethnic Albanians and Kosovo Serbs in the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica on Wednesday , March 17, 2004. At least seven people were killed and more then one hundred are injured in the clashes. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

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A U.N police car burns after it was set on fire by Kosovar Albanian protesters, after clashes broke out betwen Kosovo Albanians and Kosovo Serbs in the suburbs of Kosovo's capital Pristina, near the village of Cagllavica, Wednesday , March 17, 2004. At least seven people were killed and more than one hundred injured. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

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Serbian houses burn in the village of Caglavica, after clashes broke out between Kosovo Albanians and Kosovo Serbs in the suburbs of Kosovo's capital Pristina, Wednesday, March 17, 2004. At least seven people were killed and more then one hundred injured. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)