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Kosovo March/February 17th: Pogrom with Prize
Feb 17 2009, Ari Rusila

It is nearly five years since the outburst of ethnic Albanian violence in Kosovo on March 17, 2004, when 19 people killed and 954 wounded and when 35 Orthodox holy sites were ruined in two days. This pogrom got its prize a year ago on February 17th when..

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