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Kosovo, Serbia on the brink of collision over provocative train

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By Ledion Krisafi TIRANA, Jan. 19 – Kosovo and Serbia faced one of the most tense situations since the end of the war in 1999 this week, when a train from Belgrade to Mitrovica in northern Kosovo, painted with Serb colors and the slogan “Kosovo is Serbia,” was prevented by Kosovo’s police from passing the border between the two countries. Serbia has never accepted Kosovo’s independence, declared in 2008 and recognized by more than half of UN state, including most of the EU and NATO, and the train incident was the last act in a drama that has seen several…

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