Serbia Kosovo Clashes

Serbs and ethnic Albanians clash in Kosovska Mitrovica, some 25 miles north of Pristina, on Wednesday, March 17, 2004. At least six people were killed and more than 100 injured in an outbreak of ethnic violence provoked by reports that two ethnic Albanian children met their deaths in an icy river while fleeing angry Serbs.

KFOR armored vehicles separate clashing ethnic Albanians and Serbs in Kosovska Mitrovica Wednesday, March 17, 2004. The clashes between Serbs and ethnic Albanians erupted after reports that two ethnic Albanian children had been drowned in an icy river while fleeing angry Serbs.

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.

A mosque burns after a fire set by protesters in the southern Serbian town of Nis, south of Belgrade, Wednesday March 17, 2004. More than 2,000 Serbs protested against a recent wave of violence in Kosovo.

Protesters celebrate in front of a burning mosque after a fire set by protesters took hold in the southern Serbian town of Nis on Wednesday, March 17, 2004.

Serbian protesters look at the burning police car in front of a mosque in Belgrade, early Thursday March 18, 2004. Demonstrators set ablaze the city's only 17th century mosque in violent protests and demanded that the government act to protect Serbian Orthodox Christian kin in Kosovo from attacks by the province's predominantly Muslim ethnic Albanians. Another mosque in the southern city of Nis was also set ablaze.

A Serbian protester sets fire to a Muslim flag in front of the mosque in Belgrade early Thursday, March 18, 2004.

A Serb protester throws rocks at riot police in front of the U.S Embassy in Belgrade, early Thursday, March 18, 2004. Demonstrators set ablaze the city's only 17th century mosque in a violent protest demanding that the Serb government protect Serbia Orthodox kin in Kosovo from attacks by the province's predominantly Muslim ethnic Albanians.

Serb riot police cordon off protesters in front of the U.S Embassy in Belgrade, early Thursday, March 18, 2004.

A Serb protester kicks back a tear-gas canister to the riot police in front of the U.S Embassy in Belgrade early Thursday, March 18, 2004.

Firemean extinguish burning garbage bin lit by youths who clashed with riot police in Belgrade's residential area of Dedinje, near the Albanian embassy, Thursday, March 18, 2004. Rioters clashed with police in the second consecutive day protesting against ethnic violence in Kosovo province.

Youths push a garbage bin to blolck riot police in Belgrade's residential area of Dedinje, near the Albanian embassy, Thursday, March 18, 2004.

Serbian gendarmerie officers hold up their shields to protect themselves from stones thrown by protesters in Belgrade's residential area of Dedinje, near the Albanian embassy, Thursday, March 18, 2004.

Kosovo Albanians throw stones towards a barricade established by NATO-led peacekeepers in the outskirts of the Kosovo's capital, Pristina. The protestors were attempting to go to the Serb enclave of Caglavica on Thursday, March 18, 2004.

Youths throw stones at riot police in Belgrade's residential area of Dedinje, near the Albanian embassy, Thursday, March 18, 2004.

Kosovo Albanian protesters take cover and run after shots were fired by NATO peacekeepers on the outskirts of Pristina during a protest on the road leading to a Serb enclave of Caglavica on Thursday, March 18, 2004.

Thousands of Kosovo Albanians march towards a barricade established by NATO-led peacekeepers in the outskirts of the Kosovo's capital, Pristina, on Thursday, March 18, 2004.

A Kosovo police officer stands guard near damaged cars and apartments in a demonstration in a mainly Serb neighborhood in the Kosovo capital, Pristina, Thursday, March 18, 2004, after they were set on fire by ethnic Albanian protestors during overnight clashes between ethnic Albanians and Serbs.

A Serbian police officer looks at a burned-out police vehicle in front of a mosque complex in downtown Belgrade, Thursday, March 18, 2004. Demonstrators overnight set ablaze the city's only mosque in a violent protest demanding that the Serb government protect its Serbian Orthodox kin in Kosovo from attacks by the province's predominantly Muslim ethnic Albanians.

A view of a burned mosque in the southern Serbian town of Nis, some 155 miles south of Belgrade, Thursday, March 18, 2004. Angered by ethnic Albanians and Serb clashes in Kosovo Wednesday, rioters rampaged in Serbia, torching mosques in revenge for destroyed Serbian Orthodox churches in Kosovo.