Thereafter the great dog, the biggest of curs, will go forth and
destroy all, the same old crimes being perpetrated again. Temples will
be set up again as in ancient times, and the priest will be restored to
his original position and he will begin his whoring and luxury, and
will commit a thousand crimes.
At the eve of another desolation, when she is atop her most high and
sublime dignity, some potentates and warlords will confront her, and
take away her two swords, and leave her only the insignia, whose
curvature attracts them.
-Nostradamus
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Northern Kosovo Ministry Offices Damaged By Explosion
PRISTINA (AP)--An explosion early Monday damaged a government building
that also houses a Serb political party in northern Kosovo, police
said.
The blast, which was caused by a hand grenade at 2 a.m. (0000 GMT),
targeted the offices of the Ministry for Returns and the Serbian
Democratic Party, which share the premises in the northern town of
Zubin Potok, police said.
There were no injuries but the building sustained extensive damage,
according to police. The attack follows weekend explosions in Kosovo's
capital that targeted the U.N., the OSCE and Kosovo's government.
The Ministry for Returns is headed by Slavisa Petkovic who is also the
head of the political party housed in the same building. He is the only
Serb minister in Kosovo's predominantly ethnic Albanian government.
Other Serb representatives have stayed out of the province's
institutions despite calls from local and international representatives
to participate in political life.
The Ministry of Returns works to facilitate the return of tens of
thousands of Serbs and other minorities who fled the province after
attacks by ethnic Albanian extremists seeking revenge for wartime
atrocities committed by Serb forces.
Kosovo has been administered by the U.N. and patrolled by NATO since
1999, following the alliance's bombing of Serb forces waging a
crackdown on ethnic Albanian separatists.
The province's ethnic Albanian majority wants it to become independent,
while Serbs are demanding it remain part of Serbia-Montenegro, the
union that replaced the former Yugoslavia.
The blasts come at a sensitive time for the province.
Talks to determine its future status will take place later this year if
Kosovo reaches standards on democracy, minority rights and rule of law.
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan last month appointed a senior
Norwegian diplomat, Kai Eide, to evaluate progress and report back to
him by the end of the summer. Eide arrived in Kosovo on Friday on his
second fact-finding visit since his appointment and was scheduled to
visit the north of the province starting Monday.
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