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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Police investigate explosions in Kosovo capital that targeted UN
buildings
01:27 PM EDT Jul 05
FISNIK ABRASHI
PRISTINA, Serbia-Montenegro (AP) - Police and NATO-led peacekeepers on
Sunday investigated three blasts that rocked the centre of Kosovo's
capital overnight, near United Nations buildings, the provincial
government and the OSCE.
No one claimed responsibility for the attacks and no one was injured in
the blasts, said Refki Morina, a police spokesman.
One of the blasts targeted the UN mission headquarters in Pristina. At
least three UN vehicles were set ablaze in the compound's parking lot
in Pristina, and some shops were damaged as three nearly simultaneous
explosions shook the town Saturday night.
The second blast happened near the building of the Organization for
Security and Co-operation in Europe, which is some 100 metres down the
road from the UN compound.
The third blast went off near the Kosovo government building, which
also houses the province's parliament, and damaged it slightly, said
Hua Jiang, a chief UN spokeswoman.
Forensic experts were still trying to determine the exact nature of the
devices.
Police on Sunday sealed off the offices housing the UN High
Commissioner for Refugees, opposite the UN headquarters, after they
received a phone call claiming there was a suspicious device inside the
building, a police spokeswoman said. NATO explosive experts were also
at the site.
Local and international officials condemned Saturday's attacks.
"The aim of these acts is to destabilize our country," said Kosovo's
President, Ibrahim Rugova. "They (were) directed against international
and local institutions and life of our citizens," he said in a
statement.
"Neither people of Kosovo nor the international community will allow
acts of terrorism to divert us from the important work ahead," Philip
Goldbert, head of the U.S. office, said in a statement.
"The only effects of such incidents are to damage the image and
interests of Kosovo . . . and to demonstrate the stupidity of those
responsible," said Mark Dickinson, head of the British office in the
province.
Kosovo has been administered by the UN mission and patrolled by
NATO-led peacekeepers since 1999 after the alliance's bombing of Serb
forces waging a crackdown on separatist ethnic Albanians.
This is a sensitive time for the province. Talks to determine its
future status will take place later this year, if Kosovo reaches
standards including those on democracy, rights of minorities, and rule
of law.
"The people who commit these acts of violence are against the goals,
which the majority of Kosovars are working so hard to achieve,"
Goldberg said.
UN 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.
The province's ethnic Albanian majority want it to become independent,
while Serbs are demanding it remain part of Serbia-Montenegro, the
union that replaced former Yugoslavia.
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