Police clash with protesters

February 11, 2007

United Nations police use tear-gas and rubber bullets to disperse a group of Albanian-speaking protesters in Kosovo's capital... The clashes, a repeat of riots in November, underscored Western fears of what the United States described last week as a possible "breakdown in order" if a decision on the Albanian majority's demand for independence does not come soon. A UN plan unveiled this month would, if adopted by the UN Security Council, set the territory on the path to statehood, eight years after NATO bombs drove out Serb forces and the United Nations took control.