Thursday's verdict may help to restore faith among Serbs in the neutrality of the special court.
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As Yugoslav news reports play up reports of civilian deaths, however, many Serbs don't believe it.
Some 4, 100 people mostly Serbs fled, and 19 people were killed, as Albanian extremists ran amok.
As the Serbs went back on the warpath, the make-up of their forces changed.
There has been no flood of Russian volunteers to help the Serbs, or arms sales.
The Serbs did not see the tribunal as impartial, and they have remained hostile to it.
Bosnian Croats and Serbs waved and cheered as the Americans made their way south.
However, some Russian army officers want to organize a volunteer force to defend the Serbs.
Under the new deal, Serbs in northern Kosovo will have their own police and appeal court.
Many ethnic Serbs living in northern Kosovo reject the authority of the Kosovo government in Pristina.
Many minority ethnic Serbs in Kosovo reject the authority of the Kosovo government in Pristina.
In Mitrovica, for example, NATO's passivity has effectively allowed the Serbs to partition the town.
The NATO Secretary-General spelled out exactly what Bosnian Serbs must do to avoid further air strikes.
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It is made up of anything from a few dozen to a few hundred angry Serbs.
The deep differences between Kosovo's ethnic Albanians, 90% of its population, and the Serbs are irreconcilable.
Signals from the military leadership of the Bosnian Serbs, however, have been more defiant, he said.
The blast in the predominantly ethnic Albanian village of Cernica also damaged houses owned by Serbs.
The Americans in Kosovo's south-east are said by the Serbs to be soft on Albanians.
The Komar hills are a convenient launching pad for further military actions against Bosnia's Serbs.
Whether Serbs in the rest of Kosovo then choose to flee depends on what happens.
Camps there are already overflowing with refugees from Srebrenica, which fell to the Serbs on Tuesday.
When Serbia beat Bosnia at football, young Serbs in the Republika Srpska came out to celebrate.
At the same time, Serbs are ethnically cleansing thousands of Moslems and Croats from the region.
November 21, 1995: An agreement struck in Dayton, Ohio, gives Serbs half of Bosnia.
Roughly half of these Serbs live in Kosovo's northernmost tip, in practice still run by Serbia.
In 1929, Yugoslavia became the official name of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
The U.N. unilaterally opened up traffic into the city, daring the Serbs to shoot.
"Since 1999 we have had the impression that Serbs are not welcome in Kosovo, " he says.
Coming up - views from Pristina's clubland on whether Albanians and Serbs can live together again.
Braca Grubacic, a commentator, says Serbs think they can take care of their own problems.
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