Multiethnic Assembly Convenes in Kosovo
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Under heavy guard, Kosovo’s first multiethnic legislative assembly in more than 12 years opened in hopes of bringing lasting peace to the volatile province.
The 120-member assembly brought together deputies from the majority ethnic Albanian population and lawmakers from other ethnic groups, including Serbs.
The deputies were chosen Nov. 17 in the first province-wide elections after mid-1999, when the U.N. started administering Kosovo, a province of Serbia, Yugoslavia’s main republic.
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