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	<description>This blog is a mixture of personal reflections on what it is like to live in Kosovo and political developments.</description>
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		<title>Kosovo Begins Exhuming Suspected Mass Grave</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kosovo authorities have begun an investigation into a suspected mass grave near the northern Kosovo town of Vushtrri.  The site, an abandoned coal mine, is thought to contain the bodies of Serb citizens allegedly killed by ethnic Albanians in 1998.  This is reportedly the second attempt at exhuming the grave as the work in the first attempt was halted due [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mtcowgirl.us/kosovo/?p=374</link>
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		<title>Attack of the Crazy Cat Lady!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, technically she didn&#8217;t have any cats but while driving home for lunch today, Troy and I were attacked by a woman of questionable mental health who has been on a stone throwing rampage against EULEX vehicles in Pristina.  Quite cunningly, the woman placed several large stones in the roadway causing a backup of traffic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mtcowgirl.us/kosovo/?p=372</link>
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		<title>ICJ Ruling Leads to More Questions than Answers?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on Kosovo&#8217;s declaration of independence seems to have lead to more questions than answers in the aftermath of the court&#8217;s non-binding opinion.  There have been both humorous takes such as If Kosovo can secede, what stops Mexifornia from declaring independence from the US and more serious articles such [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mtcowgirl.us/kosovo/?p=368</link>
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		<title>Wedding Season</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The months of July &#38; August have been deemed &#8220;Wedding Season&#8221; due to the large influx of Kosovo expats who flood back in their shiny BMW, Audi, and Mercedes and evenings punctuated with automatic &#8220;happy fire&#8221; from weddings.  Celebratory gunfire is just one of those things that probably will never be considered against the norm in Kosovo.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mtcowgirl.us/kosovo/?p=363</link>
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		<title>ICJ Issues Opinion on Kosovo &amp; ICTY Rules on Haradinaj Acquittal Appeal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The International Court of Justice, the highest court of the United Nations, has issued a non-binding opinion on the declaration of independence by Kosovo stating that international law does not prohibit declarations of independence and therefore Kosovo did not violate international lawwhen unilaterally declaring independence from Serbia in 2008.  Kosovo is expecting a rash of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mtcowgirl.us/kosovo/?p=352</link>
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		<title>EULEX Arrests Health Ministry Official for Corruption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The fight against corruption by EULEX continues with the morning arrest of the former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health and current advisor, Ilir Tolaj, for tax evasion.  A joint task-force of EULEX and the Kosovo Police anti-corruption force are reported to have searched three different locations including the University Clinic of Pristina.]]></description>
		<link>http://mtcowgirl.us/kosovo/?p=350</link>
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		<title>Blast Kills One in North Mitrovica</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A blast ripped through a crowd of Serb demonstators in the North of Mitrovica on Friday killing one and injuring 11 others.  The protestors gathered to demonstrate against the opening of a civil registry office in the North by the Kosovo government.  Blame for the incident has been laid at both doors with &#8220;carelessly armed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mtcowgirl.us/kosovo/?p=344</link>
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		<title>Life at the Speed of Several WTFs a Minute</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Traffic in Pristina is always a popular subject to blog about even more so after the declaration of independence when the Kosovo government promptly ripped up all major roads and brought traffic to a grinding, bumpy halt in all directions.  The newest WTF moment occurred on the Monday morning commute to work for most people.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mtcowgirl.us/kosovo/?p=339</link>
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		<title>Shoot-Out Leaves Four Unidentified Albanians Dead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Four unidentifed men (Albanians from Kosovo &#38; Macedonia) were shot and killed near Vitina/Viti on 21 June under unknown circumstances.  Five people arrived at the Vitina police station in a vehicle that was bullet-ridden.  Three people were declared dead-on-arrival and a fourth died after being sent to the hospital.  As the shooting occurred in a village [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mtcowgirl.us/kosovo/?p=334</link>
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		<title>Update &#8211; Kosovo Terrorism Arrest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The man arrested yesterday in Mitrovica has been identified as Bajram Asllani, 29, who went by the nickname of &#8220;Ebu Hattab&#8221;.  According to the charges, Asllani is suspected of plotting attacks against Americans and non-supportive Muslims in Kosovo.  Asllani is accused of participating in a conspiracy including eight other defendants.  He was reportedly working with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mtcowgirl.us/kosovo/?p=331</link>
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