The Kosovan President, Ibrahim Rugova, survived an apparent assassination attempt after a device detonated as his convoy of vehicles passed in Pristina yesterday.
A day earlier, the former Kosovan prime minister, Ramush Haradinaj, had pleaded not guilty at The Hague to war crimes against Serbs, after surrendering to the tribunal.
President Rugova was on his way to meet Javier Solana, the EU foreign policy chief, for talks over the future status of Kosovo, which is under UN administration and remains part of Serbia and Montenegro.
Having escaped unhurt, he told reporters: "Unfortunately, there are still people who want to destabilise Kosovo." A police source said the explosion in a dustbin was detonated remotely. The armoured rear window of the Kosovo Albanian leader's vehicle was shattered but not pierced.
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=620549
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