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Tear gas becomes the norm in Kosovo parliament as lawmakers protest Serbian ties (LA Times)

Lobbing tear gas canisters in parliament is an unorthodox protest method, but in Kosovo's capital it's become almost routine. For three months, opposition lawmakers have disrupted sessions of parliament with tear gas and whistles, and even by pelting the prime minister with eggs.

-Read more at: http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-kosovo-serbs-20151218-story.html

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Thousands flee economic despair in Kosovo for EU countries, welcome or not (LA Times)

Sixteen years after the war in Kosovo sent hundreds of thousands of refugees streaming across the border, another exodus is underway here.

Instead of fleeing conflict, Kosovars are now seeking to escape unemployment, and despair. They are leaving by the tens of thousands, making their way illegally into European Union countries to look for a better future.