Police use tear gas to clear anti-gov't protest

(27 Jan 2015) Police in Kosovo fired volleys of tear gas and used water cannons Tuesday to disperse thousands of stone-throwing anti-government protesters. They were demanding the resignation of a minister who had denied that war crimes were committed against ethnic Albanians during the 1998-99 war with Serbia. At least 37 people were injured, including 22 policemen, during a series of clashes in city streets between riot police and protesters, officials said. The protesters pelted officers with stones, Molotov cocktails and other objects, in what was one of the worst bouts of violence to hit Kosovo since the former Serbian province declared its independence in 2008. The clashes follow a week of demonstrations throughout Kosovo organised by opposition parties, who are demanding the dismissal of Aleksandar Jablanovic, a Kosovo government minister who is a Serb, and whose comments minimising Serbia's role in the war have especially angered the families of some 1,000 ethnic Albanians still missing. The protests come as over 400 miners from Kosovo's mining complex Trepca want the government to take over the administration of the Yugoslav-era complex to stop it from being liquidated. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...