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Arrivals for Serb commemorations of battle of Kosovo, NATO comment

(28 Jun 2007) Gazimestan (10 kilometres north of Pristina) - 28 June 2007 1. Various of NATO soldiers around monument 2. Various of NATO on guard around monument 3. Serbs arriving at monument 4. Group of teenagers outside monument 5. Tilt down from poem on monument wall 6. Close up of monument wall 7. People walking towards monument 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mikko Autti, NATO spokesman: "K4 (NATO peacekeeping force) has increased its presence in the streets, this is a matter of gaining situational awareness and is to show the public that we are here to provide a safe and secure environment and to assure freedom of movement for all Kosovars." 9. NATO military vehicles 10. Various of soldiers Mitrovica (45 Kilometres north of Pristina) - 28 June 2007 11. Various of Serb paramilitaries, known as 'Tsar Lazar Guard' boarding bus 12. People wrapped in Serbian flags 13. Close of back of man's t-shirt with map of Kosovo and a wolf 14. People walking towards buses 15. United Nations (UN) police 16. Bus driving down road 17. Various of people inside bus 18. Various of UN police Gracanica (10 kilometers east of Kosovo) - 28 June 2007 19. Arrival of buses 20. Exteriors of Serb monastery 21. Various of mass 22. Men wearing t-shirts reading (Serbian) 'War till freedom' 23. Various of people at mass 24. Close-up of T-shirt with fugitive general Radko Mladic's photo 25. Various of mass 26. People in street 27. Mid of guards STORYLINE: NATO stepped up security by deploying armoured vehicles and increased patrols on Thursday, on the anniversary of a key focus of Serbian nationalism to commemorate the epic battle of Kosovo, at the Field of Blackbirds, in 1389. The Serbs consider Kosovo the cradle of their statehood, and mark the 28th of June, when a Christian army led by Serbian Prince Lazar was defeated in Kosovo by invading Ottoman forces, as one of the most important dates in their history. The celebrations will be held on at the field of Gazimestan in eastern Kosovo at the height of tensions in the province, where ethnic Albanians are becoming continually frustrated over Kosovo's stalled future. "K4 (NATO peacekeeping force) has increased its presence in the streets, this is a matter of gaining situational awareness and is to show the public that we are here to provide a safe and secure environment and to assure freedom of movement for all Kosovars," said NATO spokesman Mikko Autti. A mass to celebrate the anniversary was also held in the city of Gracanica. Afterwards people were expected to go back to Gazimestan for further celebrations and to sign a petition asking that Kosovo remains a part of Serbia forever. Kosovo, a province of two million (m), of whom 90 percent are ethnic Albanians, has been run by the United Nations (UN) since mid-1999 when a NATO air war halted a crackdown by Serb forces on separatist rebels. Earlier this year, the UN unveiled a peace plan that would grant Kosovo supervised independence. This was immediately rejected by Serbia and by Russia, which has threatened to veto the plan in the UN Security Council. 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...