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March for peace held in Macedonian capital Skopje: Photo Gallery

Sun, Mar 18 2012 12:00 CET

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March for peace held in Macedonian capital Skopje: Photo Gallery

Macedonians and Albanians attend the 'March for Peace' carrying banners, written in Macedonian, Albanian and and minority languages of Macedonia, as they cross Stone Bridge in Skopje, March 17 2012.

Photo: Reuters

March for peace held in Macedonian capital Skopje: Photo Gallery

Macedonians and Albanians attend the 'March for Peace' carrying banners, written in Macedonian, Albanian and and minority languages of Macedonia, as they cross Stone Bridge in Skopje, March 17 2012.

Photo: Reuters

March for peace held in Macedonian capital Skopje: Photo Gallery

Macedonians and Albanians attend the 'March for Peace' carrying a banner in Skopje, March 17 2012.

Photo: Reuters

Some 2,000 people marched for peace in the Macedonian capital Saturday, calling for an end to a recent spate of ethnic attacks.

The demonstrators in the city of Skopje were protesting clashes between ethnic Macedonians and ethnic Albanians over the past two weeks.

Tensions between the two groups have been high since they fought a civil war in 2001. The violence ended with intervention by NATO.
Ethnic Albanians make up about a quarter of Macedonia's population.

Source: VOANews.com

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