BELGRADE – When Serbs rally against Kosovo’s independence on Thursday, it may look like Serbia has gone back to the virulent nationalism that stoked war in the 1990s under the leadership of the late Slobodan Milosevic.

AMSTERDAM – The U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague will appoint four more judges to increase the number of trials it can hold and help it wrap up its work by 2010, the court said on Thursday.

LJUBLJANA – The government of current EU president Slovenia said on Thursday it wanted to recognize Kosovo’s independence from Serbia and asked parliament to approve its decision.