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There is a mixture of religions in Kosovo, especially Islam, Orthodox, and Roman Catholicism. Roman Catholicism was the first religion of Kosovo, but many Kosovar refugees are Sunni Muslims. There is not a strong conservative or radical Muslim movement in Kosovo as there is in the Middle East. Please see the Refugee Health site section on religions for a discussion of Islam and Orthodox Christianity.
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The United States agreed to provide a force of approximately 7,000 US personnel as part of the NATO KFOR to help maintain a capable military force in Kosovo and to ensure the safe return of Kosovar refugees. The US supports KFOR by providing the headquarters and troops for one of the four NATO sectors. The US ... provides personnel, units and equipment to other components of the KFOR organization.
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Vervolgens besloot men tot het houden van de Kosovo-conferentie in het Franse Rambouillet, in februari 1999. Hier ontstond het plan Kosovo voor een periode van drie jaar zelfbestuur te verlenen, maar geen onafhankelijkheid. De Kosovaren tekenden het plan in maart 1999, op de vervolgconferentie in Parijs. Maar de Serviërs bleven weigeren, omdat het plan ook een NAVO-troepenmacht in Kosovo bedong: de bezetting van Servisch grondgebied door buitenlandse troepen achtten ze onaanvaardbaar. Ook na dreiging met NAVO-luchtaanvallen ging Servië niet akkoord.
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Serbia can expect EU membership much more quickly than Kosovo, provided it finds a way of reconciling itself to Kosovo sovereignty. It is a matter of a few years for Serbia, while Kosovo is likely to wait a decade or more. Even now, Belgrade can hope for visa-free travel for citizens of Serbia proper, a privilege not likely to be extended to Kosovars.
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The genocidal assault launched against Kosovo's civilian population in 1998-99 bore many of the hallmarks of the earlier Serb campaigns in Bosnia. From a gender perspective, a strong trend was evident in the expulsion of women, children, and the elderly, the sexual assault of younger Kosovar women, and the systematic targeting of the "battle-age" male population for mass execution, detention, and torture.
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In the post-World War II period there has been a conscious attempt to bring Kosovo into the 20th century. But setbacks have included (besides the birthrate) politically guided investment in prestige projects rather than in a sound economic base, a draining of population away from farms to the glamorous city, and overeducation of an unemployable Kosovar intelligentsia in the 10-year-old university in Pristina.
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