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A Roma girl stands in front of her family newly rebuilt home in the southern part of ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, 30 March 2007. Today ended the first phase of rebuilding the houses for the Roma people returning to their homes, destroyed after the war of 1999. The European Union on Friday failed to endorse a contentious plan to grant partial independence to Kosovo, the overwhelmingly ethnic Albanian province in Serbia. AFP PHOTO / STR