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Three child pass in front of a graffiti painting in the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica on February 8, 2008. Serbia’s minister for Kosovo, Slobodan Samardzic, said today his government has information the Albanian-majority province will declare independence on February 17. EU nations remain split on Kosovo’s impending declaration of independence, and recognition is set to be disjointed with a significant minority opposing the move, according to officials. AFP PHOTO / ROBERT ATANASOVSKI