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A Kosovo Serb stands by a wall covered with posters of presidential candidate and acting leader of the ultranationalist Serbian Radical Party (SRS) Tomislav Nikolic ad Rusian President Vladimir Putin during a pre-election rally in the ethnically divided Kosovo town of Mitrovica, 16 January 2008. Serbs will vote next 20 January 2008 poll while the province of Kosovo is expected to declare independence. EU members fear that a premature declaration of independence by Kosovo would boost the chances of Serbia’s ultra-nationalist candidate Tomislav Nikolic, who is running against the pro-EU outgoing President Boris Tadic. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF