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Kosovo Serbs light candles during a power surge at a poling station in Kosovska Mitrovica, northern Kosovo, on February 15, 2012. Serbs in north Kosovo voted for the second day in a referendum on ethnic Albanian rule, in a slap in the face to efforts by Serbia and the EU to resolve differences over the territory. Many Kosovo Serbs fear that Belgrade, which is hoping to win official EU candidate status in March, will eventually give up its claim to Kosovo, leaving them at the mercy of the ethnic Albanian government. AFP PHOTO / SASA DJORDJEVIC