(18 Feb 2008)
Banja Luka, Bosnia Herzegovina
1. Various of demonstrators marching through the centre of Banja Luka carrying Serb flags
2. Close-up of protesters chanting
3. Protesters holding up placards
4. Wide of demonstration
5. Protesters burning Bosnian flag
6. Mid-shot of men clapping and chanting
7. Close-up of burning flag
8. Various of police and protesters
9. Protesters throwing things at police
10. Close-up of broken egg on ground
11. Wide of demonstration march
12. Police marching in single file
13. Protesters marching towards US consulate in Banja Luka
14. Protesters gathered outside US consulate
15. Rocks hitting consulate building
16. Demonstrators chanting
17. Various of demonstrators and police
Belgrade, Serbia
18. Wide of street in Belgrade city centre, with protesters gathered and smoke rising
19. Armoured police in street
20. Crowd of people
21. Police running across street and striking people with batons
22. Reverse shot of street
23. People lying on ground, police standing over them
24. Armoured police walking down street
25. Various of youths being searched by police as part of stepped up security
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of Bosnian Serb students demonstrated in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka on Monday, protesting against Kosovo's declaration of independence.
Demonstrators chanted "Kosovo is Serbia", and threw rocks at the US consulate building in the city.
After the police pushed back the demonstrators they moved towards the German and French consulates.
Dozens of police were injured during the demonstration, witnesses said.
Bosnian Serbs strongly oppose the secession of Kosovo from neighbouring Serbia, their traditional ally.
Some Bosnian Serb politicians in the past warned that if Kosovo secedes, Republika Srpska might do the same and initiate a campaign for its secession from Bosnia.
Meanwhile, in Belgrade groups of protesters stoned the Turkish Embassy and a nearby McDonald's restaurant in a repeat of Sunday's rioting, when Kosovo's declaration sparked angry protests in several cities and clashes with riot police that left about 50 people injured.
On Monday evening police could be seen taking a firmer hand with protesters, detaining some and searching others in preventative measures.
Earlier, in a separate protest several thousand university students marched through the centre of Belgrade to oppose an independent Kosovo with banners reading "It (Kosovo) Will Be Ours."
Kosovo, which was the heartland of Serbia's medieval state, has been run by the United Nations and NATO since 1999 when NATO bombing halted a Serb security force crackdown against separatists and ended Belgrade's rule there.
Serbia's president and prime minister on Sunday rejected Kosovo's independence declaration as invalid, vowing to retake the territory one day.
Belgrade leaders also said Serbia would seek to keep control over the Serb-populated parts of Kosovo, a move that would likely lead to a de-facto ethnic division.
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