(10 Feb 2007)
1. Wide shot of protesters marching carrying banners
2. Medium shot of banners
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Albin Kurti, "Self-determination" group leader:
"We are demonstrating today against the package of Ahtisaari, who does not refer to the will of the people of Kosovo but only to the privileges of one minority, Serb minority, which is being manipulated and instrumentalised by Serbia."
4. Riot police lined up
5. Pan of crowd
6. Riot police facing protesters
7. Protesters starting to scuffle with police
8. Protesters lifting barricades
9. Protesters running towards police, pushing them back
10. Police behind shields, smoke from tear gas in foreground
11. Police backing up from protesters throwing rocks and sticks at them
12. United Nations van pushing up road with protester latched against the front, then backing up
13. Police shielding next to UN van
14. Riot police marching forward with shields
15. Police firing tear gas in air
16. Pan from protesters sitting on ground to riot police firing tear gas
17. Medium shot of officer firing tear gas rifle
18. Protesters among tear gas
19. Man running across with fire extinguisher, spraying riot police
20. Police arresting protester, zoom in to protester carrying injured person
21. Various shots of police arresting protesters
22. Police standing on top of vehicle, firing tear gas
23. Tear gas landing among protesters, pan to tear gas on ground
STORYLINE
Thousands of ethnic Albanians clashed with riot police in Pristina on Saturday, after protesting against a United Nations proposal for Kosovo they say doesn't go far enough in granting the province independence.
Riot police fired tear gas to break up the protest after demonstrators tried to charge a security cordon and head toward a government building.
An estimated 3,000 people, many carrying banners reading "No negotiation. Self -determination", were taking part in the rally on a main street in the Kosovo capital.
At least one person was carried away covered in blood. Police said a number of protesters were arrested.
Chief UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari unveiled his proposal for Kosovo's future status a week ago.
The plan does not explicitly call for Kosovo's independence from Serbia, but spells out conditions for self-rule, including a flag, anthem, army and constitution, and the right to apply for membership in international organisations.
Kosovo's Serb minority would have a high degree of control over their own affairs.
The plan, which needs approval from UN Security Council to come into force, was endorsed by Kosovo's ethnic Albanian leaders but rejected by Serbian officials in Belgrade who refuse to give up the province, considered Serbia's historic heartland.
On Saturday, protesters said the plan did not reflect the will of Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority, which they said want independence, not just an internationally supervised statehood.
Protest organisers say the self-rule envisioned for Kosovo's Serb minority could lead to the creation of a separate Serb entity within Kosovo.
Activists also rejected parts of the plan that call for the establishment of a new international mission that would have powers to annul decisions or laws that run against the plan itself.
The group also criticised ethnic Albanian leaders for negotiating with Serbia. Talks between the two sides are to resume February 21.
Kosovo has been run by the UN since mid-1999, when NATO launched an air war to halt a Serb crackdown on ethnic Albanian separatists.
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