US to evacuate staff from Serbia
Last Updated: Friday, 22 February 2008, 16:59 GMT
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US to evacuate staff from Serbia
The US hopes to reopen the Belgrade embassy on Tuesday
The US embassy in Serbia has ordered the temporary evacuation of non-essential staff after protesters attacked the building in Belgrade.
About 1,000 protesters set fire to the embassy on Thursday in anger at Kosovo's declaration of independence, which the US and others recognised.
The UK, German, Croatian, Belgian and Turkish embassies were also attacked.
Both the Serbian president and PM have condemned the violence, which left one dead and more than 100 injured.
US embassy spokeswoman Rian Harris told AFP news agency: "Dependents are being temporarily ordered to depart Belgrade. We do not have confidence that Serbian authorities can provide security for our staff members."
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