NATO bolsters security in Kosovo town

NATO-led peacekeepers fanned out in a tense northern Kosovo town Tuesday amid riots that followed the arrest of two ethnic Albanians suspected in a stabbing attack on a Serb man.

Serbs hurled stones and set four Albanian-owned shops on fire in retaliation for the stabbing in the ethnically divided city of Kosovska Mitrovica. An ethnic Albanian man was wounded by gunfire in the melee, but police could not say if he was directly targeted by rioters.

The quick deployment of NATO forces reflects the resolve of Kosovo's international observers to prevent any incident from escalating _ particularly in light of the European Union's recent efforts to begin …