KOSOVO DESERTIONS: Dozens of Serb officers have deserted the Kosovo police force since the new state declared independence. About 170 of the force’s 800 Serb officers have either quit or gone absent since the Feb. 17 declaration, police officials said.
PHILIPPINE PROTEST: Thousands of protesters rallied to press for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s resignation. It was the largest crowd yet since Arroyo’s latest crisis erupted weeks ago, when her husband was linked to multimillion-dollar kickbacks in a government telecommunications deal.
WALESA PACEMAKER: Surgeons successfully implanted a pacemaker in former Polish President Lech Walesa, 64, and hope it will keep the Nobel laureate from needing a heart transplant. The device was implanted during a two-hour procedure at Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center in Houston.
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