Gorazdevac, Kosovo, Aug. 12, 1999: Romani women make their way past an artillery piece used as a checkpoint to this predominately Serb town on their way to an Italian medicial center. The Italians joke about the overkill of positioning such a weapon but say it adds to the deterent value of the checkpoint.

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