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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/pm-claims-kosovo-election-victory.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has claimed victory in Kosovo's first general election" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-pm-claims-kosovo-election-victory.jpg" alt="Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has claimed victory in Kosovo's first general election"/></a></p>
<p>Prime minister Hashim Thaci has claimed victory in Kosovo&#8217;s first general election since the province declared independence from Serbia as an independent exit poll showed his Democratic Party of Kosovo ahead of its rivals.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is a vote for a European Kosovo,&#8221; Mr Thaci said. &#8220;It is a referendum for good governance.&#8221;</p>
<p>According to the exit poll, conducted by Kosovo-based Gani Bobi Centre, Mr Thaci won 31% of the vote, with former coalition partners Democratic League of Kosovo trailing at 25%.</p>
<p>If the results are confirmed it means Mr Thaci will have the upper hand in forming a government. Official results are expected on Monday afternoon.</p>
<p>A newcomer to Kosovo&#8217;s politics, former student leader Albin Kurti won 17% of the vote, according to the poll, and former rebel leader Ramush Haradinaj&#8217;s Alliance for the Future of Kosovo won 12%.</p>
<p>Mr Kurti advocates Kosovo&#8217;s unification with Albania and opposes any talks with Serbia. Such talks are a condition for Serbia and Kosovo to move closer to membership in the European Union.</p>
<p>The vote was held amid hopes by majority ethnic Albanians to improve Kosovo&#8217;s struggling economy, as well as a minority Serb vote that has highlighted the divisions between the ethnic communities.</p>
<p>Most Serbs broke with tradition and came out to vote in areas surrounded by ethnic Albanians. But Serbs in Kosovo&#8217;s north &#8211; where they form a majority &#8211; shunned the vote after a series of violent attacks aimed at intimidating potential voters. Officials said polling stations in Kosovo&#8217;s north closed three hours ahead of time for security reasons.</p>
<p>Serbia called for Kosovo&#8217;s Serb minority to boycott the vote to protest against the province&#8217;s declaration of independence, which Serbia does not recognise as valid.</p>
<p>The call deepened fears that Kosovo could split into a Serb north and an ethnic Albanian south, something that would run counter to decades of efforts by the West to calm ethnic tensions in the region.</p>
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