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Jump to full article: AP, 2006-01-21
Intro: Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova, who epitomized the province's decades-long struggle for independence from Serbia, died Saturday of lung cancer. He was 61. . . .
With his trademark scarf wrapped around his neck, Rugova had gained cult status among some ethnic Albanians. The chain-smoking politician, whose 2002 election made him the province's first president since the United Nations took over Kosovo's administration, was diagnosed with cancer in September.
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