Power struggle despite Serb vote

Serbia faced an uncertain political future as nationalists and their pro-Western rivals scrambled to forge alliances that would let them take power after bitterly divisive weekend elections.

At stake was President Boris Tadic's drive to bring the impoverished Balkan country closer to membership in the European Union, and the international community's demand that Serbia bring fugitive war crimes suspects to justice.

"A new and in many ways uncertain phase in the country's political life has begun," said Braca Grubacic, a leading political analyst.

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