They sit in two places, a café and a bench across the street, and they stand in a third place of that intersection. There are more bridgewatchers than this, in apartments above our heads, but I have never actually seen them, only heard of them. On the bench outside of the corner store they sit, two or three of them, talking or reading newspapers. There are rarely less than two there and they have perhaps the least obstructed view of the bridge.

Those who favored independence called a meeting in Pristina.  Attendance was strong: a massive crowd filled the sports center, and the meeting was broadcast simultaneously on speakers for the throng of people in the square outside.  The requisite opening remarks were given by a group of three leading politicians, who defined the question of the day as follows: How do we proceed with international acceptance of an independent Kosova?  The floor was opened to the public.  The first speaker was a slight middle-aged man in a tweed coat.  He approached the microphone and cleared his throat. “It seems to me,” he began…