Tetovo residents clamour for passports - just in case

Tetovo residents have started lining up outside the main police station, hoping to secure passports - uncertain what might happen if rebels fighting in the hills around the Balkan city manage to touch off a war.

Among them yesterday were sisters Atije Ahmeti and Fititje Mehmeti, who waited elbow to elbow in identical brown wool coats, sitting on a rocky wall for five hours. They didn’t arrive in time. The door was slammed in their faces when work ended for the day.