BELGRADE Serb police will not face legal action over the massacre of 45 ethnic Albanians in the Kosovo village of Racak, the state agency Tanjug reported here Wedneday. The state prosecutor in Pristina has not found any elements to undertake legal action against members of the police, the agency quoted a statement from the Serb prosecutor's office as saying. Meanwhile, UN chief prosecutor Louise Arbour said on Wednesday she had asked international observers to help her piece together grisly events in Kosovo, including the rounding up of 100 ethnic Albanians by Serb police.

Witnesses said on Tuesday Serbs had separated out the men from a group of 400 ethnic Albanians fleeing fighting in the south of the Serbian province, driving them away in trucks in scenes reminiscent of the 1992-1994 Bosnia War. Arbour, barred by Yugoslavia from entering Kosovo to pursue her investigations, said she relied on information provided by international observers, including those deployed by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). We are looking to OSCE verifiers to provide U.S. with an account of their observations on all matters that may fall within our jurisdiction, historical or ongoing, Arbour said in response to reporters' questions.

In January, Yugoslavia turned Arbour back at the border with Kosovo, frustrating her bid to reach the village of Racak, site of an alleged massacre by Serb forces.