Kosovo celebrates independence ahead of schedule
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - Albanians flooded the Kosovo capital Pristina on Saturday, celebrating the territory's independence from Serbia a day ahead of schedule.
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Serbia swore in President Boris Tadic on Friday two days before Kosovo proclaims independence, in the country's most traumatic moment since it was bombed by NATO in 1999 to end ethnic cleansing in the province.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku said on Friday the province should declare unilateral independence from Serbia on November 28, arguing that a Western bid to steer its secession through the United Nations had failed.
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A decade after Serbia sent in troops to crush a rebellion, Kosovo prepared to declare independence on Sunday Â a bold and historic move to carve a new country out of a corner of Europe long bloodied by ethnic strife.
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Suspense gripped Serbia on Thursday, a day before the unveiling of a U.N. proposal for Kosovo's future, a historic plan that officials say will map out a road to conditional nationhood for the bitterly contested province.
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European Union leaders agreed on  Friday to send administrators and police to Kosovo ahead of an  expected declaration of independence from Serbia.
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Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim  Thaci said on Friday about 100 countries were ready to  recognize the province's independence from Serbia as soon as it  was declared.
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Celebration over independence in the Kosovar capital of Pristina is matched by anger and gloom in the Serbian capital of Belgrade. But so far, the Balkans remain relatively calm
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On the eve of Kosovo's declaration of independence, its prime minister paid tribute Saturday to an ethnic Albanian family whose 1998 slaying became a rallying point for the province's struggle to break away from Serbia.
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Many educated, under-30 Kosovars are eager for the possibility of an independent country.
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This week's vote could put Kosovo on the road to independence -- and further trouble
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - Kosovo's prime-minister designate Hashim Thaci sealed agreement on Monday on a governing coalition expected to lead the Albanian-majority province to independence from Serbia early this year.
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Kosovo's prime minister gives the clearest indication yet that independence from Serbia will be declared on Sunday.
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Key facts about Kosovo, which is preparing to declare independence from Serbia:
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Kosovo was poised to become the world's newest state on Sunday, albeit under the guidance of the European Union and the United States, as it prepared to declare independence from Serbia.
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Kosovo Albanians will proclaim  independence from Serbia on Sunday, ending a long chapter in  the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia but cementing a bitter ethnic  frontline in the Balkans.
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The UN Security Council will hold a closed meeting on Kosovo, set to declare independence from Serbia.