Bush says Kosovo will get independence
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President George W. Bush said on Sunday the United Nations should grant independence quickly to the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo, and if Russia continued to block it the West would act.
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Kosovo's PM gives the clearest indication yet that independence from Serbia will be declared on Sunday.
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President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone on Monday and the White House said they agreed to keep talking about the U.N.-run Serbian province of Kosovo.
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U.S. President George W. Bush on Tuesday justified recognizing Kosovo as an independent nation, saying that doing so will bring peace to a region scarred by war.
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President Bush said Sunday that the U.S will work with its allies to try to prevent violent clashes after the anticipated declaration of independence by Kosovo.
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As Yasser Arafat was buried, President Bush said Friday there is &quot;a great chance&quot; to create an independent Palestinian state within four years after decades of frustration.
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President George W. Bush on Friday promised to mobilise international efforts to create an independent, democratic and viable Palestinian state at peace with Israel in the wake of the death of Yasser Arafat.
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A decade after Serbia sent in troops to crush a rebellion, Kosovo prepared to declare independence on Sunday.
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Kosovo appealed to the U.S. on  Monday to set a date for the province&#39;s independence from  Serbia, signaling rising impatience with Western efforts to  steer the project through the United Nations.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - The United States on Monday urged support for a United Nations blueprint for the eventual independence of Serbia's Kosovo province, which Russia says must first win the backing of Belgrade.
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Kosovo will get independence from Serbia "one way or another" despite Russia's objections at the United Nations, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday.
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An independent Palestinian state could be established within four years, President George W Bush says.
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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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Kosovo will get independence from Serbia  &quot;one way or another&quot; despite Russia&#39;s objections at the United  Nations, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on  Thursday.
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Investor's Business Daily - Serbia will never surrender Kosovo to the breakaway province&#39;s ethnic Albanian majority or trade its territory for European Union or NATO membership, President Boris Tadic said. A day earlier, he said President Bush had &quot;disgusted&quot; Serbs by promising independence to Kosovo and would not be forgiven.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - Kosovo is prepared to make a unilateral declaration of independence and is pressing the West to go ahead with a vote at the United Nations even if Russia is likely to veto the proposition.
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Kosovo will get its independence from Serbia "one way or another" despite Russia's objections at the United Nations, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday.