Envoys to try to avoid stand-off at Kosovo talks
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International envoys mediating in talks  on the future of Serbia's breakaway Kosovo on Monday will try  to stop them immediately coming to a standstill on the  independence issue, the European Union's envoy said.
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The political impasse over Kosovo's future cannot last much longer without "putting at serious risk" all the United Nations has achieved there, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon cautioned Security Council members Monday.
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The prosecutor of the U.N. war  crimes court for the Balkans on Monday urged a delay in  deciding the future of Kosovo, saying it would interfere with  her quest to get major fugitives arrested for trial.
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Envoys mediating in talks on the future of Kosovo presented ideas to Serbia and Kosovo Albanians on Monday aimed at breaking the deadlock over the Albanian demand for the province's independence.
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The prosecutor of the U.N. war crimes court for the Balkans on Monday urged a delay in deciding the future of Kosovo, saying it would interfere with her quest to get major fugitives arrested for trial.
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POTSDAM, Germany  - Russia warned other world powers on Wednesday not to decide the fate of Kosovo on their own, saying only talks between Belgrade and Pristina could solve a row over independence for the Serbian province.
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The European Union will try to avert a  damaging split over Kosovo on Friday when foreign ministers  debate how to respond to a possible unilateral declaration of  independence by the breakaway Serbian province.
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Talks about a U.N. plan for Kosovo were postponed for one week, after Serbia requested more time to allow for a parliament to be formed in Belgrade, a U.N. mediator said Friday.Comment
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The breakaway Serbian province  of Kosovo is not stable and its future must be resolved this  year, a United States envoy said on Wednesday.
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Serbia and the Albanians of its  breakaway Kosovo province are unlikely to agree on the future  of the territory, United Nations envoy Martti Ahtisaari said as  the two sides began a final series of talks on Wednesday.
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Diplomats from the European Union, Russia and the United States held talks with Kosovo Albanian representatives Thursday at the start of another round of diplomacy to try to resolve the future of the breakaway Serbian province.
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With renewed violence in Kosovo as a menacing backdrop, Serbian and ethnic Albanian negotiators met in Vienna on Wednesday for a final contentious round of talks on the future status of the breakaway province.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - The United Nations administration in Kosovo urged Serb leaders on Tuesday to stop intimidating their ethnic kin who want to vote in the Albanian-dominated province's polls in November.
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Top ethnic Albanian and Serbian leaders staked out widely differing positions Monday during their first face-to-face talks over Kosovo's future.
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UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari, pictured, has refused to talk of Kosovo's independence, instead urging more talks to reach a compromise over the most pressing issue left over from the Balkan wars of the 1990s.Comment
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European Union foreign ministers sought Friday to present a united front over the status of Kosovo, playing down divisions over how much autonomy the Serbian province should win.
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The U.N. Security Council tried  to bridge deep divisions Wednesday over the future of Serbia's  breakaway province Kosovo, but EU diplomats said they expected  no last-minute compromise.