UN Kosovo vote plan put on hold
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US and EU allies put on hold plans for a UN Security Council vote on Kosovo, citing Russian opposition.
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The United Nations has ruled out blocking the appointment of an ex-guerrilla commander as prime minister of Kosovo, despite concern in the West that he could be charged with war crimes.
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The Security Council signaled Wednesday that it would not be able to resolve the status of Kosovo, the breakaway Serbian province seeking independence.
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The deadline for complaints of irregularities in Afghanistan's election expires shortly - counting is still on hold.
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Major powers at a G8  summit were deadlocked on Friday over the breakaway Serbian  province of Kosovo, with Russia resisting the terms of a French  plan to delay a U.N. vote on its independence.
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The UN Security Council will hold a closed meeting on Kosovo, set to declare independence from Serbia.
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The United States and Europeans  have decided not to call a U.N. Security Council vote on  Kosovo&#39;s future status and instead will initiate talks between  Belgrade and Pristina, Britain and the United States said on  Friday.
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A solution to Kosovo's final status  will be delayed until early spring, the European Union's  enlargement chief was quoted as saying on Thursday, a day after  Serbia set a crucial presidential election for January 20.
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Kosovo's PM Hashim Thaci hints that an independence declaration may be delayed, but does not say how long.
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The United Nations will delay  the start of final talks on the status of Serbia's breakaway  Kosovo province by just over a week, U.N. deputy envoy Albert  Rohan said on Friday.
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The United States and European  nations circulated a U.N. Security Council draft resolution on  Wednesday that seeks a four-month delay before instituting an  independence plan for the Serbian province of Kosovo.
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The United Nations chief for Kosovo called Friday parliamentary and local elections for November 17 amid ongoing talks on the future status of the breakaway province in southern Serbia.
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The United States and Europeans  have drafted a new U.N. Security Council resolution that seeks  to delay independence for Kosovo for four months in an effort  to meet Russia&#39;s objections, a U.S. official and other  diplomats said on Tuesday.
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Negotiations to determine whether Kosovo can be declared an independent state are still a year away.
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A UN envoy stopped short of recommending the full independence sought by the province's ethnic Albanian majority.
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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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The United States and European  nations circulated on Wednesday a draft U.N. Security Council  resolution that would pave the way for independence in Kosovo  if further negotiations fail in four months time.