Crucial talks on Kosovo's future
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The leaders of Serbia and its province of Kosovo prepare for landmark talks at the UN in New York.
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The U.N. Security Council will decide  whether to give Kosovo independence from Serbia, after U.N.  envoy Martti Ahtisaari on Saturday declared an end to over a  year of fruitless Serb-Albanian talks.
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Leaders of Serbia and Kosovo&#39;s ethnic  Albanian majority returned to Vienna on Thursday for  last-chance talks on the fate of the breakaway Serbian  province, forced by Russian opposition to a Western plan for  independence.
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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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Kosovo&#39;s ethnic Albanian leaders  insisted on independence as &quot;the beginning and end&quot; of their  position in talks with international mediators on Wednesday on  the future of the breakaway Serbian province.
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Leaders of Serbia and Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority returned to Vienna on Thursday for last-chance talks on the fate of the breakaway Serbian province, forced by Russian opposition to a Western plan for independence.
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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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United Nations special envoy Martti Ahtisaari on Friday handed to Serb authorities his plan for the future of Kosovo that will set the breakaway province on a path to independence.Comment
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VIENNA, March 10 -- A year of contentious talks on the future status of Kosovo ended Saturday in a bitter deadlock over a U.N. plan that would set the disputed Serbian province on the road to independence.
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Kosovo's prime minister vowed Thursday to declare independence unilaterally if internationally brokered talks don't "open a way for us," staking out a tough position as the latest round of negotiations on the province's future began in Vienna.
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"We have seen what happened in former Yugoslavia when the European Union did not take things in hand."  European Union leaders, worried that Kosovo's push for independence could trigger instability in the Balkans, were set to offer Serbia a fast-track route to joining the bloc at a summit on Friday. via Reuters
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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.
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Major powers urged Serbia and Kosovo Albanian separatists to show &quot;a constructive spirit&quot; in their upcoming direct talks here on the Serbian breakaway province&#39;s future status, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said late Thursday.
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Serbs and Albanians begin final talks on  Wednesday on a U.N. plan for Serbia's breakaway Kosovo  province, billed by mediators as a last chance to fine-tune --  but not rewrite -- the blueprint for independence.
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Serbs and Albanians begin final talks on Wednesday on a U.N. plan for Serbia's breakaway Kosovo province, billed by mediators as a last chance to fine-tune -- but not rewrite -- the blueprint for independence.
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Leaders of Serbia and Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority return to Vienna on Thursday for fresh talks on the fate of the breakaway Serbian province, forced by Russia's opposition to a Western plan for independence.
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Yearlong talks on the future status of Kosovo ended in deadlock on Saturday, reflecting bitter divisions between Serbia's government and the disputed province's pro-independence ethnic Albanian leadership.Comment