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 that 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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PRISTINA, Serbia  - U.S. President George W. Bush met on Tuesday with a senior ethnic Albanian leader from Kosovo, as Washington pushes for a United Nations vote within days on the province's bid for independence from Serbia.
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President George W. Bush said that after the death of Yasser Arafat there was now a &quot;great chance&quot; to create an independent Palestinian state living at peace with Israel by the time he leaves office in 2009.
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BERLIN - The United States and the European Union will recognize Kosovo if the Balkan province declares independence from Serbia in early December when last-ditch negotiations end, senior US and European officials said yesterday.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - Kosovo appealed to the U.S. on Monday to set a date for the province'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 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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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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President Bush welcomes Kosovo's independence as "correct", as Serbia withdraws its envoy to Washington.
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President Bush on Monday recognized Kosovo's bold and historic bid for statehood, saying "The Kosavars are now independent."
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President George W. Bush told Palestinians on Thursday he believed they would sign a peace treaty with Israel within a year that would give them their own state.
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President George W. Bush  recognized on Tuesday the independence of Kosovo from Serbia  and said it would bring peace to the Balkans.
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Kosovo's president declared Wednesday the province would become independent of Serbia within days, but he did not specify a date.
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Recognition of Kosovan independence gains momentum with the US and EU nations pledging support.
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The last time Kosovo declared  independence in 1990 it went unrecognized and ignored. When it  splits from Serbia this weekend, it will have the support of  the West, which sees no way back.
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President Bush told a Thursday news conference he would continue to lead the United States in promoting freedom and democracy in the Middle East.