U.S. offers Serbs "orderly" path to Kosovo secession
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The United States on Tuesday offered Serbia another 120 days of talks on the fate of Kosovo, but said independence for the breakaway province was "inevitable".
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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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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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Serbia will offer near complete autonomy to Kosovo during the first face-to-face negotiations with rival ethnic Albanians in New York later this week, a Serbian official said Monday.
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Kosovo appealed to the United  States on Monday to set a date for the province&#39;s independence  from Serbia, saying Russia had blocked its path through the  United Nations.
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BELGRADE - Serbia is ready to use force to prevent Western states from recognizing Kosovo as an independent state, a senior Serbian official warned yesterday.
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United Nations special envoy Martti Ahtisaari on Friday avoided any pronouncement on the future sovereignty of Kosovo, but handed Serbia a plan that sets its breakaway province firmly on a path to independence.Comment
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The United States on Tuesday offered  Serbia another 120 days of talks on the fate of Kosovo, but  said independence for the breakaway province was &quot;inevitable.&quot;
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Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo will be independent one way or the other so the United Nations should hurry up and pass a formal resolution next month, U.N. envoy Martti Ahtisaari was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
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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 hopes Russia will back a U.N. plan putting Serbia's Kosovo province on the road to independence and does not expect a Russian veto in the Security Council, a U.S. official said on Monday.
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PRISTINA, Serbia -- Kosovo took its first tentative steps yesterday on the road to becoming what would look very much like a sovereign nation: A UN envoy unveiled a blueprint for the future of the tense, ethnically divided Balkan province.
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President George W. Bush on  Tuesday recognized the independence of Kosovo from Serbia and  said it would bring peace to the Balkans.
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United Nations special envoy Martti Ahtisaari will hand over his plan for the future of Kosovo on Friday to Serb authorities braced for proposals that will set the breakaway province on a path to independence.
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Serbia warned the United States and the European Union on Wednesday not to recognize Kosovo's independence without United Nations consent, saying that would prompt an immediate response from Serbian authorities and could destabilize the region.
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Serbia vows to prevent secession; Russia may veto U.N. motion BELGRADE: Serbia's Albanian majority province of Kosovo has been put on the path to independent statehood by an international blueprint that redraws ...Comment
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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