New U.N. Official Assumes Kosovo Control
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The new U.N. administrator for Kosovo took control Sunday of the Serbian province, which has remained deeply divided along ethnic lines since the end of a 1999 war.
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An American was appointed to head U.N. political affairs on Friday after the United States vied for the first time to hold the post that negotiates agreements in a variety of crisis points around the world, the United Nations announced.
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The new European Commissioner for Enlargement, Olli Rehn, who will be dealing with the Western Balkans countries - Albania, BiH, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia-Montenegro and Kosovo, has taken on this duty today, ...
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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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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has chosen the head of the U.N. Development Program as his new chief of staff, who will be looked at to help push through reforms as the global body faces corruption allegations and strained relations with Washington.
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Turkish leaders on Tuesday appointed the first civilian to oversee the country's influential security council, part of efforts to stem the influence of the military and implement reforms necessary for joining the European Union.
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Kosovo lawmakers yesterday elected as prime minister a former rebel commander who recently was questioned by UN war crimes investigators.
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Retired Adm. Mike McConnell was sworn in on Tuesday as the U.S. national intelligence director, taking over at a time when the al Qaeda organization appears to be regrouping.
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The European Union is set to complete authorization of a big supervisory mission in Kosovo this week, just before the territory is expected to declare independence from Serbia, diplomats and EU officials said.
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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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PRISTINA, Serbia-Montenegro -- Kosovo lawmakers yesterday elected a former rebel commander to be the prime minister even though he was recently questioned by UN war crimes investigators.
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The UN secretary general chooses his new chief of staff to help reform the world body at a difficult stage.
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East Timor&#039;s Nobel laureate foreign minister said Friday that he would control the government until a new administration was named, which he predicted would happen within days.
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NAIROBI, Jan. 10 -- Former U.N. secretary general Kofi Annan agreed Thursday to take over talks aimed at ending the deadly turmoil linked to Kenya's presidential election, after days of international pressure resulted in nothing more than a fresh round of accusations from both sides.
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South Korea's Ban Ki-moon is sworn in as the next United Nations secretary general at a ceremony in New York.
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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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BELGRADE/PRISTINA  - U.N. envoy Martti Ahtisaari unveiled a plan on Friday to set Serbia's Kosovo province on a path to independence, an outcome which Kosovo's majority Albanians quickly applauded but Belgrade rejected.