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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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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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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PRISTINA, Serbia  - The progress made in Kosovo since a 1998-99 war risks unraveling without a decision on the Albanian majority's demand for independence from Serbia, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a report.
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UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari, pictured, has refused to talk of Kosovo's independence, instead urging more talks to reach a compromise over the most pressing issue left over from the Balkan wars of the 1990s.Comment
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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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President Bush says the time has come to bring the issue of Kosovo's independence "to its head", during talks in Italy.
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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
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Serbian President Boris Tadic begins a two-day visit to Kosovo ahead of talks on the future status of the province.
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Negotiations to determine whether Kosovo can be declared an independent state are still a year away.
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The prospect of progress in talks on Kosovo's future status is "increasingly slim", a UN mediator warns.
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Kosovo's ethnic Albanian leaders meet on Wednesday with international mediators in talks on the fate of the breakaway province, ahead of direct dialogue with Serbia next week in New York.
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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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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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Talks on the future of Kosovo resumed Monday in Vienna, where international mediators were presenting rival Serbs and ethnic Albanians with a new list of conditions that envoys hope will "open a path to a solution."
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Talks on the future of Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo must not drag on indefinitely or get sidetracked in an arid dispute over labels such as "independence", senior European officials said on Tuesday.
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The divided city of Mitrovica is a focus of tension as officials negotiate Kosovo's future status.