Kosovo 'should split from Serbia'
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The UN's Kosovo envoy is set to recommend the province be allowed to separate from Serbia, the BBC learns.
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Russia opposes a NATO-backed proposal to  set Serbia's province of Kosovo on the road to independence but  may accept a trade-off on its future in return for other  concessions, diplomats and analysts believe.
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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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MITROVICA, Serbia  - Protesting Serbs in Kosovo warned the European Union on Tuesday they would reject its planned supervisory mission if the Albanian majority declares independence from Serbia early next year.
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"The independence of Kosovo is unacceptable for Serbia"  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.Officials said a breakthrough was unlikely. Kosovo's majority ethnic Albanians continue to demand full independence from Serbia, while the Serbs insist on retaining Kosovo as part of their territory.That deadlock raises the likelihood of a dramatic showdown in December, when 120 days of last-ditch negotiations called by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon expire _ and the international community is confronted with the possibility that Kosovo's Albanians will make a play for statehood on their own. Read more
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Serbia is prepared to offer its secessionist province of Kosovo the "largest autonomy in the world" in upcoming talks on the future of the independence-seeking region, the nation's president said Thursday.
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Serbia is telling Serbs in Kosovo to ignore an Albanian declaration of independence early next year, raising the prospect of an ethnic partition of the breakaway province that the West has long ruled out. via Reuters
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Serbia warned the EU on  Wednesday it would not accept any decision on Kosovo taken  outside the United Nations and its ally Russia told the United  States to stop backing Kosovo independence while talks  continue.
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Kosovo's declaration of independence does not set a precedent for other separatists, David Miliband says.
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Serbia's leader urged Kosovo's Serbs to stay put after ethnic Albanians declare independence, pledging Wednesday that Belgrade will never recognize the province's statehood.
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Serbia's leader says Kosovo independence will never be accepted, after seeing UN plans for a partial breakaway.
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BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro - Serbia on Saturday demanded the UN administrator of Kosovo annul the election of the province&#39;s new prime minister, a former rebel leader accused by Serbs of war crimes.
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STRASBOURG, France - Albania's prime minister on Tuesday called for independence for Kosovo, a U.N.-governed province of Serbia with a mostly ethnic Albanian population."We think that Kosovo's final status ... ...Comment
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Major powers enmeshed in a diplomatic  tangle over the future of Serbia&#39;s breakaway Kosovo province  are trying to free themselves by prompting either the Serbs or  the Kosovo Albanians to propose partition.
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The European Union will try to avert a damaging split over Kosovo on Friday when foreign ministers debate how to respond to a possible unilateral declaration of independence by the breakaway Serbian province.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - The breakaway Serbian province   of Kosovo is not stable and its future must be resolved this   year, a United States envoy said on Wednesday.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku said on Friday the province should declare unilateral independence from Serbia on November 28, arguing that a Western bid to steer its secession through the United Nations had failed.