Kosovo says Yes to U.N. plan but Serbia says No
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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.
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Serbia on Wednesday again rejected a United Nations plan for independence for its breakaway Kosovo province as a final round of talks on the blueprint began.
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Russia on Friday gave its strongest indication yet that it will oppose a proposal by a U.N. envoy to set the breakaway Serb province of Kosovo on a path to independence.
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Serbian and ethnic Albanian negotiators remain deadlocked on the heart of a U.N. plan that would put the restive Serbian province of Kosovo on the road to eventual independence, a U.N. special envoy said Wednesday.
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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, a U.N. mediator said Friday.Comment
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Serbia and the Albanians of its breakaway Kosovo province are unlikely to agree on the future of the territory, United Nations envoy Martti Ahtisaari said as the two sides began a final series of talks on Wednesday.
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Serbia wants talks on Kosovo to go back to where they started a year ago, ignoring a United Nations plan based on granting independence to the breakaway province, a Kosovo Albanian leader said on Wednesday.
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Testing Russia's opposition to plans for Kosovo's future, Europeans and the United States have formally introduced a draft U.N. resolution but have not decide whether to call a vote.
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The U.N. Security Council failed  to bridge deep divisions over the future of Kosovo on Wednesday  and Western countries said they would take the lead in steering  the province to independence from Serbia.
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Serbia promised not to resort to violence Monday but ordered ambassadors to return home as it argued against an independent Kosovo. The European nation also implored the U.N. Security Council to intervene.
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Suspense gripped Serbia on Thursday, a day before the unveiling of a U.N. proposal for Kosovo's future, a historic plan that officials say will map out a road to conditional nationhood for the bitterly contested province.
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Russia on Wednesday backed its ally Serbia, saying Kosovo will never become a member of the United Nations or other international organizations if the breakaway province unilaterally declares independence.
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Serbia called on the United Nations on  Saturday to reject a Western-backed proposal for the  independence of Kosovo.
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BELGRADE, Feb. 14 -- Serbia's parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected a U.N. plan that would give virtual independence to the breakaway province of Kosovo.
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BRUSSELS/BELGRADE  - 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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Serbia on Wednesday rejected a new U.S.-backed U.N. draft resolution on Kosovo, saying it would only lead to the province's independence, Serbia's prime minister said.
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Russia refused to budge on its  opposition to a new Western-backed draft U.N. resolution paving  the way for Kosovo independence as the Security Council  discussed the document for the first time on Friday.