Kosovo prepares for independence
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A decade after Serbia sent in troops to crush a rebellion, Kosovo prepared to declare independence on Sunday Â a bold and historic move to carve a new country out of a corner of Europe long bloodied by ethnic strife.
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Final talks between Serbian and ethnic Albanian leaders over Kosovo's future begin on Wednesday.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said on Friday about 100 countries were ready to recognize the province's independence from Serbia as soon as it was declared.
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Kosovo's independence sets a dangerous precedent for other states with separatist movements, says Serbia.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - Kosovo could soon be Europe's newest independent state, but the Albanian majority in Serbia's breakaway province still has to decide on a name, a flag and an anthem.
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Kosovo Albanians will proclaim independence from Serbia on Sunday, ending a long chapter in the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia.
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With the international community at loggerheads over how to proceed, Kosovo's independence-hungry Albanians may be tempted to take matters into their own hands
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Kosovo PM Agim Ceku with Macedonia PM Nikola Gruevski Kosovo's prime minister said Tuesday he is hopeful that talks now under way at the United Nations will soon lead to independence for the Serbian 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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Kosovo's legislators were sworn in Friday at the first session of a new parliament that is widely expected to declare independence from Serbia early this year.
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Britain is ready to support an independent Kosovo and provide military back-up if required, the government said Saturday as the majority ethnic-Albanian province prepared to secede from Serbia.
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Kosovo on Saturday inched closer to its historic declaration of independence, with a growing sense of excitement among its people and the European Union launching a police and judicial mission to smoothen the birth of the world's newest state.
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Kosovo formally made its pitch for  independence face-to-face with Serbia on Monday at their first  top-level talks since NATO bombs drove Serb forces from the  province in 1999.
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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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Kosovo's PM gives the clearest indication yet that independence from Serbia will be declared on Sunday.
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BERLIN - The United States and the European Union will recognize Kosovo if the Balkan province declares independence from Serbia in early December when last-ditch negotiations end, senior US and European officials said yesterday.
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For Kosovo's ethnic Albanians, a new U.N. proposal opens the door to their long-awaited dream of independence, while prompting Serbia's leaders to warn of secession.Comment