U.N. envoy: Kosovo talks in jeopardy
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U.N.-brokered talks on the future status of Kosovo are in jeopardy, the deputy United Nations envoy warned Friday at negotiations clouded by a car bombing that targeted the interior minister of the ethnically divided province.
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U.N. envoy Martti Ahtisaari plans to   tell the major powers next week that talks between Serbs and   ethnic Albanians on the fate of Kosovo are nearing the end of   the line.
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An explosion damaged three U.N. vehicles in Kosovo's capital Monday, causing no injuries but raising tensions amid ongoing negotiations on the disputed province's future.
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UN Security Council talks fail to bridge the gap between the West and Russia over the future of Kosovo.
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The U.N. Security Council will meet Monday to discuss Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia amid bitter divisions over the future of the Balkan territory.
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Serbia told the United States at the  weekend that its &quot;open threats&quot; to force the independence of  Kosovo would wreck talks aimed at finding an agreed future for  the breakaway province.
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VIENNA - The U.N. Security Council will decide whether to give Kosovo independence from Serbia, after U.N. envoy Martti Ahtisaari on Saturday declared an end to over a year of fruitless ...Comment
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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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A senior U.S. diplomat called for Russia's cooperation in U.N. Security Council efforts to resolve Kosovo's status, but Russia's foreign minister said Monday that any resolution that is unacceptable to Serbia will not pass, Russian news agencies reported.
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Kosovo's U.N. governor Joachim  Ruecker warned the Security Council on Wednesday that further  delaying a decision on the province's plea for independence  from Serbia could fuel instability in the region.
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The United Nations must not  allow snap elections in Serbia to delay a decision on the fate  of Kosovo, the province's ethnic Albanian leaders said on  Wednesday.
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The UN Security Council prepares to discuss the future of Kosovo amid continuing deadlock.
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Kosovo's U.N. governor Joachim Ruecker warned the Security Council on Wednesday that further delaying a decision on the province's plea for independence from Serbia could fuel instability in the region.
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Diplomats from the European Union, Russia and the United States held talks with Kosovo Albanian representatives Thursday at the start of another round of diplomacy to try to resolve the future of the breakaway Serbian province.
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A U.N. Security Council resolution on Kosovo's future was set aside Friday in the face of a possible Russian veto, with its U.S. and European Union supporters opting instead to pursue negotiations outside the council.
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Yearlong talks on the future status of Kosovo ended in deadlock on Saturday, reflecting bitter divisions between Serbia's government and the disputed province's pro-independence ethnic Albanian leadership.Comment
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Envoys seeking compromise on the fate of Kosovo are pushing Serbs and ethnic Albanians to look for bridges over seemingly irreconcilable differences ahead of their first round of direct talks next week in New York.