Superpower divide over Kosovo widens
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The U.S. and the European Union's biggest powers quickly recognized Kosovo as an independent nation Monday, widening a split with Russia, China and some EU members strongly opposed to letting the territory break away from Serbia.
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The United States and Europe's big powers -- Britain, France, Italy and Germany -- said Monday they would recognise Kosovo's declaration of independence, despite staunch opposition from some other EU members.
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Kosovo's general election on Saturday will be the first step in a tricky endgame to settle the fate of the Serbian province, now a U.N. protectorate in the heart of the Balkans.
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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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New talks to decide the future of Serbia's breakaway province of Kosovo got under way on Thursday with a conciliatory tone from both sides, but no breakthrough on their fundamental disagreement over its independence.
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A Serb boycott of Kosovo&#39;s general election increased tension between ethnic communities yesterday, raising the prospect that ethnic Albanian leaders may declare unilateral independence
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BELGRADE, Feb 18 (IPS) - Frustration over the Sunday declaration of  independence of Kosovo is spreading all over Serbia, with protest  rallies being organised around the country.
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EU ministers are to consider Kosovo's declaration of independence, with members split on how to respond.
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CAMP BONDSTEEL, Serbia  - From the vantage point of a U.S. Black Hawk helicopter, the new road to Debelde cuts a tidy yellow line through tilled farmland on Kosovo's southern border with Macedonia.
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BRDO, Slovenia  - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said on Friday he was concerned that the U.N. Security Council remained deeply divided over Kosovo, saying the impasse there could be dangerous.
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VIANA DO CASTELO, Portugal  - European Union states will seek to maintain a common front over the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo on Saturday, amid growing concern that it will declare independence unilaterally.
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The last time Kosovo declared  independence in 1990 it went unrecognized and ignored. When it  splits from Serbia this weekend, it will have the support of  the West, which sees no way back.
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Russia suggested Friday that Kosovo's expected Western-backed declaration of independence from Serbia will affect its policy on two separatist regions in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. But it stopped short of saying it would recognize the breakaway provinces.
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PRISTINA, Serbia -- Kosovo took its first tentative steps yesterday on the road to becoming what would look very much like a sovereign nation: A UN envoy unveiled a blueprint for the future of the tense, ethnically divided Balkan province.
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BRDO, Slovenia  - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said on Friday he was concerned that the U.N. Security Council remained deeply divided over Kosovo and the impasse could be dangerous.
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Western nations pressed on  Monday for a U.N. Security Council decision within the next  week on independence for Serbia&#39;s Kosovo province, but council  president China said the big powers were as divided as ever.
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"Ask anybody the name of a Russian film director, composer or even rock group and they will struggle, but they can name five or six American directors"  BELGRADE, Serbia - As the dispute over Kosovo 's future nears a climax, the Serbian government has enlisted the support of some the world's best known statesmen - all of them dead. via New York Times