"Secret" U.N. Kosovo plan surfaces ahead of schedule
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The Kosovo daily Lajm left  four pages of its morning edition blank on Wednesday, saying it  was told not to publish the text of a confidential United  Nations plan for Serbia's breakaway province.
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"There is virtual unity on Kosovo."  By David BrunnstromBRUSSELS  - Kosovo Albanian leaders said on Monday they will start immediate talks with Western backers towards an independence declaration as the EU came closer to unity in support of the province's drive to secede from Serbia.With a United Nations deadline for agreement on the future of the breakaway province expiring on Monday, Russia warned any unilateral recognition could trigger problems around the world."From today, Kosovo begins consultations with key international partners to coordinate the next steps to a declaration of independence," Skender Hyseni, spokesman of Kosovo's negotiating team with Serbia, said in Pristina. Read more
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PRISTINA, Serbia - The United Nations has agreed to a Serbian request to delay final talks on the fate of breakaway Kosovo province by a week to give Belgrade time to appoint delegates, a U.N. ...Comment
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United Nations special envoy Martti  Ahtisaari will hand over his plan for the future of Kosovo on  Friday to Serb authorities braced for proposals that will set  the breakaway province on a path to independence.
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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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Major powers on Wednesday  authorized a U.N. mediator to propose a final status plan for  Kosovo and to achieve a settlement by the end of this year that  they said neither side could block unilaterally.
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A confidential EU report on Kosovo's future reveals the bloc is well-advanced in planning its mission to replace the U.N. administration, despite a political deadlock over a U.N. plan to grant the disputed province supervised statehood.
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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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The United States and European  nations circulated a U.N. Security Council draft resolution on  Wednesday that seeks a four-month delay before instituting an  independence plan for the Serbian province of Kosovo.
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Serbia's president and party leaders were to meet Monday to map out their strategy concerning the UN plan for Kosovo, which most Serbs see as granting independence to the contested province.Comment
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The progress made in Kosovo  since a 1998-99 war risks unraveling without a decision on the  Albanian majority&#39;s demand for independence from Serbia, U.N.  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a report.
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Key facts about Kosovo, which is preparing to declare independence from Serbia:
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U.N. envoy Martti Ahtisaari  unveiled a plan on Friday to set Serbia's Kosovo province on a  path to independence, an outcome which Kosovo's majority  Albanians quickly applauded but Belgrade rejected.
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Europeans and the United States  are drafting a U.N. resolution that would order 120 days of  negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo&#39;s ethnic Albanians but  no longer automatically call for independence.
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WIESBADEN, Germany  - European Union and NATO defense chiefs on Thursday mapped out plans for steering the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo through a tense period while ensuring a future exit strategy for their armies.
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The European Union is set to complete authorization of a big supervisory mission in Kosovo this week, just before the territory is expected to declare independence from Serbia, diplomats and EU officials said.
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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.