U.N.'s Ban sees risks from deadlock over Kosovo
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Prolonged deadlock over the  future of Serbia's Kosovo province could create instability in  the region, put U.N. achievements at risk and threaten U.N.  staff, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a new report.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Wednesday the United Nations' new human rights body risked becoming deadlocked by the same political maneuvering that sunk its discredited predecessor.
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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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The West&#39;s decision to discard  a U.N. resolution on the fate of Kosovo and pursue more talks  will not stop the breakaway province&#39;s steady march to  independence from Serbia, Kosovo politicians and analysts said.
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The U.N. Security Council tried to bridge deep divisions Wednesday over the future of Serbia's breakaway province Kosovo, but EU diplomats said they expected no last-minute compromise.
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The UN Security Council prepares to discuss the future of Kosovo amid continuing deadlock.
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Russia rejected as unacceptable on Wednesday a new U.N. Security Council resolution drafted by Europeans and the United States that paves the way to independence for Kosovo in four months.
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URDU TIMES The UN Security Council meets here on Wednesday to assess the implications of its inability to bridge deep divisions between Western powers and Russia over Kosovo\\'s future status. via Urdu Times
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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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International envoys mediating in talks on the future of Serbia's breakaway Kosovo on Monday will try to stop them immediately coming to a standstill on the independence issue, the European Union's envoy said.
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POTSDAM, Germany -- Foreign ministers from the Group of 8 countries clashed yesterday over the future of Kosovo after Russia warned that a United Nations plan to pave the way for independence from Serbia could encourage separatist movements in the Russian-backed regions of Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia.
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The United States and Russia are butting heads over the breakaway region of Kosovo, which is awaiting a final U.N. recommendation on whether it will become an independent nation or remain part of Serbia.
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Russia tried to block Kosovo's independence during a closed-door emergency session of the U.N. Security Council on Sunday, saying it is deeply concerned about the safety of Serbs living in the territory.
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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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PRISTINA, Serbia  - The United Nations has banned a self-styled Serb 'volunteer guard' from entering Kosovo, trying to calm Albanian tempers as Serbs remember a medieval battle at the heart of their claim to the province.
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The United Nations has ruled out blocking the appointment of an ex-guerrilla commander as prime minister of Kosovo, despite concern in the West that he could be charged with war crimes.
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Envoys mediating in talks on the future of Kosovo presented ideas to Serbia and Kosovo Albanians on Monday aimed at breaking the deadlock over the Albanian demand for the province's independence.