Young Kosovars hope to shape newly declared state
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Many educated, under-30 Kosovars are eager for the possibility of an independent country.
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MITROVICA, Serbia  - There are some new faces in the Serb-controlled slice of northern Kosovo, the breakaway province where 2 million Albanians will declare independence from Serbia within days.
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In this poor Balkan country set to join the European Union in January, brazen slayings &#151; along with gang shootouts and car and apartment bombings &#151; have almost become part of the fabric of everyday life.
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Recognition of Kosovan independence gains momentum with the US and EU nations pledging support.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - Kosovo's prime-minister designate Hashim Thaci sealed agreement on Monday on a governing coalition expected to lead the Albanian-majority province to independence from Serbia early this year.
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Tiny Kosovo Â poor, mostly Muslim but feverishly pro-Western Â braced itself Saturday for a historic declaration of independence from Serbia, a decade after a war that killed 10,000 people and years of limbo under U.N. rule.
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EU leaders, fresh from signing a treaty that overhauls the way the bloc runs, will strive Friday to present a united front on Kosovo as the Serbian province prepares to move to independence.
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PRISTINA, Serbia and Montenegro  - Kosovo counted  votes for a new parliament on Sunday after an election that  exposed Albanian apathy and defiance from the Serb minority in  a province taken over by the United Nations five years ago.
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Key facts about Kosovo, which is preparing to declare independence from Serbia:
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BELGRADE/PRISTINA  - 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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A high-level EU delegation pressed Belgrade to take part &quot;positively&quot; in UN talks on the future of its breakaway province of Kosovo and to speedily form a new government.
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Politicians from Kosovo and Belgrade begin a new round of talks on the province's future.
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Kosovo is poised to become the world's newest state on Sunday amid growing excitement inside the province's ethnic Albanians but anxiety from Serbia and Russia.
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Kosovo is ready to offer  Serbia a treaty guaranteeing cordial relations after the  breakaway province becomes independent, Kosovo&#39;s ethnic  Albanian leaders said on Monday.
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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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Albanians and Serbs united in uncertainty as province prepares to go it alone
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Kosovo's prime minister vows to protect minority rights as the province prepares to declare independence.