Decision on Kosovo imperative by end-June: envoy
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Serbia&#39;s breakaway province of Kosovo  will be independent one way or the other so the United Nations  should hurry up and pass a formal resolution next month, U.N.  envoy Martti Ahtisaari was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
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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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Kosovo Albanian leaders called  on the United Nations on Wednesday not to postpone a decision  on the fate of their breakaway province until after snap  elections in Serbia.
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United Nations special envoy Martti Ahtisaari on Friday avoided any pronouncement on the future sovereignty of Kosovo, but handed Serbia a plan that sets its breakaway province firmly on a path to independence.Comment
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VIENNA - With observers warning of the threat of renewed unrest in Kosovo, the province's prime minister vowed yesterday to declare independence if a final push for a diplomatic settlement by Dec. 10 doesn't result in statehood.
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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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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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The United States and Europeans have drafted a new U.N. Security Council resolution that seeks to delay independence for Kosovo for four months in an effort to meet Russia's objections, a U.S. official and other diplomats said on Tuesday.
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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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Kosovo's PM Hashim Thaci hints that an independence declaration may be delayed, but does not say how long.
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The United States and Germany made one last appeal to Russia on the future status of Kosovo before deciding on Friday whether to shelve a U.N. Security Council resolution Moscow has threatened to veto.
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UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. mediator on Kosovo's future status said on Thursday he was willing to grant Serbia more time to consider his complex plan that most see as paving the way for the ...Comment
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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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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. mediator said on Friday.
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Kosovo will be self-governed under a UN envoy's plan, but overseen by a new European Union-led mission headed by an envoy similar to Bosnia's, a diplomat said.
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Kosovo PM Hashim Thaci hints that a declaration of independence may be delayed, but not for how long.
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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 Serb-Albanian talks.