Kosovo stirs Balkan neighbours
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Ethnic Serbs react angrily across the Balkans to Kosovo's declaration of independence.
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BELGRADE, Jun 12 (IPS) - Weapons from the Balkans wars of the 1990s are  beginning to arm conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, well-placed  officials have revealed.
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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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As Nato states lead the way in recognising Kosovo independence Serbia prepares to fight the move at the UN.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - Kosovo is prepared to make a unilateral declaration of independence and is pressing the West to go ahead with a vote at the United Nations even if Russia is likely to veto the proposition.
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BELGRADE, Feb 5 (IPS) - The long awaited United Nations proposal on the  status of the southern Serbian province Kosovo takes it towards  independence, but not all the way.
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NATO peacekeepers were being  sent to newly independent Kosovo's border with Serbia on  Tuesday to defend frontier posts under attack by Serbs who  oppose its secession.
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Serbia's foreign minister was to press his country's claim to Kosovo with European lawmakers on Wednesday, one day after NATO peacekeepers intervened to defend two border posts from angry Serbs.
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NATO troops and U.N. police secured  Kosovo's northern borders late on Tuesday, facing down a  challenge by ethnic Serbs who ransacked the crossings in  protest at Kosovo's independence.
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Kosovo could soon be Europe's  newest independent state, but the Albanian majority in Serbia's  breakaway province still has to decide on a name, a flag and an  anthem.
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Re-election of Boris Tadic as president of Serbia muddies waters for Kosovo's quest for independence
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PRISTINA, Serbia and Montenegro  - 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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American flags flutter almost everywhere in Kosovo, a symbol of how Â through successive Democratic and Republican administrations Â the U.S. has long been a friend of this nation in the making.
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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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Serbia cautioned its Balkan neighbors on Sunday that independence for the breakaway Kosovo province would destabilize the entire region and seriously undermine its potential for economic growth.
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"We have seen what happened in former Yugoslavia when the European Union did not take things in hand."  European Union leaders, worried that Kosovo's push for independence could trigger instability in the Balkans, were set to offer Serbia a fast-track route to joining the bloc at a summit on Friday. via Reuters
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MALISEVO, Serbia-Montenegro In the words of one Albanian official, &quot;we&#39;re parting with 15 unfulfilled dreams.&quot;. Senior leaders from Kosovo and Albania, along with top UN and NATO officials, were among tens