U.S. urges Russia to back Kosovo talks
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The United States urged Russia on Friday not to veto a U.N. resolution on the status of Kosovo, saying the Security Council would lose a role in the province's future and hinting the ethnic Albanian majority may then unilaterally declare independence.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - Kosovo looked forward on Monday to recognition by the Western powers who went to war to save its Albanian majority, but Russia served notice the new state will never be forced on its Serb allies in the territory.
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The United States on Monday strongly  urged Russia and Georgia to "lower the rhetoric" after a spying  furor and offered Washington's help to resolve long-standing  conflicts such as in South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
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Kosovo appealed to the United  States on Monday to set a date for the province&#39;s independence  from Serbia, saying Russia had blocked its path through the  United Nations.
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In a phone call yesterday initiated by Vladimir Putin, President Bush and the Russian leader agreed to continue discussing Moscow's concerns about independence for Kosovo, a sensitive subject expected to come up next month in the U.N. Security Council.
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Russia criticized the United States on Wednesday for its willingness to hold talks with Chechens agitating for independence and suggested the issue could harm bilateral relations.
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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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The United States is calling on Russia to step up efforts to solve the three-year-old killing of Paul Klebnikov, an American journalist who was gunned down on a Moscow street.
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Moscow will not back any U.N. plan for Kosovo unless both Serbia and its breakaway province support it, Russia's foreign minister said on Monday, pouring cold water on a fresh attempt to find compromise with the West.
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Kosovo mounts historic bid to become "independent and democratic state" backed by U.S., European allies but bitterly contested by Serbia, Russia.
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Russia on Wednesday backed its  ally Serbia, saying Kosovo will never become a member of the  United Nations or other international organizations if the  breakaway province unilaterally declares independence.
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After meeting with Serbian President Boris Tadic, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia supported resolving the Kosovo problem on the basis of UN Security Council resolution 1244.
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UNITED NATIONS -- The United States and Europeans discarded a UN resolution on the future status of Kosovo yesterday because of Russian opposition, prompting Kosovo to propose independence from Serbia for Nov. 28.
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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov issued a strong warning Friday that granting independence to Kosovo could spark a "chain reaction" among other breakaway regions in Europe and the former Soviet Union.
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Reveling in the apparent election of a pro-Western president in Ukraine, the Bush administration on Monday urged Russia to join with the United States in helping the former Soviet republic. "Let's all join together now and see what we can do," Secretary of State Colin Powell said.
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Russia blocked Kosovo&#39;s  bid for independence from Serbia on Friday at a G8 summit on  the Baltic coast, in a public setback for Western leaders who  support it and want action this month.
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The United States and Europeans  discarded a U.N. resolution on the future status of Kosovo on  Friday because of Russian opposition, prompting Pristina to  propose independence from Serbia for November 28.