Analysis: Kosovo's anxious wait
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The divided city of Mitrovica is a focus of tension as officials negotiate Kosovo's future status.
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The Security Council signaled Wednesday that it would not be able to resolve the status of Kosovo, the breakaway Serbian province seeking independence.
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The assessment is likely to be seen as a setback for Kosovoâs ethnic Albanian leadership.
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VENICE, Dec 10 (IPS) - There is hardly a trouble-shooter in the world  today more trusted than Martti Ahtisaari, Chairman of the Crisis  Management Initiative. Kosovo, the disputed southern province of  Serbia, is the latest challenge he has taken on.
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The prosecutor of the U.N. war crimes court for the Balkans on Monday urged a delay in deciding the future of Kosovo, saying it would interfere with her quest to get major fugitives arrested for trial.
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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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A former ethnic Albanian guerrilla commander widely believed to be under investigation for war crimes is being pushed to become prime minister of Kosovo, a prospect that is causing alarm among international ...
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VIENNA  - Kosovo sees no way forward in talks with Serbia and will move towards independence by the end of the year, the prime minister of the breakaway province said after another inconclusive round of negotiations here.All Serbia is talking about is the past Mediators from the United States, Russia and the European Union have until December 10 to try to bridge the chasm between Serbia's offer of autonomy for Kosovo and the 90-percent Albanian majority's demand for independence. "We are really looking for a way forward, but after this meeting we must conclude that we haven't found it," Agim Ceku told Austrian daily Der Standard Tuesday.  "All Serbia is talking about is the past," he said.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - The breakaway Serbian province   of Kosovo is not stable and its future must be resolved this   year, a United States envoy said on Wednesday.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - 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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The general election in Kosovo this weekend will mark another step on the path of democratic reform, but five years after NATO and the UN took control of the province, the ramshackle economy remains a major threat to stability, analysts say.
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There is a silent land swap  under way in Kosovo, sifting Serb from Albanian under the noses  of Western powers who swore the breakaway province would never  be split along ethnic lines.
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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 if Americans don't have enough global conflicts to keep track of, get ready to put Kosovo vs.Comment
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BELGRADE, Jan 7 (IPS) - Going by official media, the Kosovo dispute seems  to top the nation's agenda. But Serbs have their mind more  on visions of free wealth that they believe will be theirs, after  the Law on Free Distribution of Shares came into force last week.
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After talks over independence break down, Kosovo may unilaterally declare its freedom from Serbia. And despite fears of a regional blowup, there's a limit to what Serbia can do about it
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Kosovo's U.N. governor Joachim  Ruecker warned the Security Council on Wednesday that further  delaying a decision on the province's plea for independence  from Serbia could fuel instability in the region.