Serbia Rejects U.N. Plan for Independent Kosovo
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The rejection sets up a possible showdown between Russia and the West over the disputed territoryâs final status.
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BRUSSELS/BELGRADE  - Serbia warned the EU on Wednesday it would not accept any decision on Kosovo taken outside the United Nations, and its ally Russia told the United States to stop backing Kosovo independence while talks continue.
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BRUSSELS/BELGRADE  - Serbia warned the EU on Wednesday it would not accept any decision on Kosovo taken outside the United Nations and its ally Russia told the United States to stop backing Kosovo independence while talks continue.
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Serbia's parliament was set to adopt a  resolution on Wednesday implicitly rejecting membership of the  European Union and NATO if the West recognizes the independence  of Kosovo.
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BELGRADE, Jul 25 (IPS) - Serbia has expressed particular satisfaction after  the United Nations failed to agree a new Security Council  resolution aimed at supervised independence for Kosovo.
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Serbia is telling Serbs in Kosovo to ignore an Albanian declaration of independence early next year, raising the prospect of an ethnic partition of the breakaway province that the West has long ruled out. via Reuters
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Serbia is telling Serbs in Kosovo to ignore an Albanian declaration of independence early next year, raising the prospect of an ethnic partition of the breakaway province that the West has long ruled out.
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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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PRISTINA, Serbia and Montenegro  - Serbs shunned a  general election in the U.N. protectorate of Kosovo on  Saturday, but an overwhelming Albanian majority bent on winning  independence next year shrugged off the minority boycott.
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Kosovo's prime minister on Wednesday dismissed Serbia's fierce opposition to the province's drive for independence, insisting that decades of bloodshed in the Balkans are over and Serbs will never dare to invade Kosovo again because they have "no courage."
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Serbia's foreign minister urged the U.N. Security Council on Thursday to oppose Kosovo's expected declaration of independence and called on the secretary-general to order that any proclamation be declared null and void.
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The Serb parliament is expected to  adopt a resolution on Wednesday implicitly rejecting membership  of the European Union and NATO if the West recognizes the  independence of Kosovo.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - The European Union warned Kosovo on Thursday against an "irresponsible" declaration of independence after Russia again rejected a Western-backed United Nations resolution that would effectively grant the move.
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"Using the policy of force, the U.S. threatens openly that it will not respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia, which is an internationally recognized state and a U.N. member"  Serbia disregarded European Union calls for less provocative Serb rhetoric on Kosovo at the weekend and warned that the United States was leading the West down a path of force to make the province independent. via Reuters
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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 declaring independence from Serbia on November 28.
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BELGRADE - 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 ...Comment
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The European Union said on Wednesday  it will not sign a pact on ties with Serbia this week as  planned, after Belgrade's nationalist prime minister blocked  the move.