Kosovo talks start amid bitter division
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Kosovo's prime minister vowed Thursday to declare independence unilaterally if internationally brokered talks don't "open a way for us," staking out a tough position as the latest round of negotiations on the province's future began in Vienna.
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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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With renewed violence in Kosovo as a menacing backdrop, Serbian and ethnic Albanian negotiators met in Vienna on Wednesday for a final contentious round of talks on the future status of the breakaway province.
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A Serb boycott of Kosovo&#39;s general election increased tension between ethnic communities yesterday, raising the prospect that ethnic Albanian leaders may declare unilateral independence
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The European Union will try to avert a damaging split over Kosovo on Friday when foreign ministers debate how to respond to a possible unilateral declaration of independence by the breakaway Serbian province.
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A push by Russia for more talks  over the future of Serbia's Kosovo province ran into immediate  opposition on Wednesday in the U.N. Security Council from  Western countries who say such talks would be pointless.
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Last-chance talks on the future of  Serbia&#39;s breakaway province of Kosovo open in Vienna on  Thursday, without even the glimmer of a breakthrough in sight.
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EU ministers are to consider Kosovo's declaration of independence, with members split on how to respond.
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Kosovo Albanian leaders  appealed for calm on Sunday after two people died in clashes  between police and Albanians protesting a U.N. plan they say  falls short of full independence from Serbia.
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Major powers enmeshed in a diplomatic tangle over the future of Serbia's breakaway Kosovo province are trying to free themselves by prompting either the Serbs or the Kosovo Albanians to propose partition.
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Serbia and the Albanians of its  breakaway Kosovo province are unlikely to agree on the future  of the territory, United Nations envoy Martti Ahtisaari said as  the two sides began a final series of talks on Wednesday.
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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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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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Envoys seeking compromise on the fate of Kosovo are pushing Serbs and ethnic Albanians to look for bridges over seemingly irreconcilable differences ahead of their first round of direct talks next week in New York.
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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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Serbia and the Albanians of its breakaway Kosovo province are unlikely to agree on the future of the territory, United Nations envoy Martti Ahtisaari said as the two sides began a final series of talks on Wednesday.
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Top Serbian and ethnic Albanian leaders &#151; bitterly divided over Kosovo's future status &#151; began their final round of talks Saturday on a contested U.N. plan for the disputed province.