Albanian PM calls for independence for Kosovo
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STRASBOURG, France - Albania's prime minister on Tuesday called for independence for Kosovo, a U.N.-governed province of Serbia with a mostly ethnic Albanian population."We think that Kosovo's final status ... ...Comment
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Kosovo Albanian leaders called  on the United Nations on Wednesday not to postpone a decision  on the fate of their breakaway province until after snap  elections in Serbia.
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United Nations special envoy Martti Ahtisaari on Friday handed to Serb authorities his plan for the future of Kosovo that will set the breakaway province on a path to independence.Comment
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku called on parliament on Friday to declare unilateral independence from Serbia on November 28, faced with diplomatic stalemate between the West and Russia at the United Nations.
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"There is virtual unity on Kosovo."  By David BrunnstromBRUSSELS  - Kosovo Albanian leaders said on Monday they will start immediate talks with Western backers towards an independence declaration as the EU came closer to unity in support of the province's drive to secede from Serbia.With a United Nations deadline for agreement on the future of the breakaway province expiring on Monday, Russia warned any unilateral recognition could trigger problems around the world."From today, Kosovo begins consultations with key international partners to coordinate the next steps to a declaration of independence," Skender Hyseni, spokesman of Kosovo's negotiating team with Serbia, said in Pristina. Read more
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Serbia says Kosovo independence sets a dangerous precedent for other states with separatist movements.
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Kosovo's ethnic Albanian leaders insisted on independence as "the beginning and end" of their position in talks with international mediators on Wednesday on the future of the breakaway Serbian province.
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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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Setting up possibly another showdown with Russia, U.S. President George W. Bush today said "the time is now" to grant independence to the Serbian province of Kosovo and called on Moscow not to slow down the process. "I happen to believe it's important to push the process along," Bush said during his visit to Albania.
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Kosovo Albanians will proclaim independence from Serbia on Sunday, ending a long chapter in the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia.
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Kosovo's parliament endorsed a  coalition government on Wednesday headed by ex-guerrilla Hashim  Thaci on a promise to lead the Albanian majority province to  independence from Serbia early this year.
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Kosovo has asked NATO to  secure a large reservoir in the north out of concern Serbs  living there might cut vital water supplies if the Albanian  majority declares independence from Serbia within weeks.
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Hundreds of ethnic Albanians  demonstrated in Kosovo on Saturday, trampling on effigies of  the province&#39;s leaders and calling for an end to the diplomatic  deadlock over its demand for independence.
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A decade after Serbia sent in troops to crush a rebellion, Kosovo prepared to declare independence on Sunday.
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Kosovo&#39;s ethnic Albanian leaders  insisted on independence as &quot;the beginning and end&quot; of their  position in talks with international mediators on Wednesday on  the future of the breakaway Serbian province.
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Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica greeted the resumption of suspended talks with the European Union on Wednesday by urging the EU to back down on its support for the independence of Kosovo.
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Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav  Kostunica warned the United States and Kosovo Albanians on  Saturday that they would be responsible for devastating  violence if they &quot;snatch&quot; Kosovo and declare it independent.