Bush hails Kosovo independence
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President Bush welcomes Kosovo's independence as "correct", as Serbia withdraws its envoy to Washington.
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U.S. President George W. Bush arrived in Bulgaria on Sunday for the final leg of his European tour, after earlier being warmly greeted as the first U.S. president to visit Albania.The American president is expected to discuss with Bulgarian leaders his controversial missile defense shield plan, and independence for the Serbian province of Kosovo.
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WASHINGTON: US President George W Bush said yesterday the death of Yasser Arafat provides &quot;a great chance to establish a Palestinian state&quot; and a broader Middle East peace.
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Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova has said his pro-independence party has won Saturday's general elections.
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President Bush said the election of a new Palestinian Authority president Sunday is a key step toward the establishment of an independent and peaceful Palestinian state.
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United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon expressed hope on Monday that meetings between U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin would lead to a breakthrough over Kosovo's independence.
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President George W. Bush praised   Kazakhstan as a "free nation" while meeting on Friday with its   leader Nursultan Nazarbayev, despite criticism by human rights   groups of the Kazakh government's autocratic ways.
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WASHINGTON - President Bush said yesterday that there was now a &quot;great chance&quot; to establish a Palestinian state and that he would invest the authority of the United States to try to accomplish that goal during his second term.
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President Bush said Sunday that the U.S will work with its allies to try to prevent violent clashes after the anticipated declaration of independence by Kosovo.
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President Bush said on Friday he saw  a "great chance" of achieving an independent Palestinian state  and pledged to work with European leaders toward that goal.
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United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon  expressed hope on Monday that meetings between U.S. President  George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin would lead  to a breakthrough over Kosovo&#39;s independence.
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U.S. President George W. Bush on Tuesday justified recognizing Kosovo as an independent nation, saying that doing so will bring peace to a region scarred by war.
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President Bush praised a diverse assembly of college sports champions on Monday, from the University of Florida men's basketball team to the UCLA women's water polo team.
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As President Bush begins a new year's effort to rebuild ties with European allies, one good place to start would be in the heart of Europe, with Kosovo.
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President Bush, enthusiastically welcomed as the first U.S. president in this former communist nation, served notice Sunday he is running out of patience with Russia's objections to independence for neighboring Kosovo.
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President George W. Bush arrived in Albania on Sunday, the first visit by a U.S. leader to the Balkan state which has prepared the kind of welcome he could only dream of in many countries.
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Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim  Thaci said on Friday about 100 countries were ready to  recognize the province's independence from Serbia as soon as it  was declared.