UN tries to break Kosovo deadlock
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The UN Security Council prepares to discuss the future of Kosovo amid continuing deadlock.
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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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Hopes dimmed for an agreement from the U.N. Security Council over the future of Kosovo, with Western diplomats saying negotiations were deadlocked Wednesday and talks would continue in European capitals.
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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 United States and European  nations hope to circulate a U.N. Security Council resolution on  Wednesday that seeks a four-month delay on a independence plan  for Kosovo in an effort to get Russia&#39;s approval.
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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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The U.N. Security Council tried  to bridge deep divisions Wednesday over the future of Serbia's  breakaway province Kosovo, but EU diplomats said they expected  no last-minute compromise.
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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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European Union states agreed on Monday  to seize the initiative to try to break a deadlock over  Kosovo&#39;s independence hopes that risks exposing rifts in the  bloc over the fate of the breakaway Serb province.
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The UN Security Council will hold a closed meeting on Kosovo, set to declare independence from Serbia.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - Kosovo is prepared to make a unilateral declaration of independence and is pressing the West to go ahead with a vote at the United Nations even if Russia is likely to veto the proposition.
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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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PRISTINA, Serbia  - The progress made in Kosovo since a 1998-99 war risks unraveling without a decision on the Albanian majority's demand for independence from Serbia, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a report.
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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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The European Union must be ready to guide Kosovo on an unstoppable path to independence after the U.N. Security Council failed to agree on the Serb province's future, the incoming EU presidency said on Thursday.
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As Nato states lead the way in recognising Kosovo independence Serbia prepares to fight the move at the UN.
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"The independence of Kosovo is unacceptable for Serbia"  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.Officials said a breakthrough was unlikely. Kosovo's majority ethnic Albanians continue to demand full independence from Serbia, while the Serbs insist on retaining Kosovo as part of their territory.That deadlock raises the likelihood of a dramatic showdown in December, when 120 days of last-ditch negotiations called by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon expire _ and the international community is confronted with the possibility that Kosovo's Albanians will make a play for statehood on their own. Read more