US to Recognize &#39;Republic of Macedonia&#39;
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Macedonia&#39;s president has confirmed that the United States has informed him of plans to officially recognize his country as the &quot;Republic of Macedonia,&quot; a decision that drew protests from Greece.
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The U.S. and major European powers recognized Kosovo on Monday, a day after the province's ethnic Albanian leaders declared independence from Serbia. Giddy Kosovars danced in the streets when they heard of the endorsements.
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Canadians take a keen interest in Ukraine&#39;s well-being. More than a million of us have ties there. Canada was the first Western democracy to recognize Ukraine&#39;s post-Soviet independence in 1991.
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The United States offered Friday to help with future firefighting efforts in Greece, where 67 people died in wildfires last month.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 5  - The United States on Friday defended its decision to formally recognize the &quot;Republic of Macedonia&quot; as the name for the former Yugoslav republic and did little to ease Greek fury at the move as it warned US citizens in Greece of
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WASHINGTON, Sept 18: The United States has said that it would reiterate its support for a &#39;fully functioning&#39; democracy in Pakistan if the issue of President Pervez Musharraf keeping or giving
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UNITED NATIONS : The UN Security Council is expected to vote on a draft resolution presented by France and the United States calling for respect for Lebanon&#39;s sovereignty, the US ambassador here said.
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The ninth group of U.S. Peace Corps Volunteers in the Republic of Macedonia completes their pre-service training and begins two years of service.
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The United States closed its embassy in Skopje, Macedonia on Monday to all but essential business because of a potential security threat, the State Department said.
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8 November 2004 -- Javier Solana, the European Union foreign-policy chief, today congratulated Macedonians for largely ignoring a referendum on reversing ethnic power-sharing legislation, declaring the outcome a boost for their drive to join the EU.
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Greece on Thursday sharply protesteda US decision to recognize the former Yugoslav state on its northern border as &quot;Macedonia&quot;, the same name as a northern Greek province where Alexander the Great was born.
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President George W. Bush  recognized on Tuesday the independence of Kosovo from Serbia  and said it would bring peace to the Balkans.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - The United States on Monday urged support for a United Nations blueprint for the eventual independence of Serbia's Kosovo province, which Russia says must first win the backing of Belgrade.
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Macedonia launched on Sunday morning a referendum to decide the fate of the country&#39;s old territorial law, which is decisive for whether the new terrorial law will be put into enforcement.
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Macedonians will vote Sunday in a referendum that is likely to determine whether a three-year peace agreement to end ethnic violence in this former Yugoslav state will remain in place.
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The United States hopes Russia will back a U.N. plan putting Serbia's Kosovo province on the road to independence and does not expect a Russian veto in the Security Council, a U.S. official said on Monday.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said on Friday about 100 countries were ready to recognize the province's independence from Serbia, which political sources say could be declared on Feb 17.