Ex-rebel will lead Kosovo as premier
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Kosovo's parliament elected a former rebel leader as prime minister Wednesday, a vote foreshadowing a declaration of independence from Serbia.
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I believe with all my power, when I go back to Kosovo, I will make a change in my government.
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Former separatist rebels have no alternative but to follow the political path after laying down their weapons, a key candidate backed by ex-combatants has said ahead of elections in the tsunami-ravaged Indonesian province.
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BELGRADE - United Nations special envoy Martti Ahtisaari will hand over his plan for the future of Kosovo on Friday to Serb authorities braced for proposals that will set the breakaway ...Comment
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PRISTINA, Serbia-Montenegro -- Kosovo lawmakers yesterday elected a former rebel commander to be the prime minister even though he was recently questioned by UN war crimes investigators.
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Italy's president will announce who he has chosen to lead a new government on Saturday after crisis talks.
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The Serbian minister for Kosovo said Friday that his government has information that the province's Albanian leadership will declare independence on Feb. 17
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The Kosovo parliament has elected ex-rebel leader Ramush Haradinaj as its new prime minister, despite war crimes allegations. Haradinaj, 36, is an ethnic Albanian.
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A Serbian leader accused of war crimes at The Hague is to head his party's list in the January general election.
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BELGRADE, Feb 14 (IPS) - The southern Serbian province of Kosovo is  preparing to proclaim independence this Sunday or Monday to  become the newest state to emerge from former Yugoslavia.
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The chief prosecutor of the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal on Monday branded Kosovo's former prime minister as a warlord and a mobster in uniform and said he helped commit 'ugly, cruel and violent crimes.' ...Comment
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The leader of Nepal's Maoists - former rebels about to join government - is to address a public rally in Kathmandu.
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United Nations special envoy Martti  Ahtisaari will hand over his plan for the future of Kosovo on  Friday to Serb authorities braced for proposals that will set  the breakaway province on a path to independence.
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Martti Ahtisaari, the UN special envoy, arrived in Belgrade on Friday to present his plan on the future of Kosovo to Serbia.Comment
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A former ethnic Albanian guerrilla commander widely believed to be under investigation for war crimes is being pushed to become prime minister of Kosovo, a prospect that is causing alarm among international ...
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Kosovo lawmakers yesterday elected a former rebel commander to be the prime minister even though he was recently questioned by UN war crimes investigators.
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PRISTINA, Serbia -- Kosovo took its first tentative steps yesterday on the road to becoming what would look very much like a sovereign nation: A UN envoy unveiled a blueprint for the future of the tense, ethnically divided Balkan province.