Almost independent, Kosovo seeks flag, anthem
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - Kosovo could soon be Europe's newest independent state, but the Albanian majority in Serbia's breakaway province still has to decide on a name, a flag and an anthem.
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United Nations envoy Martti Ahtisaari today presented Serbian President Boris Tadic with a compromise proposal on the status of Kosovo, where the ethnic Albanian majority is seeking independence from Serbia.Comment
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Kosovo PM Hashim Thaci hints that a declaration of independence may be delayed, but not for how long.
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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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A U.N. plan to formalize Kosovo's secession may help the hard-liners in Serbia
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MITROVICA, Serbia  - There is a silent land swap under way in Kosovo, sifting Serb from Albanian under the noses of Western powers who swore the breakaway province would never be split along ethnic lines.
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Europe's big countries and the US formally acknowledge Kosovo's independence
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MITROVICA, Serbia  - There are some new faces in the Serb-controlled slice of northern Kosovo, the breakaway province where 2 million Albanians will declare independence from Serbia within days.
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PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Like countless ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, Albin Kurti spent the weekend glued to his television set, watching President Bush's visit to Albania. He was eager to see what Bush would say from just across the border about Kosovo gaining its independence from Serbia.
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Key facts about Kosovo, which is preparing to declare independence from Serbia:
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - Kosovo appealed to the United States on Monday to set a date for the province's independence from Serbia, saying Russia had blocked its path through the United Nations.
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GRACANICA, Kosovo, Feb 18 (IPS) - As Pristina is abuzz with crowds of Albanians  celebrating the declaration of independence, Kosovo Serbians seem  mostly gloomy about what the future holds.
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BELGRADE, Dec 18 (IPS) - The Serbian government has began an unusual  billboard campaign to mobilise its people under the slogan  'Kosovo is Serbia' ahead of crucial developments that  might lead to independence of the southern, ethnic Albanian  populated province.
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Kosovo mounts historic bid to become "independent and democratic state" backed by U.S., European allies but bitterly contested by Serbia, Russia.
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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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VIANA DO CASTELO, Portugal  - European Union states will seek to maintain a common front over the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo on Saturday, amid growing concern that it will declare independence unilaterally.
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European Union  states will seek to maintain a common front over the breakaway  Serbian province of Kosovo on Saturday, amid growing concern  that it will declare independence unilaterally.