UN Urges All Kosovo to Vote, NATO on Standby
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PRISTINA, Serbia and Montenegro  - Kosovo began  voting on Saturday for leaders likely to seek independence from  Serbia at U.N.-brokered talks that may be held next year.
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The United States and European nations circulated a U.N. Security Council draft resolution on Wednesday that seeks a four-month delay before instituting an independence plan for the Serbian province of Kosovo.
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The people of Kosovo are due to vote in the second elections for the Kosovo assembly since the province came under United Nations control in 1999.
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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 United Nations Security Council will meet in emergency session Sunday afternoon at the request of Russia, which opposes Kosovo's declaration as an independent nation and bid for international recognition.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan says Afghanistan needs help with security to ensure its presidential elections are successful.
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UNITED NATIONS Sept. 14, 2004 - Iraq appealed to other nations Tuesday to send troops to protect an expanded UN staff that is essential for holding the country&#39;s first free elections by Jan. 31, saying terrorists must not be allowed to disrupt the vote.
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President George W. Bush said on Sunday the United Nations should grant independence quickly to the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo, and if Russia continued to block it the West would act.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - The United Nations administration in Kosovo urged Serb leaders on Tuesday to stop intimidating their ethnic kin who want to vote in the Albanian-dominated province's polls in November.
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The United Nations has granted Belgrade more time to prepare for a final round of talks on the future status of Kosovo, the breakaway Albanian-majority province of Serbia.
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President George W. Bush said on Sunday the United Nations should grant independence quickly to the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo, and if Russia continued to block it then the West would act.
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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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The United States and European  nations circulated on Wednesday a draft U.N. Security Council  resolution that would pave the way for independence in Kosovo  if further negotiations fail in four months time.
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Ethnic Serbians in the province of Kosovo should vote in tomorrow s parliamentary elections to ensure their ``interests and concerns are represented, said United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan.
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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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NATO leaders Wednesday invited Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina to join a program considered a first step toward eventual membership, but urged Serbia and Bosnia to fully cooperate with the U.N. war ...Comment
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Voting started Saturday in the southern Serbian province of Kosovo to choose members of the parliament. Polling stations opened at 7:00 am (0500 GMT) and are due to close at 8:00 pm(1800 GMT).