Kosovo prepares for independence
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A decade after Serbia sent in troops to crush a rebellion, Kosovo prepared to declare independence on Sunday Â a bold and historic move to carve a new country out of a corner of Europe long bloodied by ethnic strife.
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BELGRADE - Serbia is ready to use force to prevent Western states from recognizing Kosovo as an independent state, a senior Serbian official warned yesterday.
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VIENNA - With observers warning of the threat of renewed unrest in Kosovo, the province's prime minister vowed yesterday to declare independence if a final push for a diplomatic settlement by Dec. 10 doesn't result in statehood.
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United Nations special envoy Martti Ahtisaari on Friday avoided any pronouncement on the future sovereignty of Kosovo, but handed Serbia a plan that sets its breakaway province firmly on a path to independence.Comment
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Kosovo Albanians told the West on  Friday to stop wasting time trying to win over Russia to the  province&#39;s secession from Serbia and prepare for a unilateral  declaration of independence.
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The breakaway province is expected to declare independence from Serbia imminently.
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Kosovo appears set to declare independence in 10 days' time, just ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers, sources in Pristina and observers say.
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Many educated, under-30 Kosovars are eager for the possibility of an independent country.
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Kosovo Albanians told the West on Friday to stop wasting time trying to win over Russia to the province's secession from Serbia and prepare for a unilateral declaration of independence.
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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 as soon as it was declared.
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BELGRADE -- Suspense gripped Serbia yesterday, a day before the unveiling of a UN proposal for Kosovo's future -- a historic plan that officials say will map out a road to conditional nationhood for the bitterly contested province.
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For Kosovo's ethnic Albanians, a new U.N. proposal opens the door to their long-awaited dream of independence, while prompting Serbia's leaders to warn of secession.Comment
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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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Serbia's president and party leaders were to meet Monday to map out their strategy concerning the UN plan for Kosovo, which most Serbs see as granting independence to the contested province.Comment
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EU ministers are to consider Kosovo's declaration of independence, with members split on how to respond.
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A U.N. plan to formalize Kosovo's secession may help the hard-liners in Serbia
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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.