Kosovo bids for independence face-to-face with Serbs
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Kosovo formally made its pitch for  independence face-to-face with Serbia on Monday at their first  top-level talks since NATO bombs drove Serb forces from the  province in 1999.
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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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Kosovo Albanians will proclaim independence from Serbia on Sunday, ending a long chapter in the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia.
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BELGRADE, Feb 5 (IPS) - The long awaited United Nations proposal on the  status of the southern Serbian province Kosovo takes it towards  independence, but not all the way.
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International envoys mediating in talks on the future of Serbia's breakaway Kosovo on Monday will try to stop them immediately coming to a standstill on the independence issue, the European Union's envoy said.
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BELGRADE, Serbia â As the dispute over Kosovoâs future nears a climax, the Serbian government has enlisted the support of some the worldâs best known statesmen â all of them dead.
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Final talks between Serbian and ethnic Albanian leaders over Kosovo's future begin on Wednesday.
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Kosovo&#39;s ethnic Albanian leaders  insisted on independence as &quot;the beginning and end&quot; of their  position in talks with international mediators on Wednesday on  the future of the breakaway Serbian province.
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Kosovo's independence sets a dangerous precedent for other states with separatist movements, says Serbia.
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EU leaders, fresh from signing a treaty that overhauls the way the bloc runs, will strive Friday to present a united front on Kosovo as the Serbian province prepares to move to independence.
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Top Serbian and ethnic Albanian leaders &#151; bitterly divided over Kosovo's future status &#151; began their final round of talks Saturday on a contested U.N. plan for the disputed province.
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European Union foreign ministers sought Friday to present a united front over the status of Kosovo, playing down divisions over how much autonomy the Serbian province should win.
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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.
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Serbia hopes to sign a key aid and trade pact with the European Union before the end of this month, Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said Tuesday, as its province of Kosovo heads toward independence.
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Serbia's minister for Kosovo suggested Saturday that the government will seek to keep control over Serb-populated areas after the predominantly ethnic Albanian province declares independence.
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International envoys mediating in talks  on the future of Serbia's breakaway Kosovo on Monday will try  to stop them immediately coming to a standstill on the  independence issue, the European Union's envoy said.
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With the international community at loggerheads over how to proceed, Kosovo's independence-hungry Albanians may be tempted to take matters into their own hands