UN reschedules Kosovo talks
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A final round of talks on the status of Kosovo will begin on 21 February - a week later than planned, the UN says.
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Russia seeks UN talks as declaration of independence by Kosovo widens rifts
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US and EU allies put on hold plans for a UN Security Council vote on Kosovo, citing Russian opposition.
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A U.N. Security Council resolution on Kosovo's future was set aside Friday in the face of a possible Russian veto, with its U.S. and European Union supporters opting instead to pursue negotiations outside the council.
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Serbian and ethnic Albanian leaders hold talks in Vienna on Saturday for what could be the last time before a U.N. plan offering the breakaway province of Kosovo independence goes to the U.N. Security Council.
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The United States and Europeans  discarded a U.N. resolution on the future status of Kosovo on  Friday because of Russian opposition, prompting Pristina to  propose independence from Serbia for November 28.
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Western nations softened a draft resolution to back U.N. plans for a future Kosovo state, but Russia dismissed the move on Thursday and renewed its threat of a veto unless there were radical changes.
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Militants threatening to kill three UN hostages said yesterday that talks with Afghan and UN officials had been postponed for another day.
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President Boris Tadic will ask major  powers to delay further talks on the fate of Serbia's breakaway  Kosovo province for at least 10 days to allow the country to  convene a new parliament elected two weeks ago.
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Serbia will reject every element of a U.N. plan for Kosovo that points to the creation of "another Albanian state" during final talks beginning on Wednesday in Vienna, a senior Serbian official said.
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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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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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A year of contentious talks on the future status of Kosovo ended Saturday in a bitter deadlock over a U.N. plan that would set the disputed Serbian province on the road to independence.Comment
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President Boris Tadic will ask major powers to delay further talks on the fate of Serbia's breakaway Kosovo province for at least 10 days to allow the country to convene a new parliament elected two weeks ago.
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"The independence of Kosovo is unacceptable for Serbia"  Kosovo's prime minister vowed Thursday to declare independence unilaterally if internationally brokered talks don't 'open a way for us,' staking out a tough position as the latest round of negotiations on the province's future began in Vienna.Officials said a breakthrough was unlikely. Kosovo's majority ethnic Albanians continue to demand full independence from Serbia, while the Serbs insist on retaining Kosovo as part of their territory.That deadlock raises the likelihood of a dramatic showdown in December, when 120 days of last-ditch negotiations called by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon expire _ and the international community is confronted with the possibility that Kosovo's Albanians will make a play for statehood on their own. Read more
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The United States and Europeans have decided not to call a U.N. Security Council vote on Kosovo's future status and instead will initiate talks between Belgrade and Pristina, Britain and the United States said on Friday.
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The United States and Europeans  have drafted a new U.N. Security Council resolution that seeks  to delay independence for Kosovo for four months in an effort  to meet Russia&#39;s objections, a U.S. official and other  diplomats said on Tuesday.