East-West dispute shakes Serb coalition
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Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica&#39;s  party told President Boris Tadic on Sunday to keep out of  foreign policy, as a split in their coalition deepened over  whether Serbia&#39;s future lies with the West or with Moscow.
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A reformist party pulled out of Serbia's ruling coalition on Sunday because of the government's failure to capture war crimes suspect Gen. Ratko Mladic, which led to the suspension of talks on joining the European Union.
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NATO thwarted overnight a bid by Kosovo Serbs to assert their authority in a northern slice of the newly independent republic, restoring control on the border with Serbia where crowds had burnt down two crossing points.
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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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The EU says a political dispute in Serbia has prompted a delay in signing a co-operation deal.
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"Ask anybody the name of a Russian film director, composer or even rock group and they will struggle, but they can name five or six American directors"  BELGRADE, Serbia - As the dispute over Kosovo 's future nears a climax, the Serbian government has enlisted the support of some the world's best known statesmen - all of them dead. via New York Times
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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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International efforts to determine Kosovo's future suffered an apparent setback today as the province's Serb minority largely boycotted parliamentary elections.
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Serbia's presidential election paves way for response to Kosovo's declaration of independence
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Serbia disregarded European Union calls for less provocative Serb rhetoric on Kosovo at the weekend and warned that the United States was leading the West down a path of force to make the province independent.
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"Anyone who wants Serbia as a partner has to know Serbia will accept partnership only as a whole country, not as a country cut in two"  Serb Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica warned the European Union on Tuesday that sending a supervisory mission to the breakaway province of Kosovo could damage relations with Serbia. via The Washington Post
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U.S.-hosted talks between Bosnia's rival Serb and Muslim leaders hit a rough patch on Thursday, as the Bosnian Serbs rejected a reform deal the European Union demands as a prerequisite to closer ties.
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The rejection sets up a possible showdown between Russia and the West over the disputed territoryâs final status.
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Serbia is heading for a showdown next month between a nationalist who leans towards Russia and a liberal favoring the West following the first round of a presidential election.
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The Christian Science Monitor - The largest Serb election turnout since voters tossed out Slobodan Milosevic in 2000 has set up a dramatic runoff for Feb. 3 between a radical pro-Russia nationalist whose mentor is at The Hague for war crimes and a pro-European Union moderate who has favored trade, reconciliation, and even NATO status.
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But the leaders _ from central, southern and eastern Europe _ came to no conclusion on how to resolve the debate over Kosovo should be granted internationally supervised independence as an U.N. envoy has ... via PR-inside.com
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Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica's party told President Boris Tadic on Sunday to keep out of foreign policy, as a split in their coalition deepened over whether Serbia's future lies with the West or with Moscow.