France to recognize Kosovo independence
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France will recognize the independence of Kosovo, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Monday.
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PRISTINA, Feb 18 (IPS) - Kosovo has declared independence from Serbia amid  ecstatic celebrations in capital Pristina â and questions over  international recognition.
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The Serbian government recognized newly independent Montenegro on Thursday, and said it would establish diplomatic ties with its former partner in the now defunct Serbia-Montenegro union.
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Europe's big countries and the US formally acknowledge Kosovo's independence
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The European Union does not expect  Serbia to resort to violence if ethnic Albanians declare  independence in its contested province of Kosovo, a senior EU  official said on Thursday.
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Europe's major powers and the United  States said on Monday they recognized Kosovo's new  independence, as Serbs reacted with anger and some states  warned that its secession from Serbia set a dangerous  precedent.
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Europeans and the United States are drafting a U.N. resolution that would order 120 days of negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo's ethnic Albanians but no longer automatically call for independence.
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Recognition of Kosovan independence gains momentum with the US and EU nations pledging support.
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Serbia's parliament was set to adopt a resolution on Wednesday implicitly rejecting membership of the European Union and NATO if the West recognizes the independence of Kosovo.
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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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The U.S. and the European Union's biggest powers quickly recognized Kosovo as an independent nation Monday, widening a split with Russia, China and some EU members strongly opposed to letting the territory break away from Serbia.
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The French government is preparing to establish a "new alliance" with the United States after next week's election, The Telegraph reported Tuesday.
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Kosovo looked forward on  Monday to recognition by the Western powers who went to war to  save its Albanian majority, but Russia served notice the new  state will never be forced on its Serb allies in the territory.
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Kosovo's prime minister gives the clearest indication yet that independence from Serbia will be declared on Sunday.
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Russia suggested Friday that Kosovo's expected Western-backed declaration of independence from Serbia will affect its policy on two separatist regions in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. But it stopped short of saying it would recognize the breakaway provinces.
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President George W. Bush recognized on Tuesday the independence of Kosovo from Serbia and said it would bring peace to the Balkans.
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