Serbia Leader Rejects Kosovo Independence
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Serbia's President Boris Tadic, touring Kosovo in the first visit by a Serbian leader since the 1999 war, sought Sunday to reassert his country's claim over the U.N.-run province, vowing never to accept its independence.
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Serbia's prime minister denounced  plans on Tuesday to sign a political accord with the European  Union as a trick intended to trap the former Yugoslav republic  into accepting the independence of breakaway Kosovo.
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Serbia will never recognize an independent Kosovo but will not use violence to prevent the country's ethnic Albanians from establishing their own state, Serbia's president said on Wednesday.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku said on Friday the province should declare unilateral independence from Serbia on November 28, arguing that a Western bid to steer its secession through the United Nations had failed.
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Serbia on Wednesday rejected a new U.S.-backed U.N. draft resolution on Kosovo, saying it would only lead to the province's independence, Serbia's prime minister said.
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Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku urged European leaders Wednesday to sidestep the United Nations and recognise the independence of the Serbian province despite Russian and Serbian objections.
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Serbia is prepared to offer its secessionist province of Kosovo the "largest autonomy in the world" in upcoming talks on the future of the independence-seeking region, the nation's president said Thursday.
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Serbia's parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected a U.N. plan that would give virtual independence to the breakaway province of Kosovo.
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Serbia's leader urged Kosovo's Serbs to stay put after ethnic Albanians declare independence, pledging Wednesday that Belgrade will never recognize the province's statehood.
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Protesting Serbs in Kosovo  warned the European Union on Tuesday they would reject its  planned supervisory mission if the Albanian majority declares  independence from Serbia early next year.
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The Serb parliament is expected 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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Serbia warned the EU on  Wednesday it would not accept any decision on Kosovo taken  outside the United Nations and its ally Russia told the United  States to stop backing Kosovo independence while talks  continue.
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Kosovo's president declared Wednesday the province would become independent of Serbia within days, but he did not specify a date.
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Serbia's parliament overwhelmingly rejects a United Nations proposal on the future status of Kosovo.
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - Serbia has promised NATO it would not use force against Kosovo if the breakaway province carried out a vow to declare independence early next year, a senior alliance commander said on Thursday.
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Kosovo's prime minister joined calls Friday to declare independence by the end of this year, saying that the U.N. sponsored process has failed.
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BELGRADE/PRISTINA  - U.N. envoy Martti Ahtisaari unveiled a plan on Friday to set Serbia's Kosovo province on a path to independence, an outcome which Kosovo's majority Albanians quickly applauded but Belgrade rejected.