Bush Recognizes Kosovo's Independence
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PRISTINA, Serbia  - The last time Kosovo declared independence in 1990 it went unrecognized and ignored. When it splits from Serbia this weekend, it will have the support of the West, which sees no way back.
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The last time Kosovo declared  independence in 1990 it went unrecognized and ignored. When it  splits from Serbia this weekend, it will have the support of  the West, which sees no way back.
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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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Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova has said his pro-independence party has won Saturday's general elections.
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President Bush welcomes Kosovo's independence as "correct", as Serbia withdraws its envoy to Washington.
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President Bush told a conference of the National Guard Association today that he was "proud to be one of them."
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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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PRISTINA, Kosovo -- Like countless ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, Albin Kurti spent the weekend glued to his television set, watching President Bush's visit to Albania. He was eager to see what Bush would say from just across the border about Kosovo gaining its independence from Serbia.
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As President Bush begins a new year's effort to rebuild ties with European allies, one good place to start would be in the heart of Europe, with Kosovo.
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President Bush hailed the controversial move, as the EU and UN met to form their responses.
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Kosovo was poised to become the world's newest state on Sunday, albeit under the guidance of the European Union and the United States, as it prepared to declare independence from Serbia.
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President Bush said the election of a new Palestinian Authority president Sunday is a key step toward the establishment of an independent and peaceful Palestinian state.
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BERLIN - The United States and the European Union will recognize Kosovo if the Balkan province declares independence from Serbia in early December when last-ditch negotiations end, senior US and European officials said yesterday.
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The EU approves a police and justice mission for Kosovo, which is poised to declare independence from Serbia.
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President Bush, enthusiastically welcomed as the first U.S. president in this former communist nation, served notice Sunday he is running out of patience with Russia's objections to independence for neighboring Kosovo.
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PRISTINA, Kosovo, Feb. 17 -- A sixth state emerged from the long and bloody unraveling of Yugoslavia when the Serbian province of Kosovo declared independence Sunday with promises from the ethnic Albanian leadership to embrace its embittered Serb minority and forge a multi-ethnic, democratic nation.