Word: kosovo
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...fixture yet, joining Prime Minister Brown on a visit to America amid much speculation that U.K.-U.S. relations were set to cool. That night, Miliband's dinner with his opposite number, Condoleezza Rice, included heavy fare such as Iran (Britain favors a twin-track approach of incentives and sanctions), Kosovo, Russia, and his own detailed exposition of what he'd learned in Afghanistan and Pakistan (he sees the stability of both as vital to the fight against terror). Officials describe the meeting as "full and frank," which usually means that portions of the conversation were difficult to digest. Brown...
...Britain and Russia seem deadlocked. And so the strange case of Litvinenko is added to the list of unfinished business involving Russia - matters such as the future of Kosovo, the deployment of forces in Europe, the role of foreign investment in the Russian energy sector. It is not a return to the cold war; but nobody, this summer, could say that relations between Russia and the West were warm...
...dithering can't go on forever. Kosovo Albanians, who make up more than 90% of the province's population, were calling for independence even before NATO planes forced Serbian security forces out of the province in 1999. U.N. administrators and an estimated 16,000 peacekeepers in Kosovo fear a repeat of the violent riots of March 2004 aimed at minority Serbs and Roma. Kosovar Prime Minister Agim Ceku has warned that the region may declare independence unilaterally if the deadlock persists. "I don't expect any major unrest this summer", says Agron Bajrami, editor of Koha Ditore, a Pristina daily...
They have brought the fireworks to celebrate their first Independence Day, but Kosovo Albanians' dreams of freedom from Serbia are again being deferred. U.S. and European attempts to pass a U.N. Security Council resolution to clear the way for the province's "supervised independence" are foundering on stiff opposition from Serbia and, more important, Russia. A Bush-Putin summit earlier this month failed to make progress on the issue. U.S. officials now say the U.N. resolution once promised for early 2007 may not come until 2008. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon warned that further delay could "unravel" Kosovo...
...result, some Kosovo Albanians are demanding that the country unilaterally declare independence. U.N. administrators and the estimated 16,000 peacekeepers in the province fear a repeat of deadly riots in March 2004 that targeted foreigners (as well as minority Serbs and their monuments) if full independence is put off too long. For now the U.S. is telling Kosovo Albanians that their time will come. They are urging Serbian leaders to give up their opposition to the plan in exchange for accelerating membership talks to enter the European Union (Serbia wants to grant the province autonomy but not full independence.) European...