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They have bought the fireworks to celebrate their first Independence Day, but Kosovar Albanians' dreams are once again being deferred. Repeated attempts to persuade Serbia, and its key ally Russia, to agree to a U.N. sponsored independence plan for the Balkan province have failed. Now, despite promises this spring that the plan would be approved in May, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Dan Fried has told Kosovar leaders that they may now have to wait until 2008 before their dream is fulfilled. Nor is that a sure thing. Kosovo's Prime Minister and former rebel commander Agim...
Kosovo's ethnic Albanians, who make up more than 90% of the province's population, have been pushing for full independence from Serbia since NATO bombers ousted Serb security forces from the province back in 1999. The ethnic violence and resulting NATO action saw some 10,000 deaths, including military casualties. Earlier this year, U.S. and European leaders said they hoped to win U.N. security council approval for a "supervised independence" plan by May. Under the plan, drawn up by the Finnish envoy, Martti Ahtisaari, the province will cease to be a part of Serbia but will still fall under...
...deadlock. Diplomats now believe that if the resolution were brought to the Security Council for a vote, Russia would veto it. The Russian foreign affairs minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters this weekend that a solution must not be imposed by the U.N. but emerge from an agreement between Serbia and the Kosovar Albanians of the province. Said he: "Any other decision cannot make it through the Security Council." Russia is reportedly concerned, among other things, that the move would encourage separatist movements in other parts of the world, including its own backyard...
...argues that women have set themselves up for disappointment, putting off marriage until their 30s only to find themselves unskilled in the art of compatibility and surrounded by male peers looking over their Chardonnays at women in their 20s. "Modern people approach marriage like it's a Bosnia-Serbia negotiation. Marriage is no longer as attractive to men," she says. "No one's telling college girls it's easier to have kids in your 20s than in your...
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