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Kosovo to seek independence as talks open
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/fc404bae-1a63-11db-848c-0000779e2340.html ^

Posted on 07/23/2006 3:03:13 PM PDT by kronos77

Kosovo will make its formal bid for permanent independence from Serbia on Monday in the opening round of top-level negotiations on the UN-administered province’s future.

Agim Ceku, Kosovo’s provisional prime minister, said the chance to spell out basic positions could open the way for the international community to decide in favour of independence, as demanded by Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian majority, by the end of this year. The one-day meeting under United Nations mediation in Vienna will be the first between the two sides’ leaders since Nato’s 78-day air campaign drove Yugoslav Serb forces out of Kosovo in 1999.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: christianity; islamterror; kosovo; serbia
Balkan-American Ping!
1 posted on 07/23/2006 3:03:15 PM PDT by kronos77
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To: joan; zagor-te-nej; Lion in Winter; Honorary Serb; jb6; Incorrigible; DTA; ma bell; Banat; ...
Just look at stupidity of this excerpt!!!: Serbia’s refusal to redraw its international borders has blocked bargaining on lower-level issues, such as municipal decentralisation and protection of historic Serb religious sites within Kosovo.
2 posted on 07/23/2006 3:04:09 PM PDT by kronos77 (www.savekosovo.org say NO to Al-Qaeda new sanctuary)
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To: kronos77

Many people are praying for Dr. Kostunica's spiritual strength as he meets evil terrorism.

As for the Finacial Times morons...what is their position on Wales or Scotland or Northern Ireland demanding to be independent? well, Serbia has 10,000 times more reasons to keep Kosovo.


3 posted on 07/23/2006 3:10:07 PM PDT by eleni121 (General Draza Mihailovich: We will never forget you - the hero of World War Two)
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To: eleni121

That is true.
A guy is stabile, thinker, conservative and Christian.
Not an European type...


4 posted on 07/23/2006 3:14:09 PM PDT by kronos77 (www.savekosovo.org say NO to Al-Qaeda new sanctuary)
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To: kronos77

He - Kostunica - is everything that a European shold be..in the classic sense.

Most of the rest of Euro pols are superficial simpletons. They regard history with disdain and believe that crass materialism brings freedom and happiness neglecting the role of Christianity in the rise of Europe. They are playing with fire.


5 posted on 07/23/2006 3:45:08 PM PDT by eleni121 (General Draza Mihailovich: We will never forget you - the hero of World War Two)
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To: kronos77

This was always the Albright plan. Kosovo will just be part of greater Albania.


6 posted on 07/23/2006 3:47:01 PM PDT by kabar
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To: kronos77

Pray for Pres. Tadic and Prime Minister Kostunica!


7 posted on 07/23/2006 7:19:22 PM PDT by eleni121 (General Draza Mihailovich: We will never forget you - the hero of World War Two)
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