PRISTINA (AFP) — US President Barack Obama has pledged to support independent Kosovo in a letter of congratulations for the first anniversary of its unilateral secession from Serbia, the office of President Fatmir Sejdiu said Monday in a statement. "On behalf of the American people, I congratulate you and the citizens of Kosovo on the first anniversary of the historic declaration of independence of Kosovo," Obama was quoted in the statement as saying. "I want to stress that the US will continue to support multi-ethnic, independent and democratic Kosovo in its efforts to take a meritorious place as a full...