UN to delay Kosovo talks to accommodate Serbs
Serbs attend a protest in the ethnically divided Kosovo town of Mitrovica February 9, 2007. The protest against U.N. envoy Martti Ahtisaari's plan on the future status of Kosovo was organised on Friday by the Serbian National Council of Northern Kosovo. REUTERS/Marko Djurica (SERBIA)
A Serb boy holds a plastic rifle during a protest in the ethnically divided Kosovo town of Mitrovica February 9, 2007. The protest against U.N. envoy Martti Ahtisaari's plan on the future status of Kosovo was organised on Friday by Serbian National Council of Northern Kosovo. REUTERS/Marko Djurica (SERBIA)
A Kosovo Serb carrying a box with a toy machine gun before a protest against the U.N. plan for the southern province, in the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica, Friday, Feb. 9, 2007. Several thousand Serbs rallied in the tense northern city Friday to protest against a U.N. plan granting monitored statehood for the troubled province. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Kosovo police officers provide security in the ethnic Albanian half of Mitrovica, 25 miles north of the capital Pristina, February 9, 2007, as 10,000 Serbs across the river protest against a U.N. plan setting Kosovo on the path to independence from Serbia. REUTERS/Hazir Reka
U.S. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, right, walks with U.S. independent Sen. Joe Lieberman after a meeting with Kosovo's Prime Minister Agim Ceku, unseen, in Pristina, Kosovo, Friday, Feb. 9, 2007. Eight U.S. senators and Congress representatives visited Kosovo on Friday amid regional tensions over a U.N. plan that could give the Serbian province supervised statehood. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
Reuters AlertNet -
PRISTINA, Serbia, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The United Nations will delay the start of final talks on the status of Serbia's breakaway Kosovo province by just over a week, UN deputy envoy Albert Rohan said on Friday. "A period of consultations will start on ...
Despite unresolved status, Kosovo makes strides towards integration
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WTNH -
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