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UN Fails to Break Kosovo Deadlock

Province plans to declare independence in coming weeks

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 20, 2007 9:01 AM CST

(Newser) – The United Nations Security Council failed yesterday to break the deadlock in negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo, with one ambassador warning that "the status quo is unsustainable." The US and European Union are both arguing that the two parties remain irreconcilable and that... Read full story »

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