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US, EU Will
Back Kosovo Secession

Rice insists independence from Serbia is only option

New York Times New York Times Sep 25, 07 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Bush administration and the EU will support an independent Kosovo with or without a UN-backed plan. Serbs and Kosovo Albanians will conduct a last round of negotiations on the breakaway country's status before a Dec. 10 deadline. If that deadline passes, Kosovo will declare independence and the US and EU will immediately recognize it, the Times reports. More »

More about:  Bush administration • United Nations • Condoleezza Rice • Serbia • Kosovo

Putin Puts in at Kennebunkport

Russian president insists visit is social, though tensions remain high

BBC BBC Jul 1, 07 7:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Russian president Vladimir Putin touched down in New Hampshire this afternoon for what the US and Russia are both calling a social visit to President Bush's summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine. But the BBC reports both sides hope to use the meeting as an opportunity to warm their countries' recently glacial relationship. More »

More about:  Russia • Vladimir Putin • Kosovo • Cold War • missile defense shield

G8 Concludes with AIDS Pledge

World leaders renew $60B pledge to fight disease in Africa

New York Times New York Times Jun 8, 07 3:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Global leaders renewed their vow to spend $60 billion to help fight AIDS, TB, and malaria in Africa today as the G8 summit wrapped up. But they set no deadlines for delivering the relief, leading critics to question the pledge. "I think it is deliberately the language of obfuscation," U2 frontman Bono told the New York Times. More »

More about:  George W. Bush • Russia • Iran • France • global warming • Africa • carbon emissions • greenhouse gases • AIDS • Kosovo • G8 summit • malaria • Group of Eight • Bono • Tuberculosis • U2

US and Russia Lock Horns over Kosovo, Missile Shield

Cold War fault lines rumble
at prelim G-8 summit

Washington Post Washington Post May 31, 07 4:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US counterpart Condi Rice butted heads during a sit-down with G-8 foreign ministers yesterday, over US plans to grant Kosovo independence and build a missile defense shield in the region. The entire group endorsed freeing Kosovo from Serbian control, the Washington Post reports, except Lavrov. More »

Records
Reveal Hawkish Hillary

Iraq vote may not have been anomaly

New Republic New Republic Mar 27, 07 7:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary  may be more hawkish than liberal supporters realize, Michael Crowley concludes after a lengthy look at the senator's history . Many assume she supported the Iraq war to look tough and won’t back down to avoid the label of flip-flopper. But long before 9/11, she was scornful of those who support  military action only in easily winnable,  "splendid little wars."   More »

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