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Kosovo to Declare Independence
From The Times Online (UK):
KOSOVO was braced for a showdown with its former Serbian masters in Belgrade this weekend after Hashim Thaci, prime minister of the breakaway province, announced yesterday that it would declare independence “in the coming hours”.
Sources within the Serbian government gave warning that they would begin implementing an “action plan” against Kosovo as soon as it seceded.
Serbia is expected to impose an economic blockade on Kosovo, whose population is overwhelmingly ethnic Albanian, and to take diplomatic action against countries, including Britain, that recognise the new state of 2m people. There were fears in Pristina, the Kosovan capital, that Serbia might even pull the plug on electricity and water supplies.
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An eye-opening article on Kosovo. http://www.counterpunch.org/szamuely02152008.html