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Kosovo Declares Independence From Serbia by ndelta1(m): 4:27pm On Feb 17, 2008 |
Kosovo declares independence from Serbia By NEBI QENA and WILLIAM J. KOLE, Associated Press Writers 2 minutes ago PRISTINA, Kosovo - Kosovo declared itself a nation on Sunday, mounting a historic bid to become an "independent and democratic state" backed by the U.S. and key European allies but bitterly contested by Serbia and Russia. ADVERTISEMENT "Kosovo is a republic — an independent, democratic and sovereign state," parliament speaker Jakup Krasniqi said as the chamber burst into applause. Krasniqi, Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and President Fatmir Sejdiu signed the declaration, which was scripted on parchment. Across the capital, Pristina, revelers danced in the streets, fired guns into the air and waved red and black Albanian flags in jubilation at the birth of the world's newest country. Serbian President Boris Tadic immediately rejected the independence bid, saying his country will never accept Kosovo's "unilateral and illegal" declaration. Sunday's declaration was carefully orchestrated with the U.S. and key European powers, and Kosovo was counting on swift international recognition that could come as early as Monday, when EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels, Belgium. "From today onwards, Kosovo is proud, independent and free," said Thaci, a former leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army, which battled Serbian troops in a 1998-99 separatist war that claimed 10,000 lives. "We never lost faith in the dream that one day we would stand among the free nations of the world, and today we do." "Our hopes have never been higher," he told the assembly. "Dreams are infinite, our challenges loom large, but nothing can deter us from moving forward to the greatness that history has reserved for us." Thaci pledged that the new nation would be "a democratic, multiethnic state" — an attempt to reach out to Serbs who consider Kosovo the cradle of their medieval culture and religion. But he also had stern words for the Serbian government, which last week declared secession illegal and invalid, saying in the Serbian language: "Kosovo will never be ruled by Belgrade again." Reacting to the declaration, Serbian President Tadic urged international organizations "to immediately annul this act, which violates the basic principles of international law."
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Re: Kosovo Declares Independence From Serbia by willy4: 4:56pm On Feb 17, 2008 |
Today is a good day for all the people of Kosovo, thank God they are free from Serbian bondage. As we pray to God to guide and protect Kosovo, so also we pray to God, to quicken the disintegration of this Devil Paradise Call Nigeria. In Jesus name AMEN. |
Re: Kosovo Declares Independence From Serbia by ow11(m): 6:21pm On Feb 17, 2008 |
so? |
Re: Kosovo Declares Independence From Serbia by ndelta1(m): 6:33pm On Feb 17, 2008 |
ISE, MAY NIGERIA DIVIDE FOR GOOD ISE, OOOOO |
Re: Kosovo Declares Independence From Serbia by slap1(m): 9:12am On Mar 19, 2010 |
I hope our turn will come soon. |
Re: Kosovo Declares Independence From Serbia by snowdrops(m): 9:21am On Mar 19, 2010 |
Kosovo the moderator should be jubilating |
Re: Kosovo Declares Independence From Serbia by chosen04(f): 9:25am On Mar 19, 2010 |
Freedom at last for KOSOVO. There will always be light as evil will be soon be short lived. |
Re: Kosovo Declares Independence From Serbia by SEFAGO(m): 9:29am On Mar 19, 2010 |
you guys are not going anywhere- just deal with it |
Re: Kosovo Declares Independence From Serbia by chosen04(f): 9:35am On Mar 19, 2010 |
SEFAGO: These guys are gone. Just deal with it |
Re: Kosovo Declares Independence From Serbia by kosovo(m): 9:39am On Mar 19, 2010 |
@snowdrops, you sure are funny. . . Thread Locked! |
Re: Kosovo Declares Independence From Serbia by chosen04(f): 9:48am On Mar 19, 2010 |
Thread re-opened! |
Re: Kosovo Declares Independence From Serbia by Nobody: 5:59pm On Mar 19, 2010 |
can someone post a map of the place no humor intended i think its a major hub for arms shipments/dealing though I could be wrong |
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