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...forces out of the province in 1999. U.N. administrators and an estimated 16,000 peacekeepers in Kosovo fear a repeat of the violent riots of March 2004 aimed at minority Serbs and Roma. Kosovar Prime Minister Agim Ceku has warned that the region may declare independence unilaterally if the deadlock persists. "I don't expect any major unrest this summer", says Agron Bajrami, editor of Koha Ditore, a Pristina daily. But if there is no movement before expected elections this fall, "even the mainstream parties will be tempted to adopt extreme strategies." Then there could be more than just fireworks...
...proposed resolution to put before the Security Council three times, but have yet to satisfy Russian objections. Neither a meeting of the G8 group of industrialized nations in Germany last month nor the recent summit between the U.S. and Russian Presidents in Kennebunkport, Maine succeeded in breaking the deadlock. Diplomats now believe that if the resolution were brought to the Security Council for a vote, Russia would veto it. The Russian foreign affairs minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters this weekend that a solution must not be imposed by the U.N. but emerge from an agreement between Serbia and the Kosovar...
...fate of the General Education requirement rests in the ability of Harris’ standing committee to overcome the certitude and deadlock of the past four years. They will be faced with proposals by Faculty members for courses that do not fit the guise of the General Education philosophy. They must have the academic and political acumen...
...Security Council to appoint an international tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005. Though Syria has denied any involvement in Hariri's death, many believe it was behind the killing. "The pro-Syrian opposition [in Lebanon] has reached a complete political deadlock and the international tribunal is about to be passed by the United Nations. That's the reason why we are seeing this violence," Marwan Hamade, Lebanese Minister of Telecommunications and a leading anti-Syrian politician, told TIME...
...moves by members of the United Nations Security Council to appoint an international tribunal to try suspects in the 2005 assassination of Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. Though Syria has denied any involvement, many believe it was behind the killing. "The pro-Syrian opposition has reached a complete political deadlock and the international tribunal is about to be passed by the United Nations. That's the reason why we are seeing this violence," Marwan Hamade, Lebanese minister of telecoms and a leading anti-Syrian politician told TIME...