Newest Nation Celebrates Independence ; Now Kosovo Must Fight for Recognition

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PRISTINA, Kosovo To the beat of drums and the blast of fireworks, jubilant ethnic Albanians in the Serbian province of Kosovo declared themselves the world's newest nation Sunday.

But the declaration of independence, which is backed by the United States and other Western powers, is likely to trigger an international diplomatic crisis over whether to recognize the new state.

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Newest Nation Celebrates Independence ; Now Kosovo Must Fight for Recognition

A decade after a bloody separatist war with Serbian forces that claimed 10,000 lives, lawmakers pronounced the territory the Republic of Kos...

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