February, 2008

• 14 February

  Kosovo to declare independence, backed by the West

  PRISTINA, Serbia – The last time Kosovo declared independence in 1990 it went unrecognized and ignored. When it splits from Serbia this weekend, it will have the support of the West, which sees no way back.

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• 14 February

  FACTBOX: Main challenges for Kosovo’s nascent economy

  Serbia’s breakaway Kosovo province is preparing to declare independence this weekend after eight years under United Nations stewardship. Here is a look at the main economic challenges facing the new state.

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• 14 February

  Putin comments in annual Q&A session

  MOSCOW – Following are highlights of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s comments in an annual question and answer session on Thursday.

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• 14 February

  Despite obstacles, Kosovo says the only way is up

  PRISTINA, Serbia – After a decade struggling to prove it deserves independence, Kosovo’s hardest task is still ahead: proving it can afford it.

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• 14 February

  Showdown looms for Musharraf after Pakistan votes

  ISLAMABAD – Pakistanis vote in an election on Monday that could bring about the downfall of President Pervez Musharraf if it returns a hostile parliament with a prime minister who wants to be his own man.

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• 14 February

  Posters loom large in dour Pakistani poll campaign

  LAHORE – Security fears may have kept Pakistani politicians off the streets, but their faces can be seen every way one turns in the city of Lahore.

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• 14 February

  TIMELINE: Events in Lebanon since Hariri’s killing

  Here is a chronology of some of the main events in Lebanon since former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri was killed on February 14, 2005, along with 22 others.

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• 14 February

  Lebanon crisis simmers 3 years after Hariri death

  BEIRUT – Three years after Rafik al-Hariri’s assassination, the crisis unleashed by his death opens ever deeper rifts in Lebanon and threatens the state and society the leader tried to rebuild after the civil war.

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• 14 February

  Turkmen leader declares amnesty after year in power

  ASHGABAT – Turkmen President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov pardoned more than a thousand prisoners on Thursday — the first anniversary of his rule in the gas-producing Caspian nation.

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• 14 February

  Russian anti-graft prosecutor killed by hitman

  MOSCOW – The prosecutor of Russia’s Volga region of Saratov was killed overnight and police believe his murder could be linked to his anti-corruption drive, Russian media reported on Thursday.

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