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Washington Post / December 18, 2000
Kosovo Still Seethes as U.N. Official Nears Exit
"We need the Americans," Kouchner said....Those who think that Kosovo's residents will be adequately protected by the arrival of democracy in Belgrade after Kostunica's victory are naive, Kouchner said. "I'm sorry, that's not the way it works," he said, calling such notions disturbingly "colonial." Ethnic Albanians in Kosovo demand independence, and their bitterness over the war remains so great that any of their leaders who try to talk with Kostunica's government would risk being killed by extremists, he said. "Intolerance is a . . .political fact," not easily or quickly remedied, he said.

CNN / November 4, 2000
Kosovo leader 'urges independence'
"Belgrade should no longer be asked about independence. After this awful war, the intervention and the presence of NATO in Kosovo, Belgrade should not have anything to say," Rugova told Focus. "We have talked and negotiated for too long." ...

CNN / November 4, 2000
Kosovo leader 'urges independence'
"Belgrade should no longer be asked about independence. After this awful war, the intervention and the presence of NATO in Kosovo, Belgrade should not have anything to say," Rugova told Focus. "We have talked and negotiated for too long." ...

Los Angeles Times / November 1, 2000
Serbia Has Lost Kosovo, Albanian Leader Tells Belgrade
Another Serbian journalist asked when she could feel safe walking the streets of Pristina, Kosovo's capital.
"When Belgrade acknowledges our freedom," Demaci replied.

Gardian / October 31, 2000
Kosovans pick mainstream moderate
Mr Rugova: "We will continue protection of minorities, which should be integrated into Kosovo institutions. But it is important to remember that this election had both a local and national context - which is independence for Kosovo."

New York Times / October 29, 2000
Is Serbia's Victory Kosovo's Loss?
...Veton Surroi, an Albanian moderate and newspaper publisher, once said that Kosovar Albanians wouldn't be governed from Belgrade even if the Serbs elected Mother Teresa to replace Mr. Milosevic, an echo of quip by Richard Holbrooke, United States ambassador to the United Nations.The Albanians would want independence "even if Thomas Jefferson were running Serbia," said Mr.Holbrooke.

CNN / October 9, 2000
Kosovo wary of Kostunica
Kostunica has called for a new relationship with Kosovars and hinted he is ready to talk about autonomy, but the Kosovar political leaders have their own agenda.
"No, never autonomy. I don't even use the term anymore," the leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo, Ibrahim Rugova told CNN, indicating the people of Kosovo want to go much further. "No more new arrangements, just independence." ...

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