http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/un-court-rules-kosovos-declaration-of-independence-legal/story-fn3dxity-1225895851085
UN court rules Kosovo's declaration of independence legal From: NewsCore July 23, 2010 12:35AM KOSOVO'S declaration of independence from Serbia "did not violate" international law, the United Nation's highest court has ruled. Kosovo, with its 2 million inhabitants - 90 per cent of them ethnic Albanians - unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in February 2008 after UN-brokered negotiations failed. The declaration came after a 1998-99 war between separatist Kosovo Albanians and Serbian forces, which ended when a NATO air campaign ousted the Serbs and established a UN protectorate. The conflict claimed several thousand lives, mostly of ethnic Albanians. Sixty-nine countries have recognized Kosovo as independent, including the United States and 22 of the 27 European Union nations.
