<http://www.nytimes.com/> <http://www.nytimes.com/> The New York Times <http://www.nytimes.com/>
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/ads/spacer.gif <http://www.nytimes.com/adx/bin/adx_click.html?type=goto&page=www.nytimes.com/printer-friendly&pos=Position1&camp=foxsearch2007-emailtools02d-nyt5-511278&ad=SUN_88x31_NP8.8.7.gif&goto=http://www.foxsearchlight.com/sunshine> _____ August 13, 2007 In Talks on Kosovo, Partition Becomes an Option By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PRISTINA, Kosovo <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/serbia/kosovo/index.html?inline=nyt-geo> , Aug. 12 (Reuters) — Representatives from the United States, European Union <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/e/european_union/index.html?inline=nyt-org> and Russia who are leading new talks on Kosovo said Sunday that partition of the breakaway territory, once taboo, could be an option if Serbs and Albanians agreed to it. Western policy on Kosovo previously ruled out partition because it could set off regional conflict. Any division would be likely to leave the northern slice, where about half of Kosovo’s 100,000 Serbs live, as part of Serbia. Discussing the talks in a news conference, the European Union’s envoy, Wolfgang Ischinger, said: “It is the principle of the troika to be prepared to endorse any agreement which both parties manage to achieve. That includes all options.” http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/13/world/europe/13kosovo.html?ex=1344657600&en=2bca2862009c7378&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
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