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Kosovo
Kosovo (or Kosovo Polje, the Field of Blackbirds) The site (in what is now
SERBIA) of a decisive battle (28 June 1389) when the troops of the Serbs were defeated by an
OTTOMAN force. Although the Serbs enjoyed early success and Sultan
MURAD I was killed before battle commenced, his son
BAYEZID I took command, and won the battle. Victory opened the way for Turkish invasion of central Europe. A second battle, between Hungarians and Turks took place nearby in 1448 at which
MURAD II defeated the Hungarians. The Kosovo area was settled by Muslim Albanians during Ottoman rule.
In 1945 the area became an autonomous region of Yugoslavia. In 1990 it declared independence, but in response Serbia removed its autonomous status. Conflict between Albanian separatists and Serbian troops continued until 1998 when Serbian forces succeeded in driving out and killing huge numbers of Albanians. This prompted NATO to launch airstrikes against Serbia in 1999 and Serbia agreed to a ceasefire and to allow refugees to return.
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Kosovo's First Prepaid Cards Answer Demand For Accessible Financial Services; IPKO and Raiffeisen Bank Launch Visa Branded Prepaid Cards with Partners Better Served Kosovo and RevEurope.
M2 Presswire; 10/28/2009; 700+ words
; ...PRESSWIRE-28 October 2009-RevEurope: Kosovo's First Prepaid Cards Answer Demand...Prepaid Cards with Partners Better Served Kosovo and RevEurope(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:28102009 PRISTINA, Kosovo, -- A unique partnership that brings...
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Kosovo's rebels reject peace talks, plan offensives.(World)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 6/18/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Yugoslavia - Ethnic Albanian political leaders in Kosovo rejected talks with Yugoslav President Slobodan...said Shefqet "Bulldozer" Krasniqi, a senior Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) officer on Kosovo's western border with Albania. In the latest...
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Kosovo: Calm Now, But Nervously Approaching Final Status
Magazine article from: The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...have passed since the 1998-99 war in Kosovo and NATO's intervention, which forced...Today, the atmosphere on the streets of Kosovo towns is noticeably less tense than it...milder feelings. During a recent visit to Kosovo, I learned from friends that they enjoy...
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Kosovo: Build New State on Rule of Law
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/15/2008; 700+ words
; ...following news release: (Brussels) - As Kosovo is poised to declare independence, the...seven-point human rights agenda for Kosovo issued today. The European Union-led...The 1999 military intervention in Kosovo was premised on protecting the human rights...
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Kosovo Serbs convene parliament.
News Wire article from: Aljazeera.net; 6/28/2008; 600 words
; 6/28/2008 3:52:20 PM Kosovo's Serb leaders have convened their own parliament, ignoring Kosovo's declaration of independence and defying...which they claim as their own despite the Kosovo Albanian majority's Western-backed secession...
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Kosovo set to ignite new Balkan war
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 7/8/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...series of attacks on Serb police targets in Kosovo last week has further increased the possibility...break-up of the former Yugoslavia, Kosovo has been seen as the most dangerous Balkan...wounded in the regions of Podujeva and Kosovo Mitrovica. They are presumed to be the...
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KOSOVO: ONLY 45 PERCENT PARTICIPATE IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION.
News Wire article from: Interpress Service; 11/23/2007; 700+ words
; ...elections in the breakaway Serbian province of Kosovo to confirm that ethnic Albanians firmly...independence promised by their leaders. Kosovo Albanians, however, appeared disillusioned...only 29 percent of survey respondents in Kosovo said they were satisfied with the work...
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Kosovo One Year After: Experts Assess the NATO Action and the Possible Way Forward
Magazine article from: The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs; 5/31/2000; ; 700+ words
; KOSOVO ONE YEAR AFTER: EXPERTS ASSESS THE NATO...air campaign, peace remains elusive in Kosovo. That, despite the expulsion of all Serb...which forced the Serbian withdrawal from Kosovo, the U.S. Institute of Peace invited...
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Kosovo waits. (war in the former Yugoslavia) (Editorial)
Magazine article from: The Nation; 1/25/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...the Albanians, who make up 90 percent of Kosovo's population. "Oh, don't give me...rich, the best houses and businesses in Kosovo belong to the Albanians. Here they are out of place. Kosovo is Serbia's pride." Brudar is not alone...
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Kosovo: Bush Should Press Thaci on Human Rights
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/18/2008; 686 words
; ...W. Bush should use his meeting with Kosovo's prime minister to press for improvements...meet Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu in Washington, DC, on Monday, July 21. "Kosovo sees the US as a good friend," said...
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Kosovo Crisis (1999)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Kosovo Crisis (1999). In spring 1999, a major crisis erupted over Kosovo, the southernmost province of the Federal Republic...protested, then formed a rebel terrorist group, the Kosovo Liberation Army, seeking independence. In early...
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Kosovo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Kosovo , Albanian Kosova, Serbian Kosovo i Metohija and Kosmet, officially Republic of Kosovo, republic (2002 est. pop. 1,900,000), 4,126 sq mi (10,686 sq km), SE Europe, a former province of Serbia that unilaterally declared...
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Kosovo Bombing
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
KOSOVO BOMBING KOSOVO BOMBING. In the aftermath of the Bosnian peace agreement, which the...l995 in Dayton Ohio, conflict in the Balkans soon spilled over into Kosovo, a province of Serbia. There, increasing Serbian repression directed...
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Kosovo, NATO Intervention
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
Kosovo, NATO Intervention █ JUDSON KNIGHT...Organization) action in the Yugoslav province of Kosovo in 1999, marked the first time the organization...It proved a success, restoring peace to Kosovo and helping to set in motion events that...
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Kosovo Field
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Kosovo Field kô´sôvô , Serbian Kosovo Polje [field of the black birds], WSW of Priština, Kosovo, site of a battle in which the Turks under Sultan Murad I defeated Serbia and its Bosnian, Montenegrin...
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