MAP: Kosovo's Road to Indepenence

Elation and Dread as Kosovo Declaration Nears
Article | PRISTINA, Serbia, Feb. 16 -- A new line of T-shirts here bears the words "Uncle, It's Over" and a portrait of Adem Jashari, a founder of the Kosovo Liberation Army. His killing by Serb forces in 1998, along with at least 50 other people, many of them his relatives, brought the little-known guerrilla...

Kosovo Gains Recognition By U.S., Some in Europe
Article | KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Kosovo, Feb. 19 -- The United States and the European Union's largest countries recognized the independence of Kosovo on Monday, a major boost for the fledgling state, which still faces intense opposition from Russia, Serbia and even some Western European countries over its...