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An old Kosovar Albanian man, wearing a traditional hat, waves with an American flag in front of a mosque while celebrating the independence of Kosovo in the Albanian side of the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008. Kosovo's predominantly ethnic Albanian leadership proclaimed independence from Serbia Sunday with Western backing. Serbia has had no formal control over Kosovo, whose two-million population is 90 percent Albanian, since NATO bombing drove out Serb forces in 1999 to halt their killing and ethnic cleansing in a two-year war against separatist rebels. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
Kosovo
An old Kosovar Albanian man, wearing a traditional hat, waves with an American flag in front of a mosque while celebrating the independence of Kosovo in the Albanian side of the ethnically divided town of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008. Kosovo's predominantly ethnic Albanian leadership proclaimed independence from Serbia Sunday with Western backing. Serbia has had no formal control over Kosovo, whose two-million population is 90 percent Albanian, since NATO bombing drove out Serb forces in 1999 to halt their killing and ethnic cleansing in a two-year war against separatist rebels. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
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After the approval from its Parliament the Serbian State Kosovo declared independence on 17.02.2008.
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US ambassador to Kosovo Tina Kaidanov, center, talks to the media after meeting Kosovo's president Fatmir Sejdiu, right and prime minister Hashim Thaci in Pristina, Kosovo, Monday, Feb. 18, 2008. President George W. Bush hailed Kosovo's historic bid for statehood and the U.S. government extended formal recognition to it as "a sovereign and independent state." (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
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People celebrate Kosovo's declaration of independence, as they gather near a sculpture spelling out, "Newborn", in Kosovo's capital Pristina, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008. Kosovo's parliament declared the disputed territory a nation on Sunday, mounting a historic bid to become an "independent and sovereign state" backed by the U.S. and key European allies but bitterly contested by Serbia and Russia. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
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On Saturday 23 Feb there was a protest outside the US consulate in Toronto against the independence declaration by Kosovo. Thousands of people rallied in a peaceful but passionate demonstration against Kosovo leaving Serbia.
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Kosovo will celebrate the first anniversary of its Declaration of
Independence on Tuesday, February 17, 2009.
(C) Photograph copyright 2009 Ivan Safyan Abrams. All rights reserved.
