Archive for August, 2007
Kosovo: Partition Becomes an Option
Monday, August 13th, 2007Representatives from Russia, EU and the United States 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 […]
Who owns the North Pole?
Friday, August 10th, 2007Russia’s symbolic claim to Arctic mineral wealth must be decided by a UN commission, and then only if experts determine the area is an extension of the Siberian continental shelf, Russian experts said on Thursday. One week after Russian explorers used a submersible vehicle to place their country’s flag on the […]
