. >> have we have reaction from the kosovo authorities? >> there has been a really positive reaction from the kosovo authorities. they welcome the new resolution. they want to have direct talks with serbia, but they only want to talk to serbia as a sovereign reaching independent state. they will not talk to serbia if the talks involve talks about future status. it seems like the two will not sit -- sit down at the negotiation table, supervised by brussels. they are eyeing the prize of membership in the european union. this will finally move forward. it seems this might be a turning point into one of europe's most intractable conflicts. people are now saying this perhaps marked the beginning of the end of the kosovo problem. >> a california federal judge has ruled the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the u.s. military is unconstitutional. the judge said the law violates free-speech and fundamental right. we will speak to our correspondent in l.a. welcome. tell us more about what has happened today. >> a u.s. federal court judge agreed w

serviette dropped its rejection kosovo's independence. our correspondent reports. >> four weeks it seemed a major diplomatic confrontation would take place at the un. serbia submitted a draft evelation rejecting kosovo's secession. but many refused to accept it, saying its own hopes would be jeopardized. after negotiations, belgrade agreed to change the text calling for dialogue with kosovo. >> the resolution welcomes the readiness of the european union to facilitate the process of dialogue between the parties, which would help to secure regional gains and improve the lives of the people on the

serviette dropped its rejection kosovo's independence. our correspondent reports. >> four weeks it seemed a major diplomatic confrontation would take place at the un. serbia submitted a draft evelation rejecting kosovo's secession. but many refused to accept it, saying its own hopes would be jeopardized. after negotiations, belgrade agreed to change the text calling for dialogue with kosovo. >> the resolution welcomes the readiness of the european union to facilitate the process of dialogue between the parties, which would help to secure regional gains and improve the lives of the people on the ground. >> the resolution was unanimously accepted. this is a hugely important moment since serbia has given up its diplomatic fight. belgrade says it will not recognize the secession but is prepared for direct talks with kosovo. the message from serbia is it will not allow this issue to obstruct its own eu hopes. but some say they feel betrayed. >> the original resolution was correct. we must not lose kosovo. >> but for the government, it is an at

a breakthrough in me cold relations between serbia and kosovo maybe a minute. serviette dropped its -- serbia. that opened the way for direct talks. >> four weeks it seemed a major diplomatic confrontation would take wake at the -- would take place at the un general assembly. the un and the 22 eu members refuse to accept it, telling belgrade its own eu hopes would be jeopardized. belgrade agreed to change the text to one calling for dialogue with kosovo. >> the resolution welcomes the readiness of the european union to facilitate the process of dialogue. which would help to secure regional gains, and improved the lives. >> the resolution was unanimously accepted. this is a hugely important moment since serbia has given up its fight for kosovo. belgrade says it will never recognize the secession, but is prepared to direct talks. the message from serbia is it will not allow the cosimo issue to obstruct its own hopes. -- not allow the kosovo issue to obstruct its own hopes. >> we must not lose kosovo. >> board for the government, if it is an attempt to move on --

this week serbia decided not to challenge kosovo as you know a lot of old declaration of independence at the united nations under pressure from european union belgrade finally agreed to withdraw its initial draft resolution which had called on the secession of kosovo to be denounced by consensus resolution was unanimously adopted by the un general assembly although belgrade does not recognize kosovo's independence as a legitimate to hold direct talks with kosovo as on all our resolve matters this concession followed a push from the e.u. making it clear that serbia's wish to join the union would be jeopardized if it failed to soften its kosovo stance political writer diana john strand this is serbia has serbia has caved into the e.u. . into the present text that i have seen and i have here is not really a compromise i would call it an unconditional surrender to the european union this was not a compromise because from what i've understood the european union did not. in exchange for this they gave nothing if you should and i would just be asking for more than a year as soon as you know

this week serbia decided not to challenge kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence at the united nations under pressure from the european union belgrade finally agreed to withdraw its initial draft resolution which had called on the secession of kosovo to be denounced a consensus resolution was unanimously adopted by the un general assembly although belgrade does not recognize kosovo's independence as legitimate and agreed to hold direct talks with costars on resolve matters this concession followed a push from the e.u. making it clear that serbia's wish to join the union would be jeopardized if it failed to soften its stance on kosovo political writer diana johnstone calls the un resolution and unconditional surrender by serbia to the independence. present text that i have seen and i have here is not really a compromise i would call it an unconditional surrender to the european union this is not a compromise because from what i understood the european union did not. think that if they gave nothing if you don't have. you. know really very much in the position of france. it's quit

this week serbia decided not to challenge kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence at the united nations. under pressure from the european union validated finally agreed to withdraw its initial draft resolution which called on the succession of the session of kosovo to be denounced by consensus resolution was unanimously adopted by the un general assembly although belgrade doesn't recognize kosovo's independence has away with it sure has the right to talk with a host of ours on all i don't resolve matters this concession followed a push from the e.u. making it clear that serbia is wish to join the union would be jeopardized if it failed to soften its stance on kosovo political writer diana johnston this is serbia has caved into the e.u. . the president takes that i have seen and i have here is not really a compromise i would call it an unconditional surrender to the european union this is not a compromise because from what i've understood the european union did not. in exchange for this they gave nothing as usual and they'll just be asking for more as they have been for years the

this week serbia decided not to challenge kosovo as unilateral declaration of independence at the united nations under pressure from the european union belgrade finally agreed to withdraw its initial draft resolution which had called on the secession of kosovo to be denounced a consensus resolution was unanimously adopted by the un general assembly though belgrade does not recognize kosovo's independence as a legitimate republic. of ours on resolve matters this concession followed a push from the e.u. making it clear about serbia's wish to join the union would be jeopardized if it failed to soften its stance on kosovo political writer diana johnston says serbia has caved in to the e.u. it's the present text that i have seen and i have here is not really a compromise i would call it an unconditional surrender to the european union this was not a compromise because from what i've understood the european union did not. in exchange for this they gave nothing as usual and they'll just be asking for more as they have been for many years serbia is now really very much in the position of france.

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independence as a legitimate problem if you hold it in direct talks with kosovo as on all unresolved matters this is a concession and followed a push from the e.u. making it clear that serbia is that wish to join the union would be jeopardized if it failed to soften its stance on a possible political writer diana johnstone calls the new un resolution an unconditional surrender by serbia to the e.u. . the present text that i have seen and i have here is not really a compromise i would call it an unconditional surrender to the european union this was not a compromise because from what i've understood the european union did not. in exchange for this they gave nothing as usual and they'll just be asking for more as they have been for many years serbia is now really very much in the position of france. it's not quite an occupied country voted through rounded and sort of occupied and any leader or policy party which would really openly take into consideration serbia's interests is condemned by the western media as nationalists look what they look at having to go is live to me it's a word t

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this week serbia decided not to challenge kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence and the united nations under pressure from the european union belgrade finally agreed to withdraw its initial draft resolution which had called on the secession of kosovo to be denounced a consensus resolution was unanimously adopted by the un general assembly although belgrade it does not recognize kosovo's independence as a legitimate integrated to her via direct talks with close of ours on all unresolved matters this concession followed a push from the e.u. making it clear that serbia's wish to join the union would be jeopardized if it failed to soften its stance on kosovo political writer diana johnstone calls the new un resolution unconditional surrender by serbia's to the. present text that i have seen and i have here is not really a compromise i would call it an unconditional surrender to the european union this was not a compromise because from what i've understood the european union did not in exchange for this they gave nothing as usual and they'll just be asking for more as they have been

claim to be defending the country has completely obliterated its electoral promises of fighting for kosovo and refusing to recognize it because the resolution as it reads right now is an implicit recognition of the session has alienated its strongest allies in the world from russia to china and brazil and other countries and has done all this to basically score points with the e.u. and the e.u. itself doesn't really recognize this and will continue to apply pressure and humiliate the country and it's at this point just a matter of time before the people realize that they've been completely robbed of their birthright and of their entire country and then it's who knows how they will react. a former u.s. soldier who had served in iraq has found himself at the center of a scandal after posting a controversial video on you tube sergeant dunson was discharged after planting grenades in the cars of iraqis at checkpoints filming the reaction of drivers as a prank but as our reports most iraqis saw nothing funny in his actions. point. which is perhaps why sergeant and his partner pass the time and

president clinton didn't hang tough over kosovo. made an early speech saying that the next confrontation would have to be with saddam hussein, that was in 1999. repeatedly said "we can't coexist with totalitarian ideologies or regimes." and lost his career and his reputation on it, largely. >> rose: tony blair has just published his much-anticipated memoir, it is called a journey: my political life." we talked about that, the book, and the controversy that surrounds him in a conversation earlier today at his office here in london. first of all, congratulations on the book. >> thank you. >> rose: what did you hope to accomplish? >> i think to open people's minds to a world view i have that that may be a little unfashionable in certain respects but it's still something i believe in. i wanted to make it accessible. i wanted to make it a good read. i wanted it to move at a certain pace but i also wanted it if not to persuade at least to open minds. >> rose: what was the challenge for you? >> apart from the ordinary challenges which is f

of a un resolution that called kosovo kosovo secession unacceptable european officials proclaimed it would be a useful compromise offer diana johnston however says it has a different how or us or other data johnston has a different name for it. present tax that i have seen and i have here is not really a compromise i would call it an unconditional surrender to the european union but this was not a compromise because from what i've understood the european union did not in exchange for this they gave nothing as usual and they'll just be asking for more as they have been for many years serbia is now really very much in the position of france underpaid it's not quite an occupied country but it's surrounded and it's sort of occupied and any leader or policy party which would really openly take into consideration serbia's interests is condemned by the western media as nationalists look what they heard look what happened to go it's live question it's which the united city use it or to get rid of milosevic but when he showed that he was still interested in his country's welfare he's known br

this week serbia decided not to challenge kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence and the united nations under pressure from the european union belgrade finally agreed to withdraw its initial draft resolution which had called on the secession of course a vote to be denounced a concession consensus resolution was unanimously adopted by the un general assembly although belgrade does not recognize kosovo's independence as a legitimate agreed to talk direct talks with a course of ours on all unresolved matters this concession followed a push from the e.u. making it clear that serbia's wish to join the union it would be jeopardized if it failed to soften its stance on kosovo political writer john starr calls it a new u.n. resolution and an unconditional surrender by syria to you. be present turk that i have seen and i have here is not really a compromise i would call it an unconditional surrender to the european union this is not a compromise because for my. and i've understood the european union did not. get in exchange for this they gave nothing as usual and i'll just be asking for

this week a serbia decided not to challenge kosovo's independence at the united nations belgrade had previously crafter the resolution which question the secession but softened it following pressure from the european union the section where belgrade called kosovo as you know that short declaration of independence unacceptable was removed from the document being modified version was you know on a screen by the un general assembly so does not recognize kosovo but the new resolution could pave the way. since the region actually declared independence in two thousand and eight he had urged her to withdraw its draft and focus instead on prospects for union membership political writer johnston says the new document suggests it's because he had to. present text that i have seen and i have here is not really a compromise i would call it an unconditional surrender to the european union this was not a compromise because from what i've understood the european union did not. in exchange for this they gave nothing as usual and they'll just be asking for more as they have been for many years serbia

and also another news today surveys are dropping challenge of the united nations to kosovo's independence the great has removed the section of a un resolution that called kosovo secession unacceptable the moves being seen as a way of boosting the balkan nations hopes of joining the he and to discard the implication was when i joined live by an abortion knowledge a columnist for antiwar dot com was in our washington studio is so mr maddox thank you very much for joining us there has revised its original resolution to have the government yielded to pressure from the. most in serbia to revise the resolution it was the e.u. there are solution was completely rewritten by brussels and all the key components of the original resolution which was a very strong to begin with were completely removed it wasn't so much a compromise as a capitulation as many other commentators have already termed it yes but what does it have asked stand to gain from from from that heat. in practice it stands to gain absolutely nothing it stands to lose everything. the resolution was changed so that the e.u. would be le

they say kosovo is unprepared for the influx. a stomach upset on a flight to the city -- he is well. the overnight stay with purely a precaution. he is 85. the man at the head of the main british opposition party, ed milliband, has said that it was wrong for tony blair to take the country into war with iraq. he distanced himself from many of the problems of tony blair and gordon brown. >> will he leave the labour back to power? he clearly believes he needs to make a clean break with his party's past. today, he did some of after he took on and beat his own big brother. david milliband lost and in part because his brother betrayed him as being a "blairite." be milliband 21 said that labour should not blame themselves for the -- who once said that labour should not blame themselves for the defeat. he blamed tony blair for invading iraq. >> we were wrong to take britain to war. we need to be honest about it. >> watching, stony faced, the leaders of the war, including brother david. he appears to answer angrily, "you voted for it. why

kosovo is unprepared to do with the influx. former president jimmy carter is retreating in hospital. he fell ill on a flight to ohio. he developed an upset stomach during a flight and has been resting comfortably. for nearly 18 years, yuri luzhkov has run at the russian capital. he and his wife had become some of the most powerful people in the country. today, he was sacked, apparently for losing the trust of the president. from moscow, steve rosenberg. >> he loves the limelight. and the power, the flamboyant yuri luzhkov who was moscow's mayor for 18 years. a decade ago he was so influential, he was even picked to become president. but today, yuri luzhkov is out of a job. she arrived at city hall this morning and discovered that president medvedev had sacked him. "i have lost confidence in yuri luzhkov as the mayor of moscow. loss of confidence is grounds for dismissal. this is the first time i have removed someone for this reason." relations between the russian president and the mayor have been strained for weeks. after a war

thousands who fled close of zero -- fled kosovo have been sent back since it declared its independence from serbia in 2008. many roma were going abroad and if you speak albanian -- few speak albanian. a british man who owned the company making the segway has died after apparently driving them one of a -- driving one of them off a cliff. jimi heselden bought the company earlier in 2007. it is a battery-powered scooter. it can travel up to 12 miles per hour. they have been trapped underground for nearly two months. their plight has attracted worldwide attention. the 33 chilean miners are said to be coping with their ordeal well. they're waiting for the rescue that could happen within the next month. they are being helped by a military adviser specializing in battlefield psychology. we report from the scene. >> day and night, the drilling continues. it is day 53. the men who have spent longer trapped underground than any other miners in history appeared rusty attempts at such depths are another world's first -- in history. rusty at times -- rescue attempts at such depths are another world

is dropping a challenge to kosovo's independence at the united nations both great is remove the section of a u.n. resolution that called a course of a succession unacceptable the e.u. serbia to withdraw its draft and focus instead on its prospects for e.u. membership a modified resolution is the result of a compromise forged by the twenty seven member e.u. and serbia because of a seceded from serbia two years ago after decades of conflict and is consistently missed for antiwar dot called the voice about its thinks that serbia has much to lose from the royal. in practice it stands to gain absolutely nothing it stands to lose everything. the resolution was changed so that the e.u. would be less angry with serbia but what brussels is still demanding is pretty much an unconditional surrender a full abdication of state sovereignty or any sort of independent foreign policy i think there will be a colossal backlash against the government among the people there will definitely be some some significant changes coming down the pike i believe so honestly because the current government by by doing

serbia is dropping a challenge to kosovo's independence that the united nations great has removed the section of a un resolution that called a course of a suspension an acceptable the e.u. urge serbia to withdraw its draft and focus instead on its prospects for e.u. membership modified resolution of the results of a compromise which is why the twenty seven member e.u. and serbia three of us to see to from serbia two years ago after decades of conflict in this war thought called the voice or thinks it has much to lose from the agreement to oil everything. in practice it stands to gain absolutely nothing it stands to lose everything. the resolution was changed so that the e.u. would be less angry with serbia but what brussels is still demanding is pretty much an unconditional surrender a full abdication of state sovereignty or any sort of independent foreign policy i think there will be a colossal backlash against the government among the people there will definitely be some some significant changes coming down the pike i believe so honestly because the current government by by doing th

of claim to be defending a country has completely obliterated its electoral promises of fighting for kosovo and refusing to recognize it because the resolution as it reads right now is an implicit recognition of the session has alienated its strongest allies in the world from russia to china and brazil and other countries and has done all this to basically score points with the e.u. and the e.u. itself doesn't really recognize this and will continue to apply pressure and humiliate the country and it's at this point just a matter of time before the people realize that they've been completely robbed of their birthright and of their entire country and then it's who knows how they will react. well this week a saw a miraculous escape for a plane as it crash landed in the middle of a forest in northwest russia and list again looking into how the pilots managed to touch down on an abandoned landing strip what really happened on board. the heroes of the tiger these are the men that managed to land a crippled jetliner in the middle of the forest and not injure a soul the passengers a frankfurt to be

of a un resolution that called kosovo's a session unacceptable european officials proclaim it to be a useful compromise author diana johnston though has a different point of view the present text that i have seen and i have here it's not really a compromise i would call it an unconditional surrender to the european union this was not a compromise because from what i've understood the european union did not. in exchange for this they gave nothing as usual and they'll just be asking for more as they have been for many years serbia is now really very much in the position of france. it's not quite an occupied country but it's surrounded and it's sort of occupied and any leader or policy party which would really openly take into consideration serbia's interests is condemned by the western media as nationalists look what they heard look what happened because live close to me it's a which the united city used to go to get rid of milosevic but when he showed that he was still interested in his country's welfare he's known brand as an extreme nationalist and sidelined. take a look now at som

of claim to be defending a country has completely obliterated its electoral promises of fighting for kosovo and refusing to recognize it because the resolution as it reads right now is an implicit recognition of the session has alienated its strongest allies in the world from russia to china and brazil and other countries and has done all this to basically score points with the e.u. and the e.u. itself doesn't really recognize this and will continue to apply pressure and humiliate the country and it's at this point just a matter of time before the people realize that they've been completely robbed of their birthright and of their entire country and then it's to knows how they will react now this week a saw a miraculous escape for a plane as it crash landed in the middle of a forest in the northwest of russia and investigation is looking into how the pilots managed to touch down on a burned landing strip and what really happened on board. the heroes of the tiger these are the men the managed to land a crippled jetliner in the middle of the forest and not injure a soul the passengers are than

serve me as dropping a challenge to kosovo's independence i think united nations belgrade has removed the section of a un resolution that called kosovo's the session unacceptable european officials proclaimed it to be a useful compromise offer down a johnston however has a different name for it. the present tax that i have seen and i have here is not really a compromise i would call it an unconditional surrender to the european union this was not a compromise because from what i've understood the european union did not in exchange for this they gave nothing as usual and i'll just be asking for more as they have been for many years serbia is now really very much in the position of france underpaid it's not quite an occupied country but it's surrounded and it's sort of occupied and any leader or policy party which would really openly take into consideration serbia's interest is condemned by the western media as nationalists look what they had a look what happened to go it's live question it's which the united city use had already get rid of milosevic but when he showed that he was still

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this week said they decided not to challenge kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence said the united nations under pressure from the european union belgrade finally agreed to withdraw its initial draft resolution which had called on the secession of course about to be denounced a consensus resolution was unanimously adopted by the un general assembly although belgrade does not recognize kosovo's independence as legitimate at all read the whole direct talks with course of ours on all and resolve matters and this concession followed a push from the e.u. making it clear that said there's wish to join the european union would be jeopardized if it fails to soften its stance on costs about president it's called right or diana johnston says serbia has caved in to the. present turks that i have seen and i have here is not really a compromise i would call it an unconditional surrender to the european union this was not a compromise because from what i've understood the european union did not. in exchange for this they gave nothing as usual and they'll just be asking for more as they ha

this week said they decided not to challenge kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence of the united nations following in terms of talks belgrade was during its initial draft resolution which has called for this is session of course a vote to be announced a compromise resolution was unanimously adopted by the un general assembly although the greatest still refuses to recognize course of those independence as illegitimate obligates rules to hold direct talks with casa bars are under sold matters and this concession followed pressure from the european union which made clear that said there is wish to join the growth the grouping would be jeopardized had failed to soften its stance on kosovo and political writer diana johnston said there has caved into the. present tax that i have seen and i have here is not really a compromise i would call it an unconditional surrender to the european union but this was not a compromise because from what i've understood the european union did not in exchange for this they gave nothing as usual and they'll just be asking for more as they have been for m

kosovo. but nothing like september 11th. in a way, his presidency and his years were years of economic prosperity, a certain amount of tranquility, actually. and you wonder how would he have been with september 11th? >> you raise that question in the book. you asked out loud. you wondered how he would have responded to the circumstances that george w. bush had to deal with. >> yeah. that's where i think it is really interesting reflection. he's somebody who is very different from president bush in the sense that he's in one way very much from the intellectual analysis school of politics. on the other hand, that would have been a decision where he would have had to gone this way or that. and i think he would have given good leadership. i believe. >> had you to make tough decisions too. >> i think the thing that is hardest about the world today is the decisions are very difficult, but they are quite binary. you go this way or that. there's not a lot of third-way in today's politics. i think the single most difficult thing afte

. >> rose: kosovo. >> exactly, kosovo. he was haunted by previous examples of people not going to rescue things, not going to sort things out and he thought that was... he wants to rewrite that. he wants also i think to rewrite this idea that there's something cringey and just about spin about new labour. a tiny bit like b.c., that it was all just clever p.r . >> rose: it had to be do with the balance of the state and private sector. >> he's begun to think about that. that's something which he i think coming into office he came to too late. >> rose: that brings me to this. radical britain, you say, the west's most daring government. >> i think it is. i think there's an interesting point. you could argue-- this is being somewhat provocative-- you could argue britain is more interesting than it has been... and this is a slight indictment of tony blair. more interesting in any other time since margaret thatcher because you now suddenly have a government doing massively radical things in the same way as margaret thatcher was d

. >> in 1999, germany's nato allies called for assistance during the kosovo war. for the first time in postwar history, german politicians sent the military into conflict as air force jets took part in a bombing mission. controversy has also surround the mission to afghanistan the defense minister at the me coined the phrase that has often been quoted since. >> the german army's arena of deployment as the whole world. >> afghanistan has been the biggest and most dangerous mission. germany's nato allies would like to see the country play an even bigger role. but under guttenberg's reforms, germany would have to limit the number of foreign deployments. >> we will ve to look very closely at what we need in the future and the flexibility needed for deployments and at the security situation of today and tomorrow. we have to under 52,000 soldiers, but the only deploy 7000 -- we have 252,000 soldiers, but can only deploys 7000. >> the u.s. army is entirely professional. by contrast, germany still has compulsory service. all physically fit young men may be called up to fu

. >> in 1999, germany's nato allies called for assistance during the kosovo war. for the first time in postwar history, german politicians sent the military into conflict as air force jets took part in a bombing mission. controversy has also surround the mission to afghanistan. the defense minister at the time coined the phrase that has often been quoted since. >> the german army's arena of deployment as the whole world. >> afghanistan has been the biggest and most dangerous mission. germany's nato allies would like to see the country play an even bigger role. but under guttenberg's reforms, germany would have to limit the number of foreign deployments. >> we will have to look very closely at what we need in the future and the flexibility needed for deployments and at the security situation of today and tomorrow. we have to under 52,000 soldiers, but the only deploy 7000 -- we have 252,000 soldiers, but can only deploys 7000. >> the u.s. army is entirely professional. by contrast, germany still has compulsory service. all physically fit young men may be called up

. >> warner: so now we get to the kosovo over whether he said the cuba economic model no longer worked and julia, you are fleupt in spanish as well as english obviously. did he really a that and what did you make of him trying to roll it back? >> well, yes he really said that. let it be stated here definitively, i was there, he said it and he said it definitively and unequivocally. his attempt to roll it back might take away from that and you picked it up in your story and he said although we are changing our model and it needs to change, that doesn't mean we're importing the american capitalist model. there's a long history in cuba of discussing publicly what models do and don't work. whether spanish imperial model, american neocolonial model, the soviet communist model. so god forbid they should change their model and import something else. that is cuban hybrid evolving. >> couric: so when you heard him say that, as a journalist did you just go bingo? >> well, of course, but you trairn... as you well know you train your face not to betray the kenned of. >> warner: the idea that you g

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