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Serbia told to brace for Kosovo secession


    BELGRADE (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica went on national television on Thursday to tell Serbia to brace for the imminent secession of Kosovo province, which their government would never accept.

    The coalition had adopted a document to annul in advance"an event which will become reality in a few days, aboutillegal violence and an act of declaring independence ofKosovo", Kostunica said.

    His statement was an acknowledgement that Serbia cannot nowprevent Kosovo's Albanian majority from proclaimingindependence on Sunday, with the promis of Western recognition.

    (Writing by Douglas Hamilton)