PRISTINA, Serbia (Reuters) - Kosovo said on Monday it would immediately start talks with its Western backers on a declaration of independence from Serbia, which would come "much earlier than May".
Leaders of Kosovo's 2 million ethnic Albanians made the announcement as a Dec. 10 deadline for a negotiated deal on the fate of the breakaway province passed without result.
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