Condolences to Kosovo, upon the death of Ibrahim Rugova. I had the chance to interview the Sorbonne educated Shakespeare scholar many years ago when Kosovo was still under Serb occupation and a very grim place and Rugova was leading a nonviolent movement to seek the province's independence. That movement was over time sidelined by those who believed that armed resistance was the only way to get the international community's attention. But Rugova experienced a political resurgence in the wake of the 1999 Kosovo war, and was elected Kosovo's first president in 2002. UN-led negotiations on Kosovo's future status, due to start Sunday, have been put on hold.

Posted by Laura at January 21, 2006 11:07 AM