New Kosovan parliament to convene for first time, elect president

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Pristina, Rabi Al-Awwal 17, 1432 H/Feb 20, 2011, SPA -- The new Kosovo parliament is due to meet Monday for the first time since December elections and is expected to immediately elect the country's president. The caretaker Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, 42, and his Democratic Party (PDK) on Saturday reached an agreement with the head of the New Kosovo Coalition (AKR), Behgjet Pacolli, on a majority coalition. The deal includes representatives of minority Serb representatives and secures 65 out of the 120 votes in the legislature. In Kosovo ethnic Albanians make up a 90-per-cent majority. The vote for Pacolli is a greater challenge for the new coalition than the confirmation of the new cabinet, according to dpa. The December elections were called early after former president Fatmir Sejdiu resigned because of a row between his Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and PDK. The LDK is now leading the opposition. --SPA 19:43 LOCAL TIME 16:43 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/866331

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