Kosovo to Declare Independence, Have Hot PM

Kosovo was this little place in Eastern Europe where there was some war thing we got involved in, like, a decade ago. In any case, not that much has changed politically there because no one but the Serbs and the Kosovians really cared about anything but no more fighting. But, in that decade, the Kosovians managed to get a couple key backers for their peaceful break from Serbia -- the U.S. and Germany. Both nations r eportedly plan to back Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia when they make it after the Serbian elections in February. And, um, also, this guy will be their peacefully elected prime minister. His name is Hashim Thaci and there's about to be a new entrant in the race to see who the hottest head of state is in 2008. [ International Herald Tribune ]