American diplomats furiously reject this suggestion, arguing that Kosovo's status must be settled now.

美国外交官气愤至极地回绝了这种提议，并主张科索沃的时局动态现在必须被安定下来。

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Hoping to win public support, he also asked the United Nations Decolonisation Committee, on July 13th, to list Puerto Rico as a non-self-governing territory whose status must be settled in 2000.

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Amazingly, the rating agencies somehow maintained their status, and their ability to move markets, after the dust settled.

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