double standards of western countries over their right to independence causes problems so certain schanberg says the two republics of more of a right to their own sovereignty than kosovo. the word of. the president confirms a people's right to determine their own identity at the same time giving our arguments more weight on the other hand it's all politicized and we can't be sure that if we went to the hague we would get a similar ruling we probably wouldn't in spite of the fact that we have more historical legal and moral grounds to demand independence than cost of a double standards do exist it's not a secret to anyone in any case people who object to our independence will now find it difficult to openly claim that we don't have the right to determine our own standing. this is our take plenty more ahead this hour cable for grass find out why hundreds of protesters have been banned from parliament square in the u.k. . first at least five suspected militants have been killed and four wounded after a u.s. drone attack in northwest pakistan it follows saturday's attack on a militant compound