11.   They will begin returning as the Balkan winter approaches.

12.   Because Balkan winters can come early and hard, work to winterize the refugee camps ought to begin in about a month, Atwood said.

13.   Bosnian Serbs, backed by rebel Muslims and Croatian Serbs, want to regain the land before the severe Balkan winter makes offensives difficult.

14.   Despite the failure of countless previous truces, the current agreement comes at during the bleak Balkan winter and as both sides are apparently weary of fighting.

15.   Despite the failure of countless previous truces, the current agreement comes during the bleak Balkan winter and as both sides are apparently weary of fighting.

16.   For now, Enveri and others in Sipkovica keep busy chopping wood and preparing for another harsh Balkan winter.

17.   In race against Balkan winter, donors raise funds to rebuild Kosovo housing.

18.   Many of the displaced are struggling to survive in the open as the harsh Balkan winter approaches.

19.   Now they are new statistics in the latest wave of refugees needing help from international aid agencies as the Balkan winter approaches.

20.   The blockage in Macedonia had jeopardized U.N. efforts to rush in supplies to rebuild destroyed or damaged houses before the onset of the harsh Balkan winter.