11.   Shiite Iran has traditionally wielded considerable influence in western Afghanistan, where a large Shiite minority lives.

12.   The minority Kukis live in some of those areas.

13.   Greek government spokesman Dimitris Reppas said Friday that his country intended to supply urgent humanitarian aid to regions in southern Albania, where a large Greek minority lives.

14.   A large Italian minority living across the border on the Istria peninsula, where they settled after the war, are claiming the restitution of confiscated property.

15.   Authorities said earlier that the bombs, which exploded in the border region of Burgenland where a substantial Croat minority lives, were similar in construction.

16.   Long-standing bilateral ethnic and territorial disputes over southern Albania, where a large Greek minority lives, have been heightened since the collapse of communism in Albania.