11.   An international organization is returning to Yugoslavia for the first time in six years as part of diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in separatist Kosovo province.

12.   American diplomats and Serb officials conferred behind closed doors on ways to set up talks between the Yugoslav government and Kosovo rebels on the future of separatist Kosovo province.

13.   American diplomats tried their best Tuesday to persuade ethnic Albanian officials to meet their Serb counterparts for talks on the future of the separatist Kosovo province.

14.   Backed by heavy artillery, Serb forces launched a fierce attack Wednesday against a major ethnic Albanian stronghold in separatist Kosovo province, trapping thousands of civilians and militants.

15.   But there was scant evidence of peace in the heart of the separatist province on Wednesday.

16.   China, which considers Taiwan a separatist province has blocked the measure each time.

17.   Despite the announced start of the police operation, there was no move to withdraw the army from the separatist province.

18.   Elsewhere in separatist Kosovo province, secessionists advanced on a town in what ethnic Albanian sources described as their largest offensive in almost five months of combat.

19.   Envoy Christopher Hill pursued Monday an American diplomatic initiative to set up talks between the Serbian government and ethnic Albanian officials on the future of separatist Kosovo province.

20.   Ethnic Albanians continued streaming out of the separatist province into Albania, telling of roundups, forced expulsions, kidnappings and other allegations of brutal treatment by the Serbs.