21.   U.S. diplomats have expressed concerns about the tests.

22.   Western diplomats have expressed grave worries about the influx of refugees into Albania and Macedonia, two very fragile democracies that risk being destabilized.

23.   Western diplomats also expressed fear that bombing would only strengthen Milosevic, who traditionally has used Western threats to rally nationalist fervor.

24.   Western diplomats expressed concern and dismay at the extent of the reported fraud, which they said could dissuade donor governments from contributing to the country.

25.   A German diplomat expressed skepticism Thursday over reports that two Germans were aboard a plane that crashed mysteriously in western Uganda and that one of them died.

26.   A Ukrainian diplomat expressed hope Friday that a dispute with Romania over access to potential oil and gas deposits beneath the Black Sea can be resolved by late spring.

27.   And although the American diplomat expressed cautious optimism, a key stumbling block remained.

28.   And although the U.S. diplomat expressed cautious optimism, a key stumbling block remained.

29.   Bangkok-based foreign diplomats have also expressed their concern over the issue.

30.   British diplomats have privately expressed concern over brutal police action against demonstrators protesting economic policies in December and January.