21.   Macedonian leaders bitterly protested that the insurgents were getting armed support from ethnic Albanian-dominated Kosovo, a neighboring NATO-controlled Serbian province.

22.   Municipal leaders protest that in his whirlwind tours to their communities to bolster their civil defense systems, Fujimori tramples over local authorities with his autocratic leadership style.

23.   Opposition leaders protested Wednesday a scheduled visit by U.S. troops that would take place just months before the South American country holds general elections.

24.   Reform, Conservative leaders protest Israeli conversion bill.

25.   Rebel Serb leader Milan Martic protested to the U.N. Security Council that Croatia was mistreating Serb prisoners and discriminating against the Serb population in government-controlled areas.

26.   Religious leaders protested that their sanctuaries were violated by police.

27.   Roman Catholic Church leaders protested the slaying of an Irish priest in central Kenya, claiming Saturday the death was related to a dispute with local officials.

28.   Serb leaders protested that the arrests violated the peace accord, which stipulates that those who stray into hostile territory should be turned back rather than arrested.

29.   Roman Catholic Church leaders protested the slaying of an Irish priest in central Kenya, claiming Saturday that the death was related to a dispute with local officials.

30.   Serb leaders protested the arrest, saying Lapcevic was not on a list of persons exempt from the law.