21.   After nearly a week of negotiations on Kosovo, deep divisions persist between the Serbs and ethnic Albanians on almost all important issues, international mediators say.

22.   After nearly a week of intense negotiations on Kosovo, deep divisions persist between the Serbs and ethnic Albanians on almost all important issues, international mediators say.

23.   Although Croats and Muslims nominally are federation partners, tensions persist between them.

24.   Animosity persists between Muslims and Croats, who fought for a year over territories in central and southern Bosnia.

25.   But differences persisted between Moscow and Washington on how to police any peace deal.

26.   But tensions persisted between the men and forces loyal to both sides have clashed several times in recent months.

27.   Complex negotiations, even on something so necessary as food aid, reflect the mutual suspicion that persists between communist North Korea and capitalist South Korea.

28.   Differences persist between countries over the appointment of the deputy directors-general.

29.   Glaring gaps persisted between resolutions and implementation, OAU Secretary-General Salim Ahmed Salim said in a message from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

30.   Violence has persisted between independence-minded ethnic Albanians and Serbs in the region, particularly along a demilitarized zone that separates the province from the rest of Serbia.