21.   He said it was a mistake to think of what was unfolding in Kosovo as a normal refugee situation.

22.   He said there is not much enthusiasm at this time among regional leaders for an international conference on the refugee situation.

23.   Humanitarian groups said Wednesday that the Rwandan refugee situation is getting worse in Zaire and urged the United Nations to do more to promote long-term peace in Central Africa.

24.   In Pristina, Albanian leader Rugova met with a delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross to discuss the refugee situation.

25.   In response, the government said in a statement that it was confident of handling the refugee situation.

26.   Joergen Poulsen, the Red Cross general secretary, was detained for four hours Wednesday during a visit to Tuzla to investigate the refugee situation.

27.   Jospin said Tuesday he intended to travel to Albania and neighboring Macedonia at the end of this week to assess the refugee situation.

28.   The Foreign Office said Straw was following the refugee situation closely, but would not visit the area near the volcano because of rebel activity there.

29.   The mounting international outrage over the rebel handling of the refugee situation seemed to have prompted Kabila to deal directly with the matter.

30.   The refugee situation continues to worsen.