31.   In Brussels, Belgium, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan was to attend a summit of European leaders on Wednesday to discuss the Balkan crisis.

32.   In Moscow, where the government often has been at odds with the West over the handling of Balkan crises, commentators were doubtful much was achieved.

33.   Kukan and Carl Bildt of Sweden are joint special envoys of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the Balkan crisis.

34.   Russian President Boris Yeltsin arrived at the summit to discuss the Balkan crisis and dispute criticism of his crackdown on the breakaway republic of Chechnya.

35.   Russia, he said, should act more decisively in settling the Balkan crisis and elsewhere.

36.   Stung by criticism that Europe acted too slowly to help in other Balkan crises, the European Commission will send its advance team to Kosovo in early July.

37.   The joint military force, which would be commanded alternately by NATO and Russian generals, would catapult Russia from the sidelines to the forefront of the Balkan crisis.

38.   The marchers displayed model doves and large banners condemning NATO involvement in the Balkan crisis.

39.   The United States, instead of trying to avoid getting involved in the Balkan crisis as they did before, decided to play a leading role from the beginning.

40.   U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott arrived in Moscow on Thursday for talks on the Balkan crisis with a Russian envoy and the Finnish president.