31.   Balkan leaders called Saturday for more regional cooperation and stability to pave the way for NATO and European Union expansion into southeastern Europe.

32.   Balkan leaders and European Union officials at a regional summit in Skopje last week jointly expressed fears of unrest spreading.

33.   Balkan leaders are gathering in this Turkish seaside resort to make a last-ditch effort to convince regional neighbor Yugoslavia to accept international demands on Kosovo and avert NATO airstrikes.

34.   Balkan leaders gathered in Antalya, a Turkish seaside resort, for a last minute effort to persuade Yugoslavia to accept international demands on Kosovo and avoid NATO airstrikes.

35.   Balkan leaders hope peace in the region will improve their chances for economic aid and integration into Western institutions such as NATO and the European Union.

36.   Balkan leaders in last minute pitch to Yugoslavia.

37.   Balkan leaders signed an agreement to limit weapons across the battlefields of former Yugoslavia in Florence, Italy, in June this year.

38.   Balkan leaders signed an agreement to limit weapons across the battlefields of former Yugoslavia in June.

39.   Bosnia sent a deputy foreign minister, but Croatia and Slovenia are not attending the first meeting of Balkan leaders since the breakup of Yugoslavia.

40.   But at a meeting of Balkan leaders in Rome this weekend, Milosevic promised that contacts would resume.