71.   Air Commodore David Wilby, briefing reporters at NATO headquarters, said Agani, a close adviser to ethnic Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova, was executed Sunday.

72.   Agani is a close aide to Ibrahim Rugova, the ethnic Albanian leader advocating a peaceful struggle for independence.

73.   All ethnic Albanian leaders say their ultimate goal is independence.

74.   Ambassadors in Belgrade from five countries of the so-called Contact Group left for Kosovo Friday for talks with local authorities and ethnic Albanian leaders.

75.   American and other international officials have urged the ethnic Albanian leaders to publicly renounce their agreement with the militants, but they have refused to do so.

76.   Although obviously seeking independence, ethnic Albanian leaders recently hinted that they may compromise, pledging to accept international mediation.

77.   Ambassadors in Belgrade from five countries of the so-called Contact Group left for Kosovo for talks with local authorities and ethnic Albanian leaders.

78.   An adviser to the president, Zoe Petre, said Constantinescu and ethnic Hungarian leaders had reached an agreement but gave no further details.

79.   Although their leaders want Serbs to live in their own state, many in Serbia still revere the ethnic Croat leader who advocated a united, multi-ethnic country.

80.   Also includes coverage of the return of ethnic Albanian leaders from the failed peace talks in Paris.