81.   Ethnic Albanian leaders in the southern Serbian province have refused to attend talks with Serb officials in Pristina, saying they want foreign mediators present at any such talks.

82.   Ethnic Albanian sources still in the Serbian province alleged that paramilitary gangs were killing, kidnapping, and looting in door-to-door raids.

83.   Ethnic Albanian negotiators in Kosovo on Wednesday postponed an upcoming meeting with Serb government delegation, as both sides reported new incidents in the volatile Serbian province.

84.   Ethnic Albanian secessionists have been battling Yugoslav troops in the southern Serbian province.

85.   Fighters continue using Kosovo as safe haven, despite stepped-up efforts by NATO-led peacekeepers in the ethnic Albanian-majority Serbian province to interdict them.

86.   Five missiles hit a village in southern Kosovo Wednesday despite claims NATO had virtually stopped its bombing campaign in the embattled southern Serbian province.

87.   Foreign powers have called for greater Kosovo autonomy, but oppose independence of the troubled Serbian province.

88.   Foreign powers have called for greater Kosovo autonomy, but also oppose independence of the troubled Serbian province.

89.   Former U.S. Senator Bob Dole was optimistic the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army may sign a peace agreement for the embattled Serbian province this weekend.

90.   Furthermore, the Senate is planning to take up legislation Monday that could block funds for any U.S. military involvement in the Serbian province without prior congressional approval.