1.   But armed Albanian militants have used the protection of the zone to recruit, train and attack Serbian police officers.

2.   Georgievski said ethnic Albanian militants were, for the moment, useful allies in his effort to bring down the Macedonian government.

3.   He has insisted that the international peacekeeping force in Kosovo take responsibility for curbing the activities of the Albanian militants, and has advocated a political solution.

4.   In the absence of both the Serbian and NATO troops, Albanian militants have set up bases and attacked Serbian civilians as well as lightly armed Serbian policemen.

5.   Lucane marks the front line in a growing confrontation with Albanian militants who seized positions in the nearby hills last week.

6.   Recent killings of civilian Serbs in the border zone by Albanian militants have inflamed passions, leading to concerns at NATO about renewed fighting.

7.   Several Yugoslav policemen were killed this week in clashes with Albanian militants in the Presevo Valley in Serbia, just over the border from Kosovo.

8.   The NATO force is trying now to help the post-Milosevic democrats in Belgrade by harassing the Albanian militants.

9.   While they have been quick to condemn the Albanian militants, they say any use of force would only aggravate the problem.

10.   Zivojin Milic, shot six times in the head, was found last Wednesday on the outskirts of Pristina, apparently a victim of the ethnic Albanian militants.