1.   In Brussels, NATO officials Sunday dismissed Yugoslav assertions that escalating allied airstrikes have prevented Serb troops from withdrawing from Kosovo.

2.   The expansion of the allied airstrikes announced Saturday marked a new phase in the four-day-old campaign against the Yugoslav military.

3.   The president said the assaults on the Kosovars were planned for months before the allied airstrikes began.

4.   Allied airstrikes intensified Thursday as the United States rushed reinforcements to try to wipe out al-Qaida forces battling in the eastern Afghan mountains.

5.   Allied airstrikes appeared imminent.

6.   But Gen. Bernard Janvier, the U.N. commander, appeared to rule out any immediate use of allied airstrikes to defend the enclave.

7.   Fischer reiterated there was no alternative but to push ahead with allied airstrikes to prevent worse from happening.

8.   He came here from marathon talks with Milosevic in Belgrade amid indications a breakthrough was near in talks about ending the violence in Kosovo and thus avert allied airstrikes.

9.   Holbrooke came here from marathon talks with Milosevic amid indications a breakthrough was near in talks about ending the violence in Kosovo and thus avert allied airstrikes.

10.   Holbrooke is trying to end a Serb crackdown on ethnic Albanians Kosovo and avert allied airstrikes.