1.   Relations between the Thai and Myanman armies were especially close and reportedly extended to co-operation in business dealings and in the suppression of ethnic insurgency along their common border.

2.   But the ethnic Albanian insurgency that emerged last year in a small strip of Serbian territory neighboring Kosovo changed the equation.

3.   He already has accomplished his aim of striking a serious blow to the ethnic Albanian insurgency in Kosovo.

4.   In February it overran the headquarters of another large ethnic insurgency, the Karen, forcing thousands into Thailand.

5.   It continues a seemingly endless battle against ethnic insurgencies and is so nervous about dissent that it has kept most universities closed for years.

6.   It appears to have quieted the ethnic insurgencies that have challenged the central government for years.

7.   The Burmese junta once faced a dozen ethnic insurgencies along its borders.

8.   The camps have been swelled by refugees from fighting between the Burmese military and a welter of ethnic separatist insurgencies.

9.   An ethnic Albanian insurgency had threatened to explode into civil war.

10.   Any political agreement was expected to result in an end to the ethnic Albanian insurgency.