1.   Taulant, a young ethnic Albanian working in Skopje, said he had spoken to his cousin in Djakovica by telephone at midday on Friday.

2.   All five were ethnic Chechens working for the news agencies, which also included WTN television.

3.   An ethnic Albanian working for an international aid agency in Kosovo died and three other people were injured Wednesday, when their vehicle hit a landmine, officials said.

4.   In Sarajevo, the Serb decision to choke land transports of aid followed the arrest an ethnic Serb working with the U.N aid agency.

5.   Serbs had blocked the roads after an ethnic Serb working for UNHCR was detained by the Bosnian government on suspicion of spying.

6.   Serbs have blocked roads to the airport since an ethnic Serb working for UNHCR was detained by the Bosnian government on suspicion of spying.

7.   Serbs said they would allow no aid into the city after an ethnic Serb working with the U.N. aid agency was arrested by the Bosnian government.

8.   The Kosovo Liberation Army first surfaced last year, claiming it was behind individual killings of eight Serbs and an ethnic Albanian working for Serbian police.