1.   Ethnic Albanian negotiators left the Rambouillet peace talks with a promise to sign a deal offering the province substantial autonomy.

2.   Last year, in an effort to lessen separatist sentiments, the government finally granted the province autonomy and a larger share of the revenue from its resources.

3.   Milosevic has offered the province autonomy.

4.   President Abdurrahman Wahid has instead offered the staunchly Muslim province wide-ranging autonomy and the possibility of introducing Islamic sharia law.

5.   President Abdurrahman Wahid has instead offered the staunchly Muslim province wide-ranging autonomy and Islamic sharia law.

6.   Tanic said Milosevic wanted to deny the province autonomy granted under an earlier settlement.

7.   The peace plan proposed by the Contact Group grants the southern Serbian province wide autonomy.

8.   Wahid has said he is prepared to give the mainly Muslim province greater autonomy but not independence.

9.   Last year parliament also passed a law which grants the province greater autonomy and a much larger share of oil and gas revenues.