1.   After earlier imposing sanctions, Western powers are taking a hard look this week at the use of force to stop the crackdown.

2.   Ashdown added he begged Milosevic to stop the crackdown.

3.   It said powerful unions including subway, telecommunications, cargo and state mint workers would join the strikes unless the government stopped its crackdown.

4.   Moscow has voiced concern over previous NATO air maneuvers in June intended to put pressure on Serbia to stop its crackdown on ethnic Albanians.

5.   NATO launched an air war against Milosevic to stop his crackdown on ethnic Albanians.

6.   NATO-led peacekeepers moved into Kosovo after the alliance bombed Yugoslavia last year to force former President Slobodan Milosevic to stop a crackdown on ethnic Albanians.

7.   NATO is preparing plans to attack Serbia unless Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic accepts U.N. demands to stop the crackdown.

8.   NATO-led peacekeepers moved into Kosovo after the alliance bombed Yugoslavia to force former President Slobodan Milosevic to stop a crackdown on ethnic Albanians.

9.   On Monday, British Prime Minister Tony Blair urged strong action by the Security Council to stop the crackdown by Serb forces on ethnic Albanian separatists.

10.   Russia has voiced concern over previous NATO air maneuvers in the Balkans that were intended to pressure Serbia to stop its crackdown on ethnic Albanians.