11.   Macedonia has also struggled to contain a restive ethnic Albanian minority that has been pushing for a wider political role.

12.   Macedonia, with a large ethnic Albanian minority, is worried that a huge influx of ethnic Albanians will destabilize its own delicate politics.

13.   Neighboring Albania is sympathetic to the separatist struggle in Kosovo, as is a restive ethnic Albanian minority in Macedonia.

14.   Now this shift in demographics could give more weight to those in the Albanian minority who want greater autonomy.

15.   Now members of the Albanian minority in Kosovo are all the more frightened.

16.   Now, there is mounting concern that guns will be smuggled to Albanian minority groups in those countries.

17.   Rebels sacked border posts along the Macedonian border, a neighbor that has tense relations with its Albanian minority.

18.   That change meets the demands of ethnic Albanians, a third of the population, and of rebels seeking greater rights for the Albanian minority.

19.   The Albanian minority has long sought such rights as to make Albanian an official language and let Albanians join the civil service in significant numbers.

20.   The Slav majority in Macedonia has frequently come into conflict with the ethnic Albanian minority, which makes up about one-third of the population.