11.   On Friday, President Clinton will join other heads of state at a far larger conference in Sarajevo to plan the political and economic rehabilitation of the Balkan region.

12.   She delivered during a weekend visit to the Balkan region.

13.   Soptic, of Roeland Park, Kan., said Croatian Relief held five fund-raisers each year and two drives to collect goods to assist refugees in the Balkan region.

14.   The danger is becoming real that the Yugoslav tragedy could engulf the entire Balkan region and even all of Europe.

15.   The remarks were the strongest he has used to date in commenting about the U.S. role in the crisis that has enveloped the Balkan region of southeastern Europe.

16.   The removal of Slobodan Milosevic in Serbia has opened new opportunities for peace in a Balkan region, but also created a fluid situation where treacherous problems abound.

17.   With such a state at its heart, the Balkan region would have little hope of achieving stability or peace.

18.   A key ally to Kostunica, Zoran Djindjic, told the independent Beta news agency that the crisis threatens the entire Balkan region.

19.   A number of political leaders from the former Yugoslavia have come to the annual conference to discuss the reconstruction of the Balkan region after years of fighting.

20.   All five Balkan countries are anxious that fighting should not spread in the Yugoslav province and spill beyond its borders into the Balkan region.