11.   It also helps Atlantans understand the contrast between an open, democratic America and the oppression of the countries refugees fled.

12.   It is, after all, Russia that the refugees are fleeing.

13.   Its economy barely functions and there are fears that it could abruptly collapse, sending millions of refugees fleeing south and perhaps sparking clashes across the DMZ.

14.   Meanwhile, the UN High Commission for Refugees is bracing for the possibility more Albanian refugees will flee into Bosnia.

15.   Mehmet Balci, a Rome-based spokesman for the political wing, said refugees were fleeing their home region because of brutal practices by the Turkish Army.

16.   On Monday, for example, Nicholson issued a statement criticizing Gore for attending a Beverly Hills fund-raiser while bombs were falling on Belgrade and refugees were fleeing Kosovo.

17.   On Sunday, refugees were still fleeing the region, pouring out along roads and tracks southward, on foot and on tractors, as shellfire reverberated behind them.

18.   Palestinians here put the figure at several hundred, but acknowledge that because many refugees have fled, no one can yet provide a precise figure.

19.   Palestinians put the Jenin figure at several hundred, but acknowledge that because many refugees have fled, no one can yet provide a precise figure.

20.   Refugees have been fleeing Kosovo since Serbia began its terror campaign against the local Albanian population last year.