11.   Snow also hit Salt Lake City, while rain fell -- and some snow -- stretched from western Washington south into northwestern California.

12.   The deal takes some pressure off NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo, particularly the American troops involved in trying to stop the movement of fighters and supplies south into Macedonia.

13.   Unconfirmed reports told of an Albanian army general being taken hostage in in Gjirokaster, an inland town that lies on the main road south into Greece.