21.   A top ethnic Albanian politician demanded international action to stop fighting in Kosovo Friday and warned violence could spill into neighboring regions.

22.   Albanian politicians also objected and called for the government to respond more actively to such threats.

23.   Albanian politicians called on the United States and the European Union to intervene with the Yugoslav government to halt the offensive.

24.   Although ethnic Albanian politicians serve in the Macedonian government, the rebels dismissed them as part of a power structure that has ignored the poor.

25.   Although the rebels have not yet responded, ethnic Albanian politicians have objected to the declaration, demanding stronger legislative guarantees that the militants would not be prosecuted.

26.   An ethnic Albanian politician, Bajram Kosumi, in turn accused the Serbian authorities of forcing an armed solution to the dispute.

27.   An Albanian politician said the fighting in Kosovo, with reports of Serb forces leveling villages, was preventing people from traveling to the border.

28.   An influential Albanian politician in Kosovo is pushing for the troubled province to become an equal member of the Yugoslav federation, a news agency reported Sunday.

29.   And another ethnic Albanian politician, Rexhep Cosja of the Unified Democratic Movement, said Monday he would go if the KLA did.

30.   An influential Albanian politician in Kosovo is pushing for a confederation that would give the troubled province equal status with Serbia and Montenegro, a news agency reported Sunday.