21.   Albania is reluctant to get involved, but it could face no other choice if the conflict escalated.

22.   Although Albania is reluctant to get involved, it could face no other choice if the conflict escalated.

23.   And while Albania, another neighbor, is reluctant to get involved, it could face no other choice if the conflict escalated.

24.   As the conflict escalates, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan scheduled a trip to Moscow next week to discuss the Kosovo crisis.

25.   As the Palestinian-Israeli conflict escalates into its seventh month, more of the burden is falling on Israeli army reservists.

26.   Bereuter also said that lifting the embargo could cause the conflict to escalate and to spread south.

27.   Both countries tested nuclear weapons last year and delivery missiles this year, adding to fears the conflict could escalate into wider war.

28.   Fighting was heaviest on Wednesday in the north-central Drenica region, where the conflict escalated earlier this year.

29.   Fighting was heaviest Wednesday in the north-central Drenica region, where the conflict escalated earlier this year.

30.   Fujimori said the conflict had escalated more than expected, but he dismissed any intention to expand the conflict.