21.   Thousands of Albanians and Serbs staged rival Kosovo protests that were marred by fistfights Thursday, adding to ethnic tensions as senior Western diplomats struggled to end the turmoil.

22.   Thousands of rival ethnic Albanians and Serbs protested in the restive province of Kosovo on Thursday, as senior Western diplomats struggled to end the turmoil.

23.   Thousands of ethnic Albanians demanded Thursday that Serbs be punished for a violent crackdown against them, as senior Western diplomats struggled to end the turmoil.

24.   Yugoslavia formally consented to the flights on Thursday as part of the package of agreements worked out to end the turmoil in the secessionist province of Serbia.

25.   Yugoslavia consented to the flights this week as part of the package of agreements worked out to end the turmoil in the war-torn Serbian province.

26.   The United States backs a UN call for a regional conference to end the turmoil in eastern Zaire, US State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns said on Tuesday.

27.   The UAE authorities this year toughened immigration rules to flush out illegal migrants and end turmoil in the labour market.