21.   Nearly one million fled the ethnic slaughter in their central African country about a year ago.

22.   The crisis is an offshoot of the ethnic slaughter between Hutus and Tutsis which engulfed Rwanda and Burundi.

23.   The ethnic slaughter started a week ago and has ebbed only because most Madurese have fled their homes and are sheltering in government buildings and sports stadiums.

24.   The Indonesian navy began evacuating refugees from the recent ethnic slaughter on Borneo island, while people who opted to stay began rebuilding their lives.

25.   The people of Tesanj told an Associated Press correspondent of their pride in not having let the war turn Tesanj into a town of ethnic slaughter.

26.   The state-owned weapons maker acknowledged Tuesday that its wares may have reached Rwanda despite a U.N. embargo meant to stop ethnic slaughter in the central African nation.

27.   The U.N. troops would protect humanitarian aid shipments and set up safe zones for refugees if ethnic slaughter worsens in Burundi, according to the U.N. proposal.

28.   The United Nations has been pleading with its members to set up a force that could go to the tiny central African nation if it descends into ethnic slaughter.

29.   The United Nations is also preparing contingency plans to rush troops to Burundi to prevent ethnic slaughter, but only Zambia, Malawi and Chad have offered soldiers.

30.   Two Indonesian navy ships evacuated refugees Friday from the recent ethnic slaughter in Central Kalimantan province, while people elsewhere in the province began rebuilding their lives.