21.   Macedonia is a small Balkan republic that seceded peacefully as the old Yugoslav federation broke up.

22.   Macedonia gained independence in the breakup of the old Yugoslav federation, but has found the going difficult.

23.   Macedonia is a southern Balkan republic that seceded peacefully as the old Yugoslav federation broke up.

24.   Milosevic instigated the wars in Croatia and Bosnia that have wrecked the old Yugoslav federation.

25.   Milosevic, the husband of Mirjana Markovic, is regarded by many people in the old Yugoslav federation as the main instigator of the war that tore it apart.

26.   Montenegro is the last remaining republic linked to Serbia within the rump of the old Yugoslav federation.

27.   More than four years ago, when the old Yugoslav federation began coming apart, Milosevic armed Serb rebels and incited them to revolt in breakaway Croatia and Bosnia.

28.   Serbia dominates what remains of Yugoslavia after Croatia, Bosnia, and all other republics except Serbia and tiny Montenegro split from the old Balkan federation.

29.   Slovakia, part of the old Czechoslovak federation, once was among the front-runners for NATO membership, but it has fallen back.

30.   Serbia dominates what remains of Yugoslavia after Croatia, Bosnia, and all other republics except Serbia and tiny Montenegro split away from the old Balkan federation.