31.   Leaders of several Balkan states gathered Thursday to explore ways to promote democracy and prevent future explosions of ethnic conflict in southeastern Europe.

32.   Leaders of the three Balkan states agreed Tuesday in Dayton, Ohio to end more than three years of ethnic bloodshed in Bosnia.

33.   Majko, who also met Macedonian President Kiro Gligorov, said his first official visit to Macedonia will help cement the relationship between the two Balkan states.

34.   Mahathir is to hand over the money to Bosnian authorities when he visits the Balkan state later this month.

35.   Many Balkan states have or had wide-ranging disputes regarding borders and national minorities.

36.   Many Balkan states face disputes regarding borders and national minorities.

37.   Now that the bombing is over, however, southern Balkan states fear they will be forgotten, left even poorer and more isolated by the NATO campaign.

38.   Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has recently urged Malaysians to establish stronger trade links with Croatia, Bosnia Herzogovina and other Balkan states.

39.   Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad will visit the three Balkan states next week to seek investment and trade opportunities, the Foreign Affairs Ministry announced Wednesday.

40.   Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday issued a fresh warning over Kosovo to Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, as the Foreign Office told Britons to leave the Balkan state.