31.   Defending their recent crackdown, Serb police said they were acting against militants of the Kosovo Liberation Army who are pressing for independence in the province.

32.   Drenica is the central Kosovo region where Serbian police launched two recent crackdowns aimed at militant separatists.

33.   Four other companies have been fined by the EPA as part of the recent crackdown.

34.   French anti-terrorist police arrested three suspected members of ETA Wednesday, the third such roundup in a recent French crackdown on the Spanish Basque separatist group.

35.   Gomez, a former Medellin mayor and state governor, is a co-owner of the newspaper El Colombiano, which has vigorously backed a recent crackdown on drug traffickers.

36.   He said FUNCINPEC would also seek guarantees of safety for its people and an investigation into those responsible for the recent crackdown and arrests.

37.   He said he was making progress in reconciling Islam with a modern Pakistani state, citing his recent crackdown on terrorists and plans for October elections.

38.   Her reason for going was unclear but was believed to be connected to the recent crackdown on the legislators.

39.   However, the Philippines and Thailand have expressed reservations since the recent crackdown.

40.   Hundreds of thousands Kosovo Albanians, who fled recent Serbian crackdown in the province, started returning.