31.   As diplomats deliberated their next moves, hundreds of new refugees were shivering Thursday in the cold mountains of northern Kosovo, where fresh snow blanketed the region.

32.   As fresh white snow blanketed this troubled province of Serbia, making roads hazardous and disrupting aid convoys, low-level conflict persisted despite an official cease-fire.

33.   Blanketed by snow, Zvyozdni Gorodok or Star City presents an image that is more Norman Rockwell than the urban grimness of neighboring Moscow.

34.   Blanketed by snow, Zvyozdni Gorodok -- Star City -- presents an image that is more Norman Rockwell than the urban grimness of neighboring Moscow.

35.   During the past few days, snow has blanketed parts of Afghanistan, blocking roads and isolating remote mountain villages.

36.   Fresh snow blanketed the only airstrip near the remote quake zone, forcing the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross to cancel relief flights.

37.   Heavy snow also blanketed other parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern and eastern England but caused no reported problems.

38.   High pressure built along the Pacific Northwest and Northeast early Monday, while snow blanketed the Midwest and rain lashed the Gulf Coast and mid-Atlantic.

39.   Meantime, hundreds of new refugees were shivering Thursday in the mountains of northern Kosovo, where fresh snow blanketed the region.

40.   More snow blanketed the city Thursday.