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

42.   Support of other Balkan states is welcome to Greece, which is engaged in a historic rivalry with its NATO ally Turkey over Aegean islands.

43.   Talbott is touring five Balkan states, where the United States is considering providing military and civilian aid following the recent unrest in Kosovo.

44.   The Americans hope the federation will counterbalance the Serbs, who control the remainder of the Balkan state.

45.   Talbott is touring five Balkan states, whose borders the United States is considering reinforcing with military and civilian aid, following recent unrest in Kosovo.

46.   That indicated the rebel Serbs in Croatia and Bosnia intend to bolster cooperation and could merge the wars in the two Balkan states.

47.   The Balkan state was reportedly promised hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance from Taiwan.

48.   The Balkan states lie on main transit routes between Asia and Europe.

49.   The leaders from the Balkan states and their supporters outside the region are expected to endorse an international pact to promote a healthier future for the Balkans.

50.   The leaders of Macedonia and Albania took their Balkan states a step forward Saturday, opening new telephone lines intended to strengthen fragile ties between the two neighbors.