41.   Balkan leaders are gathering in this Turkish seaside resort to make a last-ditch effort to persuade regional neighbor Yugoslavia to accept international demands on Kosovo and avert NATO airstrikes.

42.   Balkan leaders are gathering in this Turkish seaside resort to make a last-ditch effort to convince regional neighbor Yugoslavia to accept international demands on Kosovo and avert NATO airstrikes.

43.   Balkan leaders gathered in Antalya, a Turkish seaside resort, for a last minute effort to persuade Yugoslavia to accept international demands on Kosovo and avoid NATO airstrikes.

44.   Blair called on his fellow leaders to gather the will to implement the agreement.

45.   Black community leaders gathered in Mount Olive Church to urge that the decision be greeted with calm.

46.   But as the leaders gathered to craft a package of international financial support, words of warning reverberated through the forum devoted to free trade.

47.   Business leaders have gathered to discuss the prospect of trade advancements this visit by Bush might spark.

48.   Concerned about the victory of Islamic militants in Afghanistan, Russian and Central Asian leaders gathered Friday to discuss ways of boosting their defenses.

49.   Deeply divided southern African leaders gathered Sunday on this Indian Ocean island with plans to yet again tackle the Congo crisis.

50.   Even as the leaders gathered here under extraordinary security precautions, the air campaign against Yugoslavia, now in its fifth week, continued.