61.   He said Italy and Albania had both asked for a UN Security Council debate on the crisis in the Balkan state.

62.   It was the first time Washington had given a figure on the number of Iranians in the Balkan state.

63.   Both countries gave food aid and financial support to the ailing Balkan state to encourage people to stay in Albania.

64.   But he warned the North Atlantic Treaty Organization air campaign on Bosnian Serb positions may be ongoing even as the foreign ministers of the three Balkan states meet.

65.   But he said the NATO air campaign against the Bosnian Serbs might continue even as the foreign ministers of the three warring Balkan states met.

66.   But the NATO air campaign against the Bosnian Serbs may be ongoing even as the foreign ministers of the three warring Balkan states meet, Burns added.

67.   But the scale and nature of the planned intervention -- a response to desperate appeals from the leaders of the crisis-hit Balkan state -- was left open.

68.   Croatia and Slovenia, who both seek integration with the European Union rather than with Balkan states, have until now been reluctant to take part.

69.   European Union foreign ministers on Saturday effectively ruled out military intervention in Albania, at least while the current anarchy in the impoverished Balkan state continues.

70.   European Union officials began a series of detailed discussions with the Albanian government on Tuesday aimed at assessing the immediate needs of the stricken Balkan state.