71.   NATO warned Macedonian officials that paramilitary groups could undermine its mission to collect weapons from ethnic Albanian rebels, an alliance spokesman said Tuesday.

72.   NATO was invited by the Macedonian government to send troops to collect weapons from ethnic Albanian rebels fighting for greater rights for their minority.

73.   NATO deployed troops to Macedonia last month to collect weapons from ethnic Albanian rebels as part of a political agreement signed by all the major parties in Macedonia.

74.   NATO first collected rebel weapons surrendered by the rebels in return for parliament passing constitutional changes broadening minority rights.

75.   NATO has insisted its operation in Macedonia, named Operation Essential Harvest, is only to collect weapons voluntarily surrendered by the insurgents.

76.   NATO insists its mission is not to disarm the ethnic Albanians forcibly but to collect weapons that the rebel forces are expected to turn over voluntarily.

77.   NATO troops came to Macedonia last month to collect weapons from ethnic Albanian rebels in an operation aimed at ending six months of armed conflict.

78.   NATO troops in Macedonia resumes collecting rebel weapons.

79.   NATO was invited by the Macedonian government to send troops to collect weapons from ethnic Albanian rebels under a peace agreement signed last month.

80.   NATO, whose troops collected weapons voluntarily surrendered by the rebels as part of a Western-backed peace plan, welcomed the announcement.