1.   And when consultations with Albanian leaders became locked in disagreement, Haekkerup overruled their objections and signed the framework into being.

2.   Another typically controlled triumph was his televised meeting on Thursday with Ibrahim Rugova, the moderate, pacifist ethnic Albanian leader.

3.   Artemije took part Friday in a U.N.-sponsored meeting with the leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army, Hashim Thaci, and other Albanian leaders.

4.   A deal between Milosevic and the West would create recruits for the leaders here who are already criticizing other Albanian leaders for being too cautious or accommodating.

5.   A veteran activist and ethnic Albanian leader, Adem Demaci, dismissed the Western measures Tuesday as too weak to rattle Milosevic.

6.   A year into the effort to rebuild Kosovo, many in the U.N. administration say they are wearying of the recalcitrance of Albanian leaders.

7.   Albanian leaders in Macedonia have been careful to play this down and voice full support for the territorial integrity of Macedonia.

8.   Albanian leaders said they have implored the French to provide an armed escort to visit the mine and take samples from the ash heaps to do a chemical analysis.

9.   Albanian political leader Ibrahim Rugova has backed a nonviolent solution.

10.   Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova and his Democratic League are to take part for the first time, the officials added.