1.   A fear in Western capitals is that the clashes in Kosovo between the ethnic Albanian separatists who live there and Serbian forces could expand to draw in Albania.

2.   British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, representing the European Union, met in Belgrade with Milosevic on Thursday and urged him to negotiate with the Albanian separatists.

3.   But he declined to speculate on the motives of the Yugoslav leader, who has rejected NATO demands that he cease hostilities against the ethnic Albanian separatists of Kosovo.

4.   Demagogues here range from strident Macedonian nationalists to Albanian separatists to advocates of unity with Serbia.

5.   For the past year, Serbian troops have harshly opposed the Albanian separatists.

6.   He urged Americans to continue to support the NATO operation designed to force Milosevic to accept a peace agreement on Kosovo that Albanian separatists have already signed.

7.   In February tensions in Kosovo between ethnic Albanian separatists and the Serb-dominated government flared into warfare.

8.   Last February, the Albanian separatists of the Kosovo Liberation Army launched a guerrilla war against the Serbs.

9.   Moreover, it is in the interests of the Albanian separatists to accuse Arkan.

10.   Nearly half the houses in Kosovo were damaged in the war between Yugoslav forces and ethnic Albanian separatists.