1.   A spokesman for the company said Elia had been on the trip to explore business prospects for environmental cleaning facilities in the Balkan region.

2.   Albanians constitute the largest minority in Macedonia, a multi-ethnic republic of two million that has survived for five years in a tremulous Balkan region.

3.   Bulgaria, Romania and Slovenia argue their membership is key to maintaining peace in the troubled Balkan region.

4.   Clinton said the other essential task for the Europeans was to bring the Balkan region into the global mainstream.

5.   Eventually her view won out, and the US military played a limited role in overseeing an end to the mass killings in that Balkan region.

6.   In the minds of government officials of the southern Balkan region, it makes sense.

7.   It was a remarkable achievement, and since then it has been made even more remarkable by the progress in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the wider Balkan region.

8.   It would destabilize the whole Balkan region, with Albanian populations in northern Greece and Macedonia encouraged to pursue separatist demands.

9.   Like many non-profits, CARE is using the web to update people on their efforts in the Balkan region and as donation site.

10.   Mr. Graham began his campaign after returning from a congressional delegation trip to the Balkan region.