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.   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.

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

4.   Months of village-to-village fighting between the ethnic Albanian Kosovar separatists and Serb military and police forces have forced thousands of civilians from their homes.

5.   Most outside experts say the war is waged largely by ethnic separatists and gangs, although Islamic extremists have a foothold there as well.

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

7.   The authorities are determined to prevent any demonstrations by spiritual groups or pro-democracy dissidents, let alone bombings by ethnic separatists or other angry citizens.

8.   The armed police have also battled ethnic separatists in the heavily Muslim province of Xinjiang, and have long been used to help control Tibet.

9.   The award for foreign reporting went to Tracy Wilkinson of The Los Angeles Times, who wrote about the struggles between ethnic Albanian separatists and Serb nationalists in Kosovo.

10.   There is widespread sympathy here for the ethnic Albanian separatists in Kosovo who are challenging Serbian rule in the province.