1.   American officials say that because Bosnian Serb authorities are eager to have Brcko awarded to them, they are going along with the refugee return here.

2.   He must withdraw his forces, let the refugees return, permit the deployment of an international security force.

3.   In Kosovo, many ethnic Albanians are turning on their Serb neighbors as the refugees return after suffering the horrors of the war and indignity of refugee camps.

4.   Only a small fraction of the anticipated refugee returns this year will actually be attempted.

5.   Refugee returns are not funded.

6.   Refugee return is seen as one of the prime conditions for NATO withdrawal from Bosnia.

7.   That fear only serves to intensify the resistance to refugee return.

8.   U.S. planners believe the country will stabilize once more Afghan refugees return to their homes and the government of interim leader Hamid Karzai begins to take firmer root.

9.   Other obstacles to an early large-scale refugee return, he said, were mines, lack of electricity, polluted wells and a growing shortage of food.

10.   Other obstacles to an early large-scale refugee return, he said, were land mines, lack of electricity, polluted wells and a shortage of food.