1.  In some ways, Karzai, a Pashtun from Kanadahar, is an outsider in his own government, which is controlled by ethnic Tajik officials.

2.  Most of the people slain in the following weeks were from the minority Tutsi ethnic group, but they also included moderate ethnic Hutu officials in the government.

3.  A car bomb in downtown Sarajevo on Tuesday critically wounded an ethnic Croat official in the Muslim-Croat Federation government who is known as tough on organized crime.

4.  A car bomb in downtown Sarajevo on Tuesday critically injured an ethnic Croat official in the Muslim-Croat Federation government who is known as tough on organized crime.

5.  A car bomb detonated in downtown Sarajevo on Tuesday, critically wounding an ethnic Croat official in the Muslim-Croat Federation government.

6.  A car bomb today gravely wounded an ethnic Croat official in the Muslim-Croat Federation government, witnesses and police said.

7.  A top ethnic Albanian official loyal to the Serbian authorities was wounded last week.

8.  A top ethnic Albanian official rejected any talks on Wednesday.

9.  After a day of closed-door lobbying by Western envoys, ethnic Albanian officials signaled their willingness to return to the negotiating table.

10.  An anti-tank rocket was fired early Thursday at a restaurant owned by a ranking ethnic Albanian official, as machine gun fire shook this former rebel stronghold.