1.  As commander in chief of the Macedonian forces, Trajkovski had the authority to order the military operation on Friday.

2.  As commander in chief of the Macedonian forces, Trajkovski had to order the military operation on Friday.

3.  A tearful Albanian family prepares to leave the village of Ljuboten after the village came under heavy attack from Macedonian forces over the weekend.

4.  After an uneasy standoff, Macedonian forces began shelling the town.

5.  It was captured during heavy fighting last week between the rebels and Macedonian forces.

6.  Macedonian forces firing on positions held by ethnic Albanians above the northern suburbs of Tetovo, the second largest city in Macedonia, Tuesday.

7.  Over the last two weeks, clashes have erupted in Macedonia around the village of Tanusevci between ethnic Albanians and Macedonian military forces.

8.  The battered village of Lavce was virtually deserted except for a dozen ethnic Albanian rebels wearing new military fatigues and clearly exhilarated by the shelling from Macedonian forces.

9.  The three had been shot, witnesses said, fleeing a house that Macedonian forces had fired at with rocket-launched grenades.

10.  The United States and other Western Security Council members feel the Macedonian peacekeeping force should be kept in place at least until the crisis in Kosovo has been defused.