11.  Macedonian leaders say the rebels are terrorists who want to create an ethnic Albanian state and refuse to negotiate with them.

12.  Rebels in both Macedonia and southern Serbia are believed to be aided by extremists in Kosovo, who seek an independent ethnic Albanian state.

13.  Some advocate establishing an independent ethnic Albanian state in Kosovo and part of Macedonia, despite international opposition.

14.  The Albanian nationalist agenda, Carpenter said, is to create an expanded, ethnically pure Albanian state.

15.  The Albanians declared independence during the First Balkan War, and the London Conference which followed recognized the independent Albanian state.

16.  The government mobilized troops against the rebels and accused them of trying to break up the country and create a new ethnic Albanian state.

17.  The Macedonian government has resolutely refused to negotiate with the rebels, whom it views as terrorists trying to carve out an ethnic Albanian state.

18.  The Macedonian government has refused to negotiate with the rebels, whom it views as terrorists trying to carve out an ethnic Albanian state.

19.  The rebels say they want broader rights for their ethnic minority, but the government fears they aim to carve out a bigger Albanian state.

20.  They gave Kosovo to the Serbs, leaving about one-third of the Albanian people outside the borders of the new Albanian state.