11.  But he vowed to build the party ahead of general elections in five years, despite concerns that an ethnic political force might exacerbate tensions.

12.  Ethnic Albanian forces also have been fighting, he said, adding that there was reason to believe that they were responsible for atrocities as well.

13.  He noted that ethnic Albanian forces have also been fighting, and said there was reason to believe that they were responsible for atrocities as well.

14.  Stepping up hostilities in Kosovo while talking peace in Paris, Serb and ethnic Albanian forces launched attacks on each other Monday in the north of the province.

15.  The Albanian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday it would sponsor talks between the two leaders in an effort to unify the ethnic Albanian political forces in Kosovo.

16.  The Karen are the last major ethnic insurgent force that has not signed a cease-fire with the Burmese.

17.  The soldiers defected to ethnic Karenni forces who have been fighting the government in Rangoon for greater autonomy.

18.  The town is outside Nargorno-Karabakh in a part of Azerbaijan that was captured by ethnic Armenian forces.

19.  They met commanders of the ethnic Armenian forces in the middle of the strip, which is about two-thirds of a mile wide.

20.  Analysts fear the deployment could spark a wider civil conflict between rival ethnic forces.