11.  What we did not expect were tales from the refugees that the Macedonian forces were equally as menacing as the Serbs.

12.  Who are the men clashing with Macedonian forces closer and closer to Tetovo?

13.  Rebels were forces out of the areas of Vaksince, Rudnicka Kolonija, Lojane and Tabanovce, which Macedonian force have secured, said army spokesman Col. Blagoja Markovski.

14.  Also, the United States and its NATO partners are looking for ways to help Macedonian military forces to be more effective.

15.  Army officials speaking on condition of anonymity also said two militants had been taken prisoner by Macedonian forces and handed over to police.

16.  Artillery shells from Macedonian forces less than two miles away fall across the steep valley of budding almond trees and yellow primrose.

17.  But a statement to media afterward ended on less than belligerent tones, saying that Macedonian forces would go back together with international and EU monitors.

18.  Ethnic Albanian insurgents began fighting Macedonian forces in February.

19.  Ethnic Albanian rebels and Macedonian forces exchanged mortar and small-arms fire early Saturday along the Kosovo border, the army said.

20.  Ethnic Albanian villagers said the Americans crossed into Macedonia to take over positions held by the rebels, who have been battling Macedonian forces.