31.  Ethnic Albanian group says Kosovo is in a state of war.

32.  He denied knowledge of organized ethnic Albanian militant groups.

33.  He made the statement to reporters before an evening meeting with Albanian Prime Minister Pandeli Majko to discuss ways of unifying the ethnic Albanian political groups within Kosovo.

34.  It followed a series of attacks on police, an ethnic Albanian group said.

35.  KLA military commander Gen. Agim Ceku said the ethnic Albanian group met the deadline as of Thursday night.

36.  Mala Recica was one of the fringe communication headquarters of the National Liberation Army, an ethnic Albanian militant group headed by commander Ali Ahmeti.

37.  More moderate ethnic Albanian groups also want independence but may settle for political autonomy, which the U.S government also supports.

38.  No one immediately claimed responsibility for the explosion, but a clandestine ethnic Albanian group, the Kosovo Liberation Army, was believed to be behind it.

39.  Prodi, prime minister of Italy at the time, mediated between rival Albanian political groups to end the violence.

40.  Serb leaders wanted the ethnic Albanian group disbanded altogether.