41.  The Vatican, meanwhile, has been vocal in its condemnation of ethnic cleansing of Muslim Kosovars by armed Serbian forces.

42.  There may also be diplomatic progress now that Russia is trying to broker a deal and may be ready to back an armed international peacekeeping force in Kosovo.

43.  Under the terms of the withdrawal agreement, the armed Yugoslav forces will have until Wednesday to withdraw from Zone I, which includes Pristina.

44.  We will used armed force to fight them if we need to.

45.  While Milosevic and his forces clearly launched the brutal offensive, the Kosovo Liberation Army is also an armed force that has killed Serbs.

46.  Over the past half-century, armed U.N. peacekeeping forces in the region have had mixed results at best.

47.  Prosecutors countered that combat immunity applies only to combatants for a lawful armed force.

48.  A lightly armed force has worked best only when the combatants agree on peace.

49.  A Russian Foreign Ministry statement Wednesday indicated broad agreement with key NATO aims in Kosovo, while still rejecting the use of armed force to achieve them.

50.  A Yugoslav official, however, said Belgrade was standing firm in rejecting a key NATO demand -- an armed peacekeeping force for Kosovo province.