Mr. Milosevic's downfall, along with an end to ethnic fighting, is widely seen as necessary if the the sanctions are to be lifted.

Europe had recently failed its first big post-cold-war test when it was unable to address ethnic fighting in the Balkans decisively.

He called the ethnic fighting in the region "perhaps our most difficult foreign policy problem."

Codes of behavior are strong and internally enforced; just look at the ethnic fighting in the world today.

Most obviously, we have no idea how much of this money is being siphoned off to support tribal and ethnic fighting, and even the insurgency itself.

The ethnic fighting for control of this town was the first in nearly a month; at least 430 people on both sides were killed in May.

When that federation dissolved last year in ethnic fighting, the republic declared itself independent.

The blast came as ethnic fighting resumed in the Warri region.

Occasional ethnic fighting are reported, the last one in 2002.

A6 Scores of casualties reported in ethnic fighting in Georgia.