1.   Defense councils meet.

2.   Village defense councils, mostly made up of Hindus, were armed by the state.

3.   Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori met throughout the morning with his national defense council, Foreign Minister Efrain Goldenberg and other top officials to consider the proposal.

4.   A decision on the missile system will be taken in September, the government said after a meeting of its defense council.

5.   A request by the defense council that the eight be released on bail was turned down.

6.   A seven-member defense council was formed, under the leadership of retired Col. Seit Taullai.

7.   But it is unclear whether the government defense council will be able to make a decision on the aircraft when it meets Friday.

8.   Croatian Serbs, at an emergency meeting of their defense council, also proclaimed a state of war, the Yugoslav news agency Tanjug reported.

9.   Croatian Serb officials confirmed to The Associated Press that the town had fallen, and called an emergency meeting of their defense council.

10.   Croatian Serbs, at an emergency meeting of their defense council, also declared a state of war, the Yugoslav news agency Tanjug reported.