11.   Yugoslavia declared Thursday the offensive against Kosovo rebels was over and appealed to all civilians to remain in the province.

12.   A few civilians remain in Shali, mostly those with nowhere to go.

13.   And little credence was given to a recent pledge by Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic that Serb civilians could remain in their homes in Sarajevo.

14.   Few civilians remain in the town, the Red Cross said.

15.   Only a few civilians remain.

16.   Several separatists who left the combat zone told AFP that Chechen fighters had left Novogrozny, Tsentoroy and the village of Alleroy and that only civilians remained there.

17.   Several thousand civilians have remained blocked for several days by Russian forces on the road from Samashki to a nearby village, Sharoi.

18.   Russian troops Tuesday bombarded Sernovodsk in western Chechnya where civilians remained trapped after the village was again sealed off.