11.   But Germany has been steadily taking on greater responsibility in global affairs, and the new deployment is part of that process.

12.   France, Britain and the Netherlands will be among the countries participating in a new rapid deployment force approved in a high-level meeting of Western officials Saturday.

13.   France, Britain and the Netherlands will be among the countries participating in a new rapid deployment force approved in the Paris meeting of Western officials.

14.   New deployments would position Western powers to start evacuating the peacekeepers from Bosnia after more than three years of war.

15.   New military deployments to the region would have to be approved by parliament.

16.   Russia, which could veto any U.N. Security Council resolution on new deployments, has expressed concern that the rapid deployment force not be a NATO operation.

17.   The confrontation was the worst in what until now had been a largely uneventful new U.N. deployment.

18.   The new deployments by Western powers would position them to start evacuation.

19.   The new deployments by Western powers also would position them to start evacuation.

20.   The preparations for a new deployment came as France aimed harsh criticism at Croatia for the offensive it launched Friday against Serb-controlled Krajina.