11.   If the Croatian offensive ends quickly, peace talks could go forward.

12.   In Washington, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said the offensive could end as early as this weekend.

13.   Rabin-Pelossof, daughter of the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, said the Israeli offensive would probably end soon.

14.   The dry-season offensives usually end with a new wave of refugees fleeing across the rugged frontier into Thailand.

15.   The latest offensive ended a lull in fighting this year after heavy fighting in the north last year.

16.   The latest offensive ended in disaster last month when government troops failed to take the northern guerrilla stronghold of Pailin, a gems production center.

17.   The offensive ended with a U.S.-brokered truce.

18.   The soldiers were killed in an array of the small skirmishes and booby-trap explosions that have characterized the conflict since wide-scale offensives ended some two years ago.

19.   The statement did not say when the offensive would end, though Sharon pledged to expedite the operation.

20.   He said many Serbs wanted to leave because they feel the situation is dangerous even though the offensive has ended, with some shooting still going on.