11.   Saudi Arabia on Sunday said it was planning to send humanitarian aid to Iraq, but the statement came as Iraq announced it would no longer accept such aid.

12.   The brief statement came as U.S. Envoy Richard Holbrooke appeared to have struck a deal on withdrawal of Bosnian Serb weapons from around Sarajevo.

13.   The statement came as Basque nationalists were clamoring for the militant group to renounce bloodshed to help foster a political solution to Basque nationalist aspirations.

14.   The statement came as fighting raged in the capital of the former Portuguese colony between renegade soldiers and government troops.

15.   The statement came as Israeli forces continued their weeklong push into Palestinian-controlled territory, searching cities and refugee camps for suspected militants and confiscating weapons.

16.   The statement came as the investigative arm of the General Assembly is examining how the death penalty is applied in the state.

17.   The statement came as U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher wrapped up his last Mideast trip without bridging the differences between the Palestinians and Israelis over Hebron.

18.   The tough statement came two days before Clinton was to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss ways of rescuing Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking.

19.   The statements came despite what the Maariv daily said was a request by the United States that Israel stay out of the crisis.

20.   The statements came one day before the chief U.N. weapons monitor, Rolf Ekeus, is expected in Iraq.