21.   He hoped this trip would not only extend the truce, but get Khartoum and the rebels to agree to negotiate a lasting peace.

22.   He said he had urged Yeltsin to extend a truce that expires Friday in the southern republic.

23.   He said he urged Yeltsin to extend a truce that expires Friday in the southern republic.

24.   He said he had urged Yeltsin to extend a truce that expires Friday in Chechnya, where thousands of civilians have died since December.

25.   Local human rights activists said people were preparing for an upsurge in violence if the truce is not extended.

26.   Rebels have extended a truce with the military by a month to continue talks with the government, aimed at ending a nine-year insurgency.

27.   Senior U.N. officials had argued for a postponement until after international efforts to persuade warring parties to extend the truce.

28.   Senior U.N. officials had argued for postponing the tribunal initiative until after international efforts to extend the truce conclude.

29.   Shuttle negotiations begin Monday to extend a truce in Bosnia, but a U.N. spokesman says attacks by allies of Bosnian Serbs could unravel a three-day cease-fire.

30.   The commission broke off talks a week ago after failing to agree on extending the truce, which is routinely violated.