21.   The Serbs seem intent on finding a way to use the hostages as a bargaining chip to break their international isolation and avoid further airstrikes.

22.   The Serbs are holding U.N. personnel as insurance against further NATO airstrikes like those east of Sarajevo last week.

23.   The security situation in Bosnia has plummeted to new depths since Serb hostage-taking won them guarantees from the United Nations there would be no further NATO airstrikes.

24.   The Serbs are holding U.N. personnel as insurance against further NATO airstrikes.

25.   There have been no further NATO airstrikes since three were conducted two weeks ago.

26.   They chained some of the peacekeepers to likely NATO targets and warned they could be killed if there are further airstrikes.

27.   They had been held hostage for over two weeks as insurance against further NATO airstrikes.

28.   They had been held hostage for over two weeks, as insurance against further NATO airstrikes.

29.   Yeltsin said Russia, a traditional Serb ally, would not allow further airstrikes.

30.   He said that no guarantee had been given to the Serbs in response to their demand that there should be no further airstrikes.