21.   His comments were made before a truce was signed Thursday night but after it became known an agreement had been largely worked out.

22.   In his final weeks, Rose scrambled to get a four-month truce signed.

23.   It was the most serious incident since the two sides signed a truce last month, moving to resolve their five-year-old conflict.

24.   It was the most severe fighting since the truce was signed.

25.   Lebed, who returned to Moscow from Chechnya after signing the truce, planned to resume political talks in the southern region on Saturday.

26.   Lebed, who returned to Moscow from Chechnya after signing the truce Thursday night, planned to resume political talks in the southern region on Saturday.

27.   Most of the fighting has pitted Muslim-led government forces against Serbs from nearby Croatia and rebel Muslims, neither of which signed the truce.

28.   Most of the minority ethnic groups that have signed truces warn that the agreements are not a permanent peace.

29.   Most of the Bihac fighting has pitted Muslim-led government forces against rebel Serbs from nearby Croatia and rebel Muslims, neither of which signed the truce.

30.   Neither the Croatian Serbs nor those loyal to separatist Muslim leader Fikret Abdic signed the truce.