21.   The tribunal held that the relevance is to be determined by the Italian courts.

22.   This month the tribunal held its first hearing to air charges against the first indicted suspect, Dragan Nikolic.

23.   Under its own rules, the tribunal can hold a witness or suspect only as long as he would be held by authorities where he was originally arrested.

24.   Tuesday, Yugoslav war crimes tribunal holds hearing in case of Bosnian Serb Dusan Tadic.

25.   Under its own rules, the tribunal can only hold a suspect as long as he would be held in his own country.

26.   In a separate development Thursday, the war crimes tribunal held a public hearing into whether Croatian General Tihomir should be provisionally released from custody.

27.   Trials are due to stay next month, and an international tribunal will also hold trials, in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha.

28.   The military tribunal is holding its sessions in secret.

29.   The Hague tribunal was still holding a Bosnian Serb general who has appealed for his early release.