31.   Jaafar admitted the MILF leadership had been meeting in a camp just outside this city to discuss the fighting and the proposals they would present during the peace talks.

32.   The Bosnian Serb leadership meanwhile met in their stronghold of Pale, east of Sarajevo, to formally proclaim a state of war in response to the government offensives.

33.   The Front leadership will meet here Thursday where a new leader is expected to be named.

34.   The IG Metall national leadership meets in Frankfurt later Wednesday to discuss tactics for the strike, which could begin Friday.

35.   The PS leadership must now meet to designate a new prime minister.