31.   UN-backed talks to extend a ceasefire between the mainly Moslem Bosnian government forces and Serb separatists broke down on Sunday, the UN press service said in Zagreb.

32.   Moslem rebels in Bihac fighting the government in Sarajevo are backed by Serb separatists in Bosnia-Hercegovina and in neighboring Croatia.

33.   Most Serb separatists there fled last August following a lightning government offensive to reclaim the territory.

34.   Nikolaj meanwhile installed himself at Sokolac, a small town near Pale after expressing staunch backing for the Serb separatists in Bosnia.

35.   Milosevic met representatives of the five-nation contact group on Bosnia after Carter negotiated a four-month ceasefire between the Bosnian government and Serb separatists.

36.   Most remaining Serb separatists were forced out of Croatia last August during a four-day offensive in which the larger Krajina region was also recaptured.

37.   On Monday, Croatian aviation attacked the bridge apparently to prevent it being used by Serb separatists in Croatia to call in Serb reinforcements from Bosnia.

38.   Peace mediators Lord Owen and Thorvald Stoltenberg will meet Monday in Zagreb with Croatian officials and Serb separatists, a UN spokesman said here Friday.

39.   Protesters blocked almost all UN crossing points between areas controlled by Serb separatists and the rest of Croatia, according to the radio from UNPROFOR headquarters in Zagreb.

40.   Rather, he argued that the largest stumbling block was the unwillingness of Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, who backs Serb separatists here, to recognize Bosnia.