41.   Akashi was to spend two days in Sarajevo and nearby Pale in a bid to extend the truce which expires at the end of next month.

42.   The renewed fighting erupted after the Serbs and their enemies, the Moslem-led Bosnian government, failed to extend a truce which expired a month ago.

43.   The Sudanese government and rebel fighters have agreed to extend a truce in a guerrilla stronghold in place since last month, the US State Department said Friday.

44.   Wickremesinghe, who ended a three-day visit to India Monday, has said he hoped the truce could be extended beyond the initial one-month period.

45.   Meanwhile Malian general and former president Amadou Toure began talks with all sides here as part of a multinational follow-up committee which is seeking to extend the truce.

46.   Mutineering soldiers and the Central African government agreed to extend their truce for a month on Sunday, officials announced.

47.   The government asked that the truce be extended for six months and the rebels agreed to only three months.

48.   The government asked that the truce be extended for six months but the rebels agreed to only three months.