51.   President Clinton expressed concern today that the Croatian offensive against land held by rebel Serbs threatens to escalate into a wider war in the Balkans.

52.   President Clinton, in an interview Saturday with ABC, also said the Croatian offensive could help pressure the Bosnian Serbs into peace negotiations.

53.   Reports within Knin just hours after the start of the Croatian offensive said the town was near falling, with government troops close to piercing defense lines.

54.   Rebel Serb forces in Pakrac surrendered Thursday after a brief Croatian offensive.

55.   Serbs are angry that U.N. forces failed to stop a Croatian offensive last week that cost Croatian Serbs a chunk of their territory.

56.   Serb refugees in Nova Topola, in Serb-held northern Bosnia, recalled complete panic and Serb soldiers fleeing without resisting the Croatian offensive.

57.   Serb refugees in Nova Topola, in Serb-held northern Bosnia, said Serb fighters fled without resisting the Croatian offensive.

58.   Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has vowed to block U.N. operations because the United Nations failed to stop the Croatian offensive.

59.   Shells fired in apparent retaliation for the Croatian offensive landed in two cities south of Zagreb late Monday afternoon, the Croatian news agency HINA said.

60.   Shells fired in apparent Serb retaliation for the Croatian offensive landed in two cities south of Zagreb late Monday afternoon, the Croatian news agency HINA said.