51.   With Goldberger virtually assured to win the overall, Ahonen and the Finnish team members decided to skip the meet to catch a flight back to Helsinki.

52.   Yugoslav authorities have permitted the Finnish team, sponsored by the European Union, to examine the bodies but refuse to permit the U.N. war crimes tribunal from investigating.

53.   Yugoslav authorities have permitted a Finnish forensic team to examine the bodies to determine how they died but refuse to permit the U.N. war crimes tribunal from investigating.

54.   Yugoslav authorities insist the Finnish team found evidence making it clear there was no massacre, effectively absolving their forces of responsibility.

55.   However, the Finnish team remained tense after hearing of the Serb ban on their work.

56.   A Finnish forensic team collected tens of decomposed bodies of Moslem victims from the fallen Srebrenica enclave on Friday despite a Serb warning for them to stop.

57.   Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, taking part in the Victory in Europe ceremonies in London, Paris and Moscow, sent a congratulation telegram to the Finnish team.

58.   They will form almost all of the rosters for US, Canadian, Russian, Swedish, Czech and Finnish teams.

59.   The work of the Finnish team was funded by the Finnish and Dutch governments.

60.   Meanwhile, evidence that could be used against Karadzic and others indicted for war crimes has been collected by a Finnish team of forensic experts.