51.   NATO has threatened to launch airstrikes on Yugoslavia if an agreement is not reached by Saturday.

52.   NATO members early Wednesday pressed the United Nations to give its military commanders, acting jointly with NATO officials, the authority to launch airstrikes.

53.   NATO nations awaited word Monday from Kosovo talks in Belgrade before deciding whether to approve the last military step needed to launch airstrikes against the Serbs.

54.   NATO officials say they are ready to launch airstrikes within hours of receiving an order to attack.

55.   NATO officials say they are ready to launch airstrikes within hours of receiving an order.

56.   NATO has said it could launch airstrikes against Yugoslavia if it fails to reach an agreement by Tuesday.

57.   NATO members on Tuesday pressed the United Nations to give its military commanders and NATO officials joint authority to launch airstrikes.

58.   NATO Secretary-General Javier Solana, after deciding that months of diplomatic effort had come to nothing, issued orders to Clark Tuesday to launch airstrikes.

59.   NATO also kept up its pressure on Bosnian Serbs, launching airstrikes on Serb-held territory around Sarajevo.

60.   NATO, which could be called in to launch airstrikes, has been under pressure to respond to the fighting in the Bihac pocket.