71.   However, the bulk of territory captured in recent days lies in areas that would have stayed in Serb hands.

72.   If Bihac were to fall into Serb hands or those of their ally Abdic, it would strengthen the link between Serb-held territory in Bosnia and Croatia.

73.   In early May the Croatian army launched an offensive and seized control of part of western Slavonia which had been in separatist Serb hands.

74.   In Brcko, former police chief Zarko Cosic said he was pleased the town would remain in Serb hands.

75.   It had been expected to fall to Serb hands, the crisis centre said.

76.   It too is in Serb hands.

77.   A top Bosnian Serb general has warned that the disputed northern Bosnian town of Brcko must remain in Serb hands, stressing that the town had been conquered militarily.

78.   An international arbitration commission has decided that the disputed Bosnian town of Brcko should remain in Serb hands, a well-informed diplomatic source said here on Thursday.

79.   Another city, Doboj, which government forces had hoped to capture in an offensive a month ago, will remain in Serb hands.

80.   An international arbitration commission had decided that the disputed Bosnian town of Brcko should remain in Serb hands, a well-informed diplomatic source said here on Thursday.