1.   The alert came as investigators continued to search for the source of the anthrax that has killed three people and infected dozens of others on the East Coast.

2.   The alert came as the tribunal began hearing its first case involving offences allegedly committed by Bosnian Moslems against Serbs.

3.   The alert came as the tribunal began hearing its first case involving offences allegedly committed against Bosnian Serbs.

4.   The latest alert came as the Croatian army entered the UN-controlled buffer zone on the southern front with secessionist Serbs.

5.   The latest alert came as security forces consolidated their position in the former bastion of the LTTE in the north of the country.