1.   A major battlefield loss in South Lebanon could doom the talks.

2.   Stung by recent battlefield losses in separatist Chechnya, Russian officials claimed a moral victory Monday when they announced the capture of feared guerrilla leader Salman Raduyev.

3.   Abandoned by his ally and facing battlefield losses, Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic finds himself with his back against the wall.

4.   Bosnian Serbs gave their hawkish leader near dictatorial powers Friday in the expectation that he can reverse their recent battlefield losses.

5.   Bosnian Serbs gave their hawkish leader Radovan Karadzic near dictatorial powers Friday in the expectation that he can reverse their recent battlefield losses.

6.   Bosnian Serbs, smarting under recent battlefield losses, responded early Friday by giving their hawkish leader sweeping powers to wage war.

7.   Bosnian Serbs gave their hawkish leader near dictatorial powers today in the expectation that he can reverse their recent battlefield losses.

8.   Bosnian Serbs gave their hawkish leader Radovan Karadzic near dictatorial powers today in the expectation that he can reverse their recent battlefield losses.

9.   Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic fired the four on Monday in an apparent attempt to deflect blame for recent battlefield losses.

10.   Bosnian Serbs gave near-dictatorial powers to their hawkish leader Friday in the expectation he can reverse their recent battlefield losses.