1.   Western officials said casualties among soldiers appeared to be high, particularly north of Sarajevo, but no information was available from either army.

2.   It also said rebel casualties appeared to be high, but no numbers were available.

3.   MORE THAN eight months after the currency crisis hit Southeast Asiancountries last July, the casualties are appearing.

4.   Rebel casualties appeared to be high, but no numbers were available.

5.   The first casualty appears to be Midway Airlines.

6.   The lone casualty appeared to be an ethnic Albanian rebel commander killed either by a Serbian sniper or Albanian extremists, according to conflicting reports.

7.   They said rebel casualties appeared to be high, but no numbers were available.

8.   All the casualties appeared to be American, he added.