1.   For the last five years, the Consulate General of Finland has been watching the space, even hiring Finnish experts to appraise its condition.

2.   Earlier in the week, Serbs prohibited Finnish forensic experts without NATO escorts from digging at another site, but the well-protected Cerska operation has not been interfered with.

3.   Finnish forensic experts were forced to abort their excavation of a mass grave in eastern Bosnia because Serbs blocked their work, a U.N. spokesman said Wednesday.

4.   Finnish forensic experts have been forced to abort their excavation of a mass grave in eastern Bosnia because Serbs blocked their work, a U.N. spokesman said Wednesday.

5.   He noted Finnish forensic experts were already here performing an investigation.

6.   He noted Finnish experts were already in Kosovo performing an investigation.

7.   In a statement, the Austrian ministry said the Yugoslavs advised that Finnish forensic experts had already been invited to take part in the investigation.

8.   Serb-led Yugoslavia invited Thursday a team of Finnish forensic experts to help investigate alleged torture and killings of civilians in Kosovo.

9.   The Finnish experts are hoping to aid U.N. efforts to identify those missing after the fall of the eastern Muslim enclave a year ago.

10.   The Finnish legal expert visited the region in January.