1.   Finance ministry officials yesterday said at least six brokerages are under investigation for trading violations in the local Brady bond Market.

2.   If found guilty, the offending brokerages could be shuttered and officials imprisoned, ministry officials said.

3.   Interior ministry officials yesterday admitted that all main roads into Sarajevo were blocked after rebels had cut off the main northern route.

4.   Most ministry officials are confident that their bureaucracy will survive in its current form.

5.   That opinion was based on an interview Viza had with a foreign ministry official.

6.   A ministry official described the report as groundless.

7.   But ministry officials concede that those steps have not worked.

8.   Several other senior ministry officials took pay cuts and were subject to disciplinary action.