1.   The April offensive came after a wave of suicide bombings that left dozens of Israelis dead.

2.   The offensive came after a Palestinian assault on a West Bank checkpoint Tuesday that killed six Israeli soldiers.

3.   But the offensive has come to a standstill as soldiers struggle to cope with tens of thousands of civilians returning to their homes in Jaffna city.

4.   His new offensive came as a poll released Friday showed Bush leading by eight percentage points.

5.   The European diplomatic offensive came as Israeli experts heaped scorn on a daylong army incursion into Gaza launched in response to rocket fire.

6.   The Israeli offensive came on the heels of a wave of Palestinian suicide bombings in Israeli towns and cities.

7.   The offensive comes as a prelude to a peace plan which Yeltsin promises to unveil Sunday in a nationally televised address.

8.   The offensive comes in the wake of a series of similar operations staged by the military early this year in the region.

9.   The latest government offensive came one day after a five-day nationwide strike ordered by the rebels ended Saturday.

10.   The latest offensive came as a senior rebel official called for the formation of a coalition government to be led by President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah.