1.   The American initiative to end more than four years of Balkan bloodshed is faltering because the offensive could force Serbia to send its soldiers to help their beleaguered brethren.

2.   The offensive forced thousands of Iraqi Kurds from their villages, an Iraqi Kurdish representative said here.

3.   The Russian offensive is forcing an increasing number of refugees to seek shelter in villages in southern Chechnya, where they have no medical or other humanitarian aid.

4.   A government offensive has forced most LRA fighters to flee to southern Sudan, where Ugandan authorities allege they have received assistance from the Sudanese government.

5.   Philippe added that the offensive forced the French UN contingent to suspend the distribution of relief supplies to both towns.

6.   The military offensive has forced thousands of Tamil civilians to flee Jaffna.

7.   The Jaffna offensive has forced thousands of Tamil civilians to flee the peninsula.