1.   Peacekeeper spokesman Alexander Ivanko said a strong protest was made to the Serbs, but such protests have been ineffective.

2.   Peacekeeper spokesman Capt. Mike Tafe said three armed militiamen approached the New Zealand patrol, which had camped about four miles northeast of the southern border town of Suai.

3.   A peacekeeper spokesman, Maj. Roland Lavoie, said he knew nothing about the suspected mass burial site.

4.   Maj. Herve Gourmelon, a peacekeeper spokesman, reported heavy fighting Tuesday around Mount Vlasic in central Bosnia.

5.   Maj. Herve Gourmelon, a peacekeeper spokesman, also reported heavy fighting on another front around Mount Vlasic in central Bosnia.

6.   The pre-dawn raid was done to collect evidence for an investigation of fraud and money laundering suspected at Hercegovacka Banka, said peacekeeper spokesman Capt. Lars Anderson.

7.   U.N. peacekeeper spokesmen said the Bosnian gains -- achieved despite a snowfall -- suggested government troops were steadily improving their combat capabilities.