1.   Backed into a few remaining strongholds, ethnic Albanian rebels in Kosovo fought Monday to cling to territory in the face of a punishing Serb offensive.

2.   Ethiopia agreed with Eritrea on Friday to resume peace talks, even as it pressed a punishing offensive that seized cities and towns miles deep in Eritrean territory.

3.   Karadzic, however, coupled his peace plea with threats against the army, on punishing offensives in north and central Bosnia.

4.   Radovan Karadzic coupled his peace plea with new threats against the government army that has pressed punishing offensives in north and central Bosnia.

5.   Radovan Karadzic had coupled his peace plea with new threats to destroy the government army that has pressed punishing offensives in north and central Bosnia.