1.   Abkhazia has accused the Chechens and Georgians of trying to retake the region.

2.   In the offensive last summer, which was tacitly approved by the United States, Croatian troops and paramilitary units retook the region known as Krajina.

3.   The Croatian public seems to be fully behind a war to retake the region.

4.   A Croatian move to retake the region, known as eastern Slavonia, could prompt the Serb-led Yugoslav army to move in to defend Serbs there.

5.   The area, known as eastern Slavonia, borders Serbia, which might intervene militarily if Croatia tried to retake the region by force.

6.   Croatia has warned it will retake the region by force if the area is not returned to it by peaceful means by the end of November.

7.   Fierce fighting has gripped the area since then as the Tigers sought to retake the region.

8.   Fierce fighting has gripped the area since then as Tigers sought to retake the region.

9.   The Taliban, however, retook the regions this week, forcing government forces to retreat from Helmand.

10.   The United Nations Wednesday accused Zagreb of continuing to expel Serb civilians from the Krajina two weeks after it retook the region from Serb secessionists.