101.   Several shots were also fired at an Egyptian UN armoured vehicle and the blue helmets retaliated.

102.   Serb forces allowed a food convoy to reach them Sunday morning after the blue helmets had eaten the last of their emergency rations.

103.   The blue helmets have not been mandated to intervene in fighting between the rebel Rwanda Patriotic Front and government forces.

104.   The Canadian blue helmets were being held at six different locations in retaliation for North Atlantic Treaty Organisation air raids against Serb military targets.

105.   The bridge post was later retaken by French UN soldiers in a violent battle early Saturday in which a French blue helmet and a Serb were killed.

106.   The deployment of the blue helmets is part of the third operational phase of the United Nations Observer Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, MONUC.

107.   The current UNPROFOR mandate for blue helmets in the former Yugoslavia, including Croatia and Macedonia, runs out at the end of March.

108.   The Dutch blue helmets last received fresh food several days ago, and on Friday began dipping into canned rations.

109.   The killing of two blue helmets has put the UN right back into the firing line as the phoney peace turns to war in Bosnia.