101.   Security forces have begun counting hundreds of dead in the bloodiest battle in the latest offensive in northern Sri Lanka, officials said Friday.

102.   Security forces pushed deep into Tamil Tiger territory in northern Sri Lanka as their latest offensive entered its third day Thursday, officials here said.

103.   Security forces, meanwhile, were consolidating in nine villages captured from the LTTE in the latest offensive in the Jaffna peninsula codenamed Thunder Strike, the military said.

104.   The Bosnian Serbs on Friday warned they would start attacking civilian centres such as Sarajevo and Bihac town if the army did not call off its latest offensive.

105.   The general had commanded the latest offensive against the Khmer Rouge, which was called off in mid-April because of the onset of the monsoon season.

106.   The latest German offensive began on Wednesday when German Finance Minister Theo Waigel said that Italy would not qualify to be a founder of a single currency.

107.   The latest offensive, launched a month ago, was flagged by the army as its biggest drive aimed at taking the northern peninsula of Jaffna.

108.   The latest offensive was launched from Paranthan, a small town just north of Kilinochchi where the LTTE has its political base.

109.   The latest German offensive began last Wednesday when German Finance Minister Theo Waigel said Italy would not qualify to be a founder of a single currency.

110.   The KDP claims the PUK is being backed by Iranian forces during the latest offensive, but both the PUK and Tehran have strenously denied this.