111.   The United Nations here dismissed reports Wednesday that it had threatened Bosnian Serbs with NATO airstrikes unless they withdrew arms violating the Sarajevo exclusion zone by a midnight deadline.

112.   Ther accord also came hours after a midnight deadline set by the United States for possible reprisals against the South Koreans.

113.   US negotiators, who will decide whether a deal goes though by the midnight deadline, declined to give any assessment of the situation.

114.   Violence has picked up as the Monday midnight deadline for campaigning to end has approached.

115.   Yemeni authorities on Wednesday planned to extend a midnight deadline for tribal kidnappers to release a French diplomat, allowing more time for negotiations, officials said.

116.   Washington had set a midnight deadline Friday for an agreement on telecommunications and medical equipment and said action would be taken on sanctions without an accord.

117.   It was the second round of all-night of talks after a midnight deadline expired early Thursday.

118.   Negotiators easily met the midnight deadline to give their seal of approval.

119.   No details were immediately available on the deal struck hours after a midnight deadline set by the United States for possible reprisals against the South Koreans.

120.   Officials in both delegations said the talks could last into the early hours of the morning, even beyond the midnight deadline.