11.   Meanwhile, senior U.N. officials in Bosnia met with Bosnian representatives Friday in an effort hasten deployment in the fragmented Balkan republic.

12.   Once a federation that included a half-dozen Balkan republics, Yugoslavia has in recent years consisted only of Montenegro and its dominant partner, Serbia.

13.   The Bosnian government and Bosnian Serb leaders signed an agreement Saturday to halt the fighting in their wartorn Balkan republic for four months.

14.   The Bosnian government Saturday signed a U.N.-brokered agreement on a four-month truce in the wartorn Balkan republic.

15.   The Bosnian government and Bosnian Serb leaders on Saturday signed an agreement to halt the fighting in their wartorn Balkan republic for four months.

16.   The council will also consider a phased suspension of its arms embargo against the Balkan republics.

17.   The tiny Balkan republic was trying to forge ahead without the man who led it to independence four years ago in the breakup of the old Yugoslav federation.

18.   The United Nations on Monday accused Bosnian Serbs of engaging in a deliberate campaign of insulting peacekeepers and limiting their mission to the Balkan republic.

19.   Insurrection grips the south of the impoverished Balkan republic where anti-government protesters have seized control of large areas.

20.   Insurrection grips the south of the impoverished Balkan republic where anti-government protesters have seized control of several large towns.