11.   Colombia on Sunday found itself sliding deeper into turmoil as the assassination of a senator and the recent kidnapping of a presidential candidate threatened to derail upcoming elections.

12.   Earlier, Robert Frowick, the top Bosnia official of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, said only a resumption of fighting would derail the elections.

13.   The unrest also prompted fears that forthcoming parliamentary elections could be derailed.

14.   UN and IFOR troops have meanwhile braced for a series of expected incidents, likely to hinder voting in some areas though not to derail the elections.

15.   The failed uprising was a futile attempt to derail elections that ended his five-year hold on the governorship of a Muslim self-rule region.