11.   Last week, Pique, whose country currently holds the EU presidency, said sanctions against Israel were possible if Israel did not soon end its military offensive.

12.   NATO has put planes on alert for possible strikes against Yugoslavia if President Slobodan Milosevic does not end a Serb-led offensive against separatist Albanian forces in Kosovo.

13.   Syria and France, two key players in Lebanese politics, said they were pessimistic about an early cease-fire to end the offensive.

14.   The Croatian government said late Tuesday it was ending the offensive with its aims met, after entering the rebel Serb stronghold of Okucani.

15.   The move came after a government pledge to end the offensive against ethnic Albanian militants.

16.   The United States has been among those pressing Israel to end its offensive.

17.   U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen arrived in Morroco on Monday after renewing threats of a NATO airstrike unless Serb forces end their offensive in Kosovo.

18.   U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen on Monday renewed threats of a NATO airstrike unless Serb forces end their offensive in the embattled province of Kosovo.

19.   U.S. officials have pressed Israel to end the offensive, aimed at squelching a wave of terror attacks against Israeli civilians.

20.   Western powers led by the United States threatened NATO airstrikes to force Milosevic to end the offensive a month ago.