11.   This low-key diplomacy did nothing to avert the latest offensive.

12.   Opposition soldiers launched their latest offensive late Tuesday, pounding Taliban positions throughout the night, according to an opposition spokesman who gave his name only as Abdullah.

13.   A hard-line group of Kosovo Albanians condemned European powers Tuesday for failing to react to the latest Serb offensive in the Serbian province of Kosovo, Albanian media reported.

14.   According to the ethnic Albanian Kosovo Information Center, at least five KLA members have been killed in the latest Serb offensive, which they launched Friday.

15.   According to the ethnic Albanian Kosovo Information Center, at least five KLA members were killed in the latest Serb offensive, launched Friday.

16.   After an emergency meeting held Sunday, NATO dispatched two top generals to Belgrade to warn Milosevic he must end his latest offensive in Kosovo or face severe consequences.

17.   Although the Taliban made sweeping military gains this month, the latest offensive appears to have stalled just outside the city limits.

18.   Although the opposition made sweeping gains earlier this month, their latest offensive appears to have stalled just outside the city limits.

19.   Eritrea says the latest offensive alone displaced more than a half-million of its people.

20.   He did nothing to protect Serbs in the latest Croat offensive.